第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
请阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ___36___, it was the same score.
Later that evening, I ___37___ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our ___38___ much better than an IQ(智商) test. We ___39___ that Michael’s score must have been a ___40___ and we should treat him ___41___ as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ___42 ___ grades in the school, especially ___43___ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael ___44___ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than ___45___. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ___46___ the ceremony(典礼) at Yale. After the ceremony, We told Michael about the ___47___ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ___48___, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ___49___ we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then ___ 50___ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had ___ 51___ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of ___36___ points. A result like that was supposed to be ___ 52 ___.
Children often do as ___ 53___ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ___ 54___ of them. That is, tell a child he is “___ 55___,” and he may play the role of a foolish child.
36. A. joy B. surprise
C. dislike D. disappointment
37. A. tearfully B. fearfully
C. cheerfully D. hopefully
38. A. student B. son
C. friend D. doctor
39. A. argued B. realized
C. decided D. understood
40. A. joke B. mistake
C. warning D. wonder
41. A. specially B. strictly
C. naturally D. carefully
42. A. poor B. good
C. average D. standard
43. A. in B. about
C. of D. for
44. A. visited B. chose
C. passed D. entered
45. A. allowed B. described
C. required D. offered
46. A. missed B. held
C. delayed D. attended
47. A. high B. same
C. low D. different
48. A. curiously B. eagerly
C. calmly D. jokingly
49. A. faith B. interest
C. pride D. delight
50. A. looked for B. asked for
C. waited for D. prepared for
51. A. received B. accepted
C. organized D. discussed
52. A. imperfect B. impossible
C. uncertain D. unsatisfactory
53. A. honestly B. much
C. well D. bravely
54. A. hear B. learn
C. expect D. speak
55. A. wise B. rude
C. shy D. stupid