2017届高三英语（北师大版）一轮复习限时特训：选修8 Unit 23 Conflict（单元检测）.docVIP

Unit 23 Conflict Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) [2016·荆州中学质检]I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem！” Shyly but 1 ， I said yes. She poured out her 2 . “It was nothing short of talent！” “What time will Father be home？” I asked. I could hardly wait to 3 my work to him. I spent quite some time 4 for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and 5 I placed it right on my fathers plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion－picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to 6 my poem. At almost 7 oclock my father burst in. He seemed 7 . He circled the dining－room table, complaining about his employees. Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this？” He was reaching for my poem. “Ben, Buddy has written his first poem！” my mother began. “And its beautiful, absolutely amazing...” “If you dont mind, Id like to decide for myself.” Father said. I 8 my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of 9 . “I think its terrible，” he said. I couldnt look up. My eyes were getting 10 . “Ben, these are the first lines of poetry hes ever written，” my mother was saying. “He needs 11 .” “I dont know why.” My father held his ground. “Isnt there enough awful poetry in the world already？” I couldnt 12 it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I 13 myself on the bed and cried the worst of the 14 out of me. That may have been the end of the story, but not of its 15 for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think its wonderful！” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think its 16 .” Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all 17 flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the ba