2013届高三英语专题复习训练：完形填空17.docVIP

1.阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 “A” for Attitude English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my 36 _______ allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful 37 _______ of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander 38 _______ me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was 39 _______ , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter. 40 _______ English was still my subject. I graduated from high school, 41 _______early and had children. Confident about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I 42 _______ long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an A student, I remained an ‘‘A” student. I 43 _______ up to my own expectations. Yesterday, I 44 _______my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards 45 _______back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisors office，explaining that I had always excelled at English, and 46 _______ that I did not deserve a “D” from that 47 _______ teacher of my senior year. The advisor was sympathetic but unable to change a (an) 48 _______ Reading 49 _______my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to shred them or hide them. I was not an ‘‘A” student in high school English ！ Somehow, I had 50 _______ myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an 51 student with an occasional “ A ” or ‘‘ B” but mostly “C” s. Had I lived up to those grades and 52 _______ myself according to those letters，I would have never confidently sought my writing 53 _______ . Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself ，I would have allowed my fear of 54 _______ to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity. 55 _______，I viewed my