2014高考英语完形填空预演复习训练(4)及答案
【天津市蓟县邦均中学2014高考英语模拟试题】
完形填空(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16—35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Richard Rice, a fast-talking man paced up and down in front of freshmen debate class,   16 us about his high expectations. We were special, he declared on our first day at Oak Park High School. But there would be no   17   to success. Only those who worked hard would shine.
Suddenly Mr. R ice   18  in mid-sentence and stared at me. “You know,” he said, “You’re black!” Somehow, I knew he   19  trying to hurt me.
Mr. Rice was no   20   teacher. I entered high school not   21   quite sure what debate was. I left his class four years later as an outstanding debater. Even today, I’m not sure what   22 such a great teacher of him. H e always said   23  he was thinking. And he was   24 . He’d   25  out of the classroom angrily if he thought a student was giving   26   his effort. The worst thing with us was to be taken no notice of.   27 , being torn apart by Mr. Rice in the middle of a practice debate meant you were one of his favourites. He wasn’t always   28  on us. I’ll never forget the Nations Student Debate, at which my calm delivery and my firm grasp