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【2013北京】五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A. B. C.D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I‟d had so many specialists for my______35______over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36______hurt.
“Hello! I‟m Mrs. Claussen. I hear you‟re from Texas!”
“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that ______37______. “Well,” she said with a _____38______smile. I‟ve always liked Texas.”
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I‟ve ever had, not like those who told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was_____39______.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me—asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she_____40______ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody‟s.
I______41______ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school‟s singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it_____42______stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.
During the next two years, my speech didn‟t get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to_____43_____! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44______ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.
Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45_______on her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she____46____ . I‟II never forget her. 35. A. speech B. study C. dream D. fear 36. A. maybe B. even C. still D. never 37. A. instruction B. description C. introduction D. presentation 38. A. shy B. cold C. weak D. kind 39. A. silent B. simple C. direct D. different 40. A. cried B. listened C. waited D. stopped 41. A. sang B. spoke C. played D. clapped 42. A. against B. besides C. beyond D. without 43. A. practise B. communicate C. report D. reply 44. A. train B. share C. change D. follow 45. A. advice B. influence C. dependence D. action 46. A. continued B. taught C. agreed D. cared
35. A 36. C 37. C 38. D 39. D 40. B 41. A 42. D 43. B 44. C 45. B 46. D
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