Section Ⅲ 沙场点兵,能力自评 (时间:45分钟 满分100分) .完形填空 Learn to Meet Challenges My classmates called me “the alien”, and they avoided me like the plague(瘟疫). As a young boy, I__1__from a serious skin disease, which filled my arms with scars. The true__2__of my condition, however, was social: I lived a life of loneliness. Doctors predicted that I would never fully recover, but my parents encouraged me to hope for the future, teaching me that any difficulties could be overcome. I therefore took a/an__3__role in fighting against my disease, trying many medications and herbs, and my health__4__greatly before I graduated. I realized that my personal__5__had led to this improvement. I regained selfconfidence and made many friends at school. Years later, __6__my personal battle against disease, I learned a great deal about__7__by overcoming difficulties. I joined the Culture Club as a Special Event Director. I__8__a group of six students in organizing various activities. I was the most advanced ESL student among the group, so I considered myself the most capable. But I quickly learned my__9__, while preparing for our first presentation, I was__10__with my team members and often rejected their__11__. I performed most of their tasks myself, allowing them to__12__me only with small details. As a result, the presentation was not very successful. The setback__13__me, and I spoke of it to the club’s director. She responded that she__14__my ability to succeed in the future. This comment filled me with__15__, for I realized that I had never trusted my own team members. __16__they were weak in English, they had many valuable talents. I immediately__17__my policy, allowing my team members to choose the tasks they desired and to complete them on their own. For our program, we had many meetings, which gave__18__to many good ideas. Most importantly, the atmosphere among us improved dramatically. We were__19__and eager to devote time to the program, and I learned what true leadership is. |