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1、江苏省2020届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练9江苏省2020届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练9I. 完形One day in 11th grade, I went into a classroom to wait for a friend. When I went into the room, the teacher, Mr Washington, asked me to go to the board to_1_something out. I told him I was not one of his students.He said, “It doesnt matter.
2、Go to the board.”I was embarrassed. I said, “I cant do it. I have learning_2_.”He looked at me and said, “Dont ever say that again. Someones opinion of you does not have to become your_3_.”It was a(n)_4_moment for me. On one hand, I was_5_because the other students laughed at me. They knew that I wa
3、s in Special Education. But on the other, I felt liberated. Mr Washington had showed me I did not have to live by another persons_6_of me.I was _7_as having learning difficulties in the fifth grade and put back into the fourth grade. I had _8_ all my life. But Mr Washington _9_ this.One day, he gave
4、 a speech to the school. “You have greatness within you. You have something_10_. If you can see for one moment a larger vision of yourself, of who you really are, then in a historical context, the world will_11_be the same again.”Afterwards, I caught up to him and said, “Mr Washington, is there grea
5、tness within me?”He said, “Yes, Mr Brown.”“But I failed English and math and history. Im_12_than most kids.”“That just means that you have to work harder. Your grades dont _13_who you are or what you can_14_in your life.”Mr Washington became my teacher. Normally, special education students dont_15_S
6、peech and Drama, but they made_16_for me to be with him. I began to do well_17_. For the first time in my life I made the honor roll; I wanted to take part in a trip with the drama department and you had to be on the honor roll for it. That was a_18_ for me!Mr Washington_19_my picture of who I am. H
7、e gave me a larger vision of myself, _20_my learning difficulties.1. A. read B. work C. count D. pick2. A. worries B. pressure C. difficulties D. shortcomings3. A. routine B. challenge C. manner D. reality4. A. liberating B. peaceful C. interesting D. challenging5. A. scared B. disappointedC. embarr
8、assed D. shocked6. A. idea B. view C. expectation D. suggestion7. A. identified B. treated C. classified D. named8. A. fought B. worked C. recovered D. failed9. A. prevented B. changed C. ignored D. recognized10. A. natural B. common C. special D. pleasant11. A. ever B. never C. simply D. almost12.
9、A. funnier B. smarter C. harder D. slower13. A. determine B. guarantee C. express D. admit14. A. handle B. contributeC. achieve D. invent15. A. take B. bringC. perform D. like16. A. settlements B. interviewsC. agreements D. arrangements17. A. differently B. particularlyC. academically D. mentally18.
10、 A. luck B. miracle C. power D. relief19. A. produced B. displayed C. examined D. rebuilt20. A. without B. with C. beyond D. byII. 阅读(A) Decision-making under StressA new review based on a research shows that acute stress affects the way the brain considers the advantages and disadvantages, causing
11、it to focus on pleasure and ignore the possible negative consequences of a decision.The research suggests that stress may change the way people make choices in predictable ways.“Stress affects how people learn,” says Professor Mara Mather. “People learn better about positive than negative outcomes u
12、nder stress.”For example, two recent studies looked at how people learned to connect images with either rewards or punishments. In one experiment, some of the participants were first stressed by having to give a speech and do difficult math problems in front of an audience; in the other, some were s
13、tressed by having to keep their hands in ice water. In both cases, the stressed participants remembered the rewarded material more accurately and the punished material less accurately than those who hadnt gone through the stress.This phenomenon is likely not surprising to anyone who has tried to res
14、ist eating cookies or smoking a cigarette while under stress at those moments, only the pleasure associated with such activities comes to mind. But the findings further suggest that stress may bring about a double effect. Not only are rewarding experiences remembered better, but negative consequence
15、s are also easily recalled.The research also found that stress appears to affect decision-making differently in men and women. While both men and women tend to focus on rewards and less on consequences under stress, their responses to risk turn out to be different.Men who had been stressed by the cold-water task tended to take more risks in the experiment while women responded in the opposite way. In stressful situations in which risk-taking can pay off big, men may ten
