第二节：完形填空(共20小题：每小题1分，共20分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Johnny Depp was my English teacher at high school. It was him  36  realized my potential in writing, and his   37  made me a writer eventually.

    He was kind to me, but I had no  38 that he took particular notice of me. There were other  39  kids in the class, and soon，fell back into my usual  40  and thought that I was just a little over average in most things. Near the end of the term, we began to read the play-Macbeth. Believe me, this is not an easy play for high school students to understand,  41 I spent a lot of time reading it. After working till the night before it was due, I wrote a paper about the 42  一the first paper I typed on a typewriter—and turned it  43  the next day.

I got a good   44   on it, and below the grade Mr. Depp wrote, "Sure  45  you become a writer." That was it. Those six words were written in his clear and neat handwriting. It was the first time he or anyone had 46 in any way that writing was a  47  option for me. We'd never had any writers in our family line, and we didn't know any writers personally, even  48   , so writing for a living didn't seem something  49  to me. But then, just like that, Johnny Depp tapped my hidden  50  and let me see a wider world. 

Mr. Depp's six words always rang in my  51  over the next 10 year. Whenever I felt discouraged, it was those six words that came back to me and gave me  52  . When a few instructors in college gently and not-so-gently tried to tell me I had no talent, I held Mr. Depp's words before me to  53  myself. I didn't 54  what anyone else thought. Mr. Depp, head of the whole English department of our high school,  55  I could be a writer. So I put my head down and struggled forward.

36. A. when           B. who          C. how D. where

37. A. knowledge B. confidence C. influence D. assignment

38. A. intention B. concern C. doubt D. sense

39. A. older B. smarter C. richer D. luckier

40. A. location B. position C. motivation D. qualification

41. A. so B. but C. or D. for

42. A. work B. term C. class D. play

43. A. on B. off C. in D. up

44. A. grade B. praise C. idea D. start

45. A. wonder B. hope C. make D. help

46. A. arranged B. persuaded C. announced D. indicated

47. A. career B. study C. hobby D. method

48. A. distantly B. frequently C. actually D. obviously

49. A. necessary B. precious C. different D. available

50. A. talent B. memory C. secret D. opinion

51. A. mind           B. eyes           C. ears          D. hand

52. A. impression     B. improvement    C. imagination      D. strength

53. A. help           B. show           C. protect       D. tell

54. A. care           B. predict        C. ignore        D. learn

55. A. proved         B. said           C. promised      D. answered
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