（江西省吉安一中09-10学年高一上学期第一次月考）                 

Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honour came when I was asked to read The New Testament(《新约全书》) on tape. But it  41    a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered(结巴)so badly that I was completely  42   to speak in public.

 43   ,when I was 14,Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favourite subject and   44  was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a crystal , 45  pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he felt  46  for not being a part of our school sooner. When he  47 that I not only loved poetry but was  48  it ,we became closer. There was ,however, one  49  between us -Professor Crouch could not stand the  50  that I refused to read my poem to the class.

“Jim .poetry is  51   to be read aloud,” he said.” You should be able to speak those beautiful words .” I shook my head and  52 .

One day he   53 me.

After handing in a poem, I waited for his  54 .It didn’t come. Instead, one day as the students had gathered together, he  55 me,” Jim, I didn’t think you wrote this poem.”

I stared at him in disbelief.” Why ,” I stared,  56 flooding me, “of course I did!” ”Well ,then,” he said,” you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it from  57  .

By then the other students had settled at their desks. With kness shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there  58  . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way   59 .

Afterwards, Professor Crouch encouraged me to read other writer’s poetry before the public. I discovered I did have a(n)  60  and found my classmates actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

41. A. lasted                B. took                    C. cost                       D. wasted

42. A. impatient            B. unlikely                C. unable                  D. impossible

43. A. But                     B. Then                     C. Besides                 D. However

44. A. maths                 B. art                         C. physics                 D. poetry

45. A. drawing              B. turning                 C. writing                 D. finding

46. A. regretful             B. thankful                 C. nice                     D. down

47. A. decided              B. recognized            C. learned                 D. proved

48. A. reading              B. reciting                 C. published               D. writing

49. A. difficulty             B. promise                 C. agreement             D. difference

50. A. matter                B. fact                       C. idea                       D. belief

51. A. said                    B. found                   C. prepared                D. meant

52. A. turned away        B. sat down                C. talked back          D. gave in

53. A. greeted               B. caught                  C. tricked                  D. comforted

54. A. help                   B. idea                      C. reward                  D. comment

55. A. challenged          B. attacked               C. noticed                 D. told

56. A. pride                  B. anger                      C. excitement           D. joy

57. A. heart                 B. beginning              C. mind                       D. memory

58 .A. terrified             B. disappointed          C. breathless             D. aimless

59. A. down                  B. up                        C. around                  D. through

60. A. voice                  B. sound                   C. gift                       D. interest

答案：41-45 BCBDB 46-50 ACDAB 51-55 DACDA 56-60 BDCDA