三 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分) 请阅读下面两篇短文,掌握大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。 A When Joe was about to start school, all signs pointed to success. Yet things turned out to be quite 36 . The fourth grade even found him at the 37 of the class. Joe struggled day and night but it did not 38 ---until one stormy afternoon. On that afternoon, 39 the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dark clouds covered the sky and the storm set in. Hard though she tried to make the kid, 40 , the thunder won the battle for their attention. No one 41 the concepts except for Joe. He understood them and answered all the questions correctly. The teacher patted him on the back, and told him to go around to the other, and explain how he had managed it. 42 by his new found success. Joe moved quickly throughout the room. Soon math time was followed by the time for 43 . All children naturally drew 44 pictures, on such a day, except for Joe. |