"Now, this will be the first class to study the __8__ of the excuse notes-the first class, ever, to practice writing them. You're so __9__ to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writing and turned it into a __10__ worthy of study."

　　Everyone smiled as I went on, "You used your __11__.So try more now. Today I'd like you to write 'An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God'．" __12__ went down. Pens raced __13__ paper. For the first time ever I saw students so __14__ in their writing that they had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.

　　The next day everyone had excuse notes.__15__ discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked __16__， looking at papers, and then said, "I'd like you to see me in my office." My heart __17__.

　　When I stepped into his office, he came to __18__ my hand and said, "I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was __19__.Those kids were writing on the college __20__.Thank you."

　　1. A. explained B．described C．introduced D．announced

　　2. A. parents B．students C．teachers D．partners

　　3. A. editors B．readers C．writers D．speakers

　　4. A. true B．false C．easy D．dull

　　5. A. produced B．considered C．imagined D．delivered

　　6. A. designed B．collected C．supposed D．improved

7. A. eagerly B．nervously C．excitedly D．coldly

8. A. form B．difficulty C．meaning D．art

9. A. lucky B．helpful C．lovely D．active

10. A. talent B．habit C．product D．subject

11. A. devotion B．imagination C. concentration D. information

12. A. Hands B．Eyes C．Heads D．Ears

13. A. across B．with C．against D．behind

14. A. curious B．careful C．casual D．calm

15. A. Separated B．Surprising C．Heated D．Lasting

16. A. day and night B．in and out C．now and then D．up and down

17. A. sank B．rose C．flew D．hurt

18. A. watch B．touch C．shake D．catch

19. A. sure B．dim C．tough D．great

20. A. base B．level C．paper D．theme

【答案】1-5 ABCDA 6-10 CBDAD 11-15 BCABC 16-20 DACDB

【解析】作者是一名创意写作的教师，作者发现很多学生伪造假条，且这些假条富有想象力，所以作者通过创新请假条写作的方式来激励同学们用心写作。

1．A　前文的请假条能够"解释"后文的现象，即上课缺席。explain解释。

2．B　作者知道是学生仿照家长笔迹写的请假条，所以请假条是学生写的。故选B。

3．C　句意：这些请假条的作者并没有意识到......，故选C。

4．D　大多数家长写的真正的请假条是平淡无趣的，与上文学生自己写出来的充满创意的、疯狂的请假理由形成对比。dull无趣的；单调的。符合语境。

5．A　produce有"制作，创作"之意，可以与请假条搭配。

6．C　这些请假条本应该由家长来写。suppose应该。

7．B　作者当着全班的面把仿造请假条的同学点起来，所以学生会很紧张。故选B。

8．D　作者是创意写作的老师，所以觉得写请假条也是一门艺术。

9．A　学生们有幸能和作者这样的一位老师学习写作是非常幸运的。

10．D　作者会把创意写作转换成一门学科来系统学习。subject学科。

11．B　创意写作需要用到想象力。跟前文第二段中出现的imaginative to crazy相呼应。

12．C　做此题的时候脑海中应该有画面：老师讲完一段话之后学生们都埋下头写作，只听得到笔在纸上划的声音。

13．A　句意：笔在纸之间飞快划过。形容学生们对创意写作非常感兴趣。

14．B　学生们这一次对创意写作非常感兴趣，所以这是老师第一次看到学生们这么认真地写作。

15．C　这位老师教同学们写请假条的做法是很有争议的，所以是激烈的讨论。heated激烈的。

16．D　校长在教室里来来回回走了好几遍。up and down来来回回。

17．A　作者的心此刻还是悬着的，担心其他人不理解不赞同他的做法。所以校长找他的时候他的心沉下去了，以为会受到批评。sink下沉。

18．C　此时剧情来了大反转，作者不仅没有受到校长的批评，反而受到了鼓励。shake one's hand表示"握手"，符合语境。

19．D　校长意在表扬这位老师的做法。表示无论作者在做什么，都是棒极了。

20．B　学生们现在的创意写作都是大学水平了。校长在教室里面巡视过学生的