2016－2017 学年第一学期期末 海淀 I was the fool at school, regarded as a special needs student. I was termed as such. Obviously, because I was not interested in school and did not care for my __36__. Over time, I started to believe in my stupidity. I __37__ the fact that I was in special needs classes and poured it out as anger and depression. But one activity __38__ this view of myself: chess. I started to play chess with my father after school simply because I wanted to __39__ him at something. My father was a __40__ man, fond of physics, writing, religion, …, almost every __41__. He was called a walking dictionary. So, winning in chess against my father would be a __42__ that I had intellectual power. On the small chessboard, I had a chance to __43__ my so-called inability. Game after game, I wanted to beat my father even more. I started to study chess books and play against a chess computer to __44__ my skills. One weekend, I finally checkmated( 将杀) my father on a ferry ride, which made me feel __45__ . Two years later, I became the second board on my school chess team, with our top board being the best high school player in the state. But before the tournament season, our top player __46__ to come. There came my chance to play as top board against the best players in other states. I was determined to show who I had become: a(n) __47__ person able to win with calculation, logic and will. My most __48__ game came in the final round. Our team was facing a high school which only excellent students attended. It was __49__ a match between a special needs student and a smart soul. My opponent(对手) was playing well and kept __50__ while I kept defending to keep my king safe. He spent long trying to break down my defenses, but could not find the final push. I __51__ with more defensive moves, trying to make it as difficult for him as possible. With little__52__ left, he started to make rapid moves. __53__ he could make the final decision, he ran out of time. Honestly, as his clock flag fell, I jumped up out of my seat and kissed the floor out of excitement. Of course it was not the most sportsmen-like __54__, but I could not control my emotions. While holding my winner’s cup, I knew I was not __55__. The inferiority complex( 自 卑 感 ) had melted away, and I realized that underneath our thoughts, each person is a genius. 36. A. habits 37. A. noticed 38. A. changed 39. A. please 40. A. smart 41. A. method 42. A. dream 43. A. prove 44. A. teach 45. A. overjoyed 46. A. promised 47. A. brave 48. A. terrible 49. A. normally 50. A. attacking 51. A. returned 52. A. patience 53. A. Once B. grades C. plans B. explained C. accepted B. supported C. questioned B. comfort C. beat B. strict C. quiet B. topic C. event B. lesson C. theory B. expose C. overcome B. sharpen C. choose B. disappointed C. puzzled B. managed C. happened B. lucky C. active B. memorable C. dangerous B. possibly C. actually B. smiling C. pausing B. quit C. won B. time C. energy B. Until C. Before D. benefits D. ignored D. showed D. disturb D. strong D. field D. sign D. promote D. invent D. interested D. failed D. intelligent D. popular D. partly D. escaping D. exchanged D. wisdom D. Unless 54. A. spirit 55. A. proud B. thought B. stupid 2016－2017 学年第一学期期末 C. comment C. bright D. behavior D. lazy 东城 When I was young at school, I loved to talk, a characteristic not always appreciated by Miss Jordan, my tenth-grade English teacher. She was a teacher no one wanted because she was so ___36___. She stood about five-foot-five, was very thin and wore her hair pulled back in a way that gave her a horsy___37___. She wore those half-circular reading glasses. Whenever she got upset, she would lower her head and look at you over the top of her glasses. One day in her class I was busy talking. I didn’t___38___ she had stopped teaching and was___39___ straight at me. “Young lady, I would like to see you after school.” Later Miss Jordan ___40___ in a low, but very firm voice that showed she expected me to listen when she was talking. For ___41___ she told me to write a thousand word essay on education and its effect on the economy(经济). She wanted it in by the following Wednesday. Well, I met my deadline. I was ___42___. It was a good paper. And I expected a sign of ___43___ from her. The next day in class, ___44___, she was looking at me over her glasses. She called me forward and ___45___ my paper. “Go back and rewrite,” she said. “Remember, each paragraph is supposed to begin with