二、完形填空
As a child, I was an ordinary student. For me, school was about playing football with my friends. I often fell down in class for not knowing (1)
A
.
I still remember the day when everything (2)
D
. My 7th Grade French teacher, Paul Galant, was watching our football game. "Jolicoeur, come here," he called to me during half-time.
"You must be pretending (假裝) you know nothing," he said. "But you have the ability to be the best in your class." I thanked him and ran back to the game. (3)
C
his words were on my mind for a long time. No teacher had ever told me I could be (4)______
B
. From that day on, I worked (5)______
C
at my schoolwork and was always among the top students in school.
But it wasn't just in the classroom that Mr. Galant made a (6)
B
. A month ago, I had come sixth in the school's 800-meter tryout (預選賽). This meant that I (7)______
C
join in the interschool race. Mr. Galant must have noticed my effort (努力) because he asked the gym teachers to let me and a few others train (接受訓練) with the top three. Night after night, I kept running around the playground. At the interschool race, I almost (8)______
A
school history by coming close to our district's 800-meter record (紀錄).
Mr. Galant always had the highest expectations (期待) for me and every other child under his (9)
B
. For a young teenager, the (10)______
A
that you could fly made all the difference. I will never be able to thank Mr. Galant enough.
() 1. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
() 2. A. started B. survived C. mattered D. changed
() 3. A. So B. Because C. But D. As
() 4. A. honest B. smart C. humorous D. trustworthy
() 5. A. alone B. high C. hard D. fast
() 6. A. wish B. difference C. suggestion D. living
() 7. A. shouldn't B. can't C. couldn't D. mustn't
() 8. A. made B. reach C. destroy D. strike
() 9. A. roof B. wing C. flag D. hand
() 10. A. idea B. dream C. trouble D. sense
