Unit4Pygmalion
Ⅰ.完形填空
垃圾英文I wrote my first poem at the age of ven 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 father's 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 o'clock my father burst in. He emed __7__. He circled the dining room table,
complaining about his employees.dxc
Suddenly he paud 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 it's beautiful, absolutely amazing ...”
“If you don't mind, I'd like to decide for mylf，” Father said.
I __8__ my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it emed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of __9__.
“I think it's terrible，” he said.
I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting __10__.
“Ben, the are the first lines of poetry he's ever written，” my mother was saying.“He needs __11__.”
“I don't know why，” my father held his ground. “Isn't there enough awful poetry in the world already？”
I couldn't __12__ it another cond. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I __13__ mylf on the bed and cried the worst of the __14__ out of me.mal
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 it's wonderful！” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it's __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 force that __18__， “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Tho __19__ voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of __20__ and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true cour.
篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自己的经历，说明了在我们的成长过程中，父母对我们表达爱的方式不尽相同，但都是很重要的，我们要在严厉鞭策和积极鼓励这两种不同的爱中成长。
1．A.typically B．proudly
C．anxiously D．honestly
tiffany啥意思答案：B 根据“shyly but”可以判断，此处选择的答案与shyly相反，表达作者内心的感受，小小年纪就可以作诗，情绪上应该是骄傲的。
2．A.motivation B．shock
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C．criticism D．prai
答案：D 根据上文的“a beautiful poem”以及下文的“nothing short of talent”可知，此处表示母亲对“我”极尽赞美。
3．A.recite B．describe
C．show D．introduce
答案：C 根据语境可知，作者迫不急待地想让父亲看到自己的杰作。show sth. to sb.“向某人展示某物”。
4．A.waiting B．preparing
C．praying D．planning
答案：B 根据下文语境可知，作者为父亲的到来做着准备。prepare for sth.“为……做准备”。
5．A.gradually B．desperately
C．confidently D．casually
答案：C 由于上文母亲对这首诗的褒奖，使作者信心十足，想得到父亲同样的赞扬。confidently “自信地”。
6．A.appreciate B．revi
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C．read D．polish
答案：A 此处表示作者确信父亲能欣赏他的诗。appreciate “欣赏；赏识”。
7．A.relaxed B．calm
C．noble D．upt
答案：D 根据下文“He circled the dining room table, complaining ...”可知，此处表示父亲看起来很不高兴。upt “不快的；心烦意乱的”。
8．A.shook B．lowered
C．raid D．turned
答案：B 根据下文“It was only ten lines. But it emed to take hours.”可知，作者此时的心情很沉重，进而导致“低下(lowered)头”。由第10空前的“I couldn't look up.”也可判断前面是低下了头。
9．A.decision B．excitement
C．meditation D．devotion
答案：A 由下文“‘I think it's terrible，’ he said.”可知，父亲在读完诗放回到桌子上后，该是作结论(decision)的时候了。
10．A.dark B．wide
C．wet D．bright
答案：C 由此处语境可知，作者的心情很差，与作者预想的不一样，父亲的评论让作者难过地要哭了即眼睛变湿润了。
11．A.arrangement B．judgment
新通出国C．encouragement D．adjustment
答案：C 根据上文母亲对作者诗的赞美，及父亲对诗的评论可知，此处表示母亲更倾向于鼓励孩子。encouragement “鼓励；鼓舞”。
我爱科学12．A.hold B．attain
C．control D．stand
答案：D 根据上文父亲坚持自己的看法，认为“这诗写得很糟糕”可知，此时作者再也不能忍受(stand)了。
13．A.threw B．ated
C．left D．kept
答案：A 在父亲作出这样的评价后，作者很伤心，故选A。throw onelf on the bed “扑倒在床上”。
14．A.confusion B．pressure
骂人的英语C．disappointment D．tiredness
答案：C 根据上文“__13__ mylf on the bed and cried”可知，此处表示作者的失望(disappointment)之情。
15．A.challenge B．development
C．difficulty D．significance
tarc答案：D 根据下一句作者评析母亲和父亲的话对他的价值可知，尽管事情结束了，但对作者来说其意义并未止于此。significance “意义；重要性”。
16．A.elegant B．awful
