二、完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan.Many of our new __16 weren’t very welcoming.Some of the adults said __17 that we should return where we came __18 .The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from __19 .
Most of my teachers __20 took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher.Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __21 ,but she didn’t say this to me.Miss Bean __22 her respect for me by teaching me just like __23 else.Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a __24 to show that I was smart.Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me __25 myself.She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions.Was Thomas Jefferson __26 to buy Louisiana from France?__27 ?She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __28 it up.Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to __29 .
One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly __30 an eraser at me.Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and __31 my pencil flying.The whole class was __32 at first, then started laughing.This incident became famous in the school and,__33 it happened to me, the students wanted to get to __34 me.So that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another __35 in school.
16.A.friends B.schoolmates C.teachers D.neighbors
17.A.kindly B.surprisingly C.angrily D.happily
18.A.to B.from C.for D.in
19.A.school B.street C.office D.downtown
20.A.hardly B.simply C.never D.only
21.A.taught B.considered C.welcomed D.treated
22.A.kept B.expected C.showed D.refused
23.A.anyone B.anywhere C.someone D.wherever
24.A.question B.chance C.test D.place
25.A.worry about B.look about C.work for D.think for
26.A.necessary B.important C.right D.known
27.A.How B.Where C.When D.Why
28.A.back B.set C.put D.give
29.A.respect B.education C.friendship D.children
30.A.aimed B.threw C.passed D.found
31.A.sent B.left C.made D.sprang
32.A.excited B.frightened C.moved D.shocked
33.A.so B.then C.because D.whether
34.A.ask B.know C.praise D.understand
35.A.kid B.problem C.friend D.example