Unit 4 Global warming课时作业

learning about language

第一节.完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　When I was 17，I met a famous doctor named Paul Bragg.He gave me one of the most valuable 1 of my life: a statement that was filled with words of 2 ．To this very day，I still 3 it: I am a genius (天才)，and I apply my wisdom (智慧)．

　　 4 ，I was a high­school dropout (辍学学生) and was living in a tent in Hawaii.I had a very limited vocabulary and had never 5 reading a single book.When Dr Bragg taught me this statement，he told me to say it with feeling 6 it were true and present.To do so seemed so far from 7 that it was funny.After saying it many times， 8 ，I began to feel what those powerful words meant. 9 every day I continued to say it，and it became 10 to believe: I am a genius，and I apply my wisdom.

　　It was two and a half years later when I really saw the 11 of the statement.I was sitting in a college library 12 by fellow students whom I was helping with higher mathematics.I heard one of the students speak 13 to another，"John is really a 14 ！" At that moment，I 15 what Dr Bragg had taught me，and I 16 to say this statement for the rest of my life.

　　I can't quite put into words what a(n) 17 this statement has made in my life. 18 it，I was able to change from a dropout to the top of my college classes.I think that the key to 19 is putting your true feelings into a statement you 20 and saying it over and over every day.

　　【语篇解读】　作者通过讲述自己的成功经历说明了信念与坚持的巨大力量。

　　1．A.enjoyments B．parts

　　C．gifts D．experiences

　　C　[通过作者的经历--从一名辍学学生到大学里的优等生，我们可以判断，Bragg博士的话使作者受益匪浅，因此此处应该是说那句话是作者一生中收到的最宝贵的礼物之一。]

2．A.knowledge B．comfort