Jay Wilson was my English teacher at Lake Forest High School. It was him realized my potential in writing, and his made me a writer eventually. He was kind to me, but I had no that he took particular notice of me. There were other kids in the class, and soon I fell back into my usual and thought that I was just a little over average in most things. Near the end of the term, we began to read the play--Macbeth. Believe me, this is not an easy play for high school students to understand, I spent a lot of time reading it. After working till the night before it was due, I wrote a paper about the — the first paper I typed on a typewriter — and turned it the next day. I got a good on it, and below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote, “Sure you become a writer.” That was it. Those six words were written in his clear and neat handwriting. It was the first time he or anyone had in any way that writing was a option for me. We’d never had any writers in our family line, and we didn’t know any writers personally, even , so writing for a living didn’t seem something to me. But then, just like that, Jay Wilson tapped my hidden and let me see a wider world. Over the next 10 years, I often about Mr. Wilson’s six words. Whenever I felt discouraged, it was those six words that came back to me and gave me . When a few instructors in college gently and not-so-gently tried to tell me I had no talent, I held Mr. Wilson’s before me to protect myself. I didn’t what anyone else thought. Mr. Wilson, head of the whole English department at Lake Forest High, I could be a writer. So I put my head down and struggled forward. 396
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B
题目分析：作者回忆了高中的英语老师对他的影响，通过鼓励，老师让作者意识到自己在写作方面的潜力，让他有了努力的方向。
小题1:考查强调句：句意：就是他让我意识到我的写作能力。这里使用的是强调句结构：It is/was+强调部分+that/who(指人)，所以选B
小题2:考查名词辨析：A. knowledge知识，B. confidence自信，C. influence影响，D. assignment任务，作业，他的影响最终让我成为一名作家，选 C
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. intention意图，B. concern关心，C. doubt怀疑，D. sense感觉，他对我很好，但是我没有感觉他特别注意我。选D
小题4:考查形容词辨析：A. older更老，B. smarter更聪明，C. richer更富有，D. luckier更幸运的，班级有其他更聪明的孩子，选 B
小题5:考查名词辨析：A. location地理位置，B. position职位，C. motivation动机，D. qualification 资格，我很快就落回到通常的位置，选B
小题6:考查连词辨析：A. so因此，B. but但是，C. or或者，D. for为了，上文的;this is not an easy play for high school students to understand,和我花了很多时间阅读是因果关系，选A
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. work工作，B. term学期，C. class班级，D. play戏剧，从上文的Near the end of the term, we began to read the play--Macbeth.可知作者写了一个关于这幕戏的论文，选D
小题8:考查介词辨析：A. on在…上面，B. off 离开，C. in在…里面，D. up向上，第二天上交了论文，turn in上交，选C
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. grade年级，分数，B. praise表扬，C. idea主意，D. start开始，从下文的：below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote,可知作者的这篇论文得到好分数，选 A
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. wonder想知道，B. hope希望，C. make制作，D. help帮助，老师在分数下面写：希望你能成为一个作家，选B
小题11:考查动词辨析：A. arranged安排，B. persuaded劝说，C. announced宣布，D. indicated暗示，这是第一次他或有人以某种方式暗示写作是我的事业选择。选D
小题12:考查名词辨析：A. career事业，B. study学习，C. hobby爱好，D. method方法，因为作者后来做了作家，所以这是他职业的选择，选A
小题13:考查副词辨析：A. distantly远离地，冷淡地，远房地，B. frequently频繁地，C. actually实际地，D. obviously明显地，我们家没有过作家，我们自己甚至远房也不知道有什么作家。选 A
小题14:考查形容词辨析：A. necessary必要的，B. precious宝贵的，C. different不同的，D. available可获得的，所以写作谋生似乎不是我可以做的事情，选D
小题15:考查名词辨析：A. talent 才能，B. memory记忆，C. secret秘密，D. opinion观点，Jay Wilson开发了我潜在的能力，让我看见一个更加宽阔的世界。选A
小题16:考查动词辨析：A. worried担心，B. thought想，C. heard听见，D. wrote写，在接下来的10年中，我总是想起Jay Wilson的话，选B
小题17:考查名词辨析：A. impression 印象，B. improvement提高，C. imagination想象， D. strength力量，每次我感觉泄气的时候，我都回想起这六个词，给我力量。选D
小题18:考查名词辨析：A. actions行动，B. wisdom智慧，C. words单词，话语，D. duty职责，从上文的： it was those six words that came back to me可知每当大学的一些老师温柔的或不温柔的说我没有天赋的时候，我都用Wilson先生的话保护我，选C
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. care关心，B. predict预测，C. ignore忽视，D. learn学习，我不在乎别人怎么看我，选A
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. proved证明，B. said说，C. promised许诺，D. answered回答，这个英语系的主任Mr. Wilson说我可以做作家。选B