单元加餐练（一） 完形阅读组合练

　　Ⅰ.完形填空

　　My mother made me a teacher. I don't mean that she __1__ me to become a teacher. She made me a teacher because she taught me to love learning and __2__.

　　In addition to my mother's __3__， there were several other events in my life that __4__ me to become a teacher. When I was little I could not __5__ the syllable "er". No one could understand me. I remember being very __6__. Then, when I was four, my mother took me to meet a wonderful __7__ teacher named Miss Philips. After six weeks, I __8__ say "sister" and "flower". I learned then the power of education. My mother said, "__9__ is the world's most important job."

　　When I was thirteen, I __10__ a month in Shiner's Hospital. I got to know the other __11__ there. They were wonderful, very sweet and caring. I had them __12__ an autograph book so I could remember them. I remember being shocked that __13__ they were very intelligent, many of them could barely write their names. My mother __14__ many of them had been in and out of hospitals. I then __15__ what a difference the opportunity to learn could make for a child.

　　My mother said, "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing __16__." So when I was ready to pick the career, I had the __17__ that education could change everyone's life.

　　I am __18__ to the teachers that helped me learn the art of teaching. I love to see the __19__ in a student's eyes when he or she understands. I also love __20__ former students. One e­mail from a girl who started my class with no interest in math or science, now a physics B．S.with a math minor (辅修科目), told me how much a class in high school changed her life.

语篇解读：作者小的时候发音不好，母亲为作者找到了一位好老师Philips小姐。作者认为，好的教育可以改变一个人的一生。

　　1．A.encouraged　　　　　　 B．forced

　　C．controlled D．helped

　　解析：选B　根据文章的第一句可知，母亲让作者成为一位老师，而由下文作者的经历可知，母亲没有"强迫(force)"作者。

　　2．A.sharing B．asking

　　C．eating D．destroying

　　解析：选A　根据常识可知，老师要和学生"分享(share)"自己的学识。

　　3．A.example B．pressure

　　C．influence D．instruction

解析：选C　由上一段中的"she taught me to love learning"可知，这是母亲对作者