江苏东台市三仓中学2016届高考英语自编练习6.docVIP

东台市三仓中学2016届高三英语自编练习 6 第一节：完形填空 Wranglers and Stranglers Years ago there was a group of brilliant young men at the University of Wisconsin，who seemed to have amazing creative __1__ talent. They were wouldbe poets，novelists，and essayists. They were extraordinary in their __2__ to put the English language to its best use. These promising young men __3__ regularly to read and critique (评论) each others work. And critique it they did! These men were merciless with one another. They __4__ the minutest literary expression into a hundred pieces. They were heartless，tough，even mean in their __5__.The sessions became such areas of literary criticism that the __6__ of this special club called themselves the “Stranglers (扼杀者)”． In order to __7__，the women of literary talent in the university __8__ to start a club of their own，one comparable to the Stranglers. They __9__ themselves the “Wranglers (争论者)”．They，too，read their __10__ one another. But there was one great difference. The criticism was much softer，more __11__，more encouraging. Sometimes，there was almost no criticism at all. Every effort，even the weakest one，was __12__. Twenty years later an alumnus of the university was making an exhaustive __13__ of his classmates careers when he __14__ a vast difference in the literary accomplishments of the Stranglers as opposed to the Wranglers. Of all the __15__ young men in the Stranglers，no one had made a significant literary __16__ of any kind. From the Wranglers had come six or more successful __17__，some of national renown such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings，who wrote The Yearling. Talent between the two？Probably the same. Level of __18__？Not much difference. But the Stranglers were strangled，while the Wranglers were determined to give each other a(an) __19__.The Stranglers __20__ an atmosphere of argument and selfdoubt. The Wranglers highlighted the best，not the worst. 1. A. architectural B. artistic C. literary D. musical 2. A. strength B. ability