2018版高考英语一轮总复习 第一部分 重点全程攻略 Unit 4 Pygmalion限时规范特训 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Unit 4 Pygmalion Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′) 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 balance of the