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　　36 G favorite    37 M protest     38 B amount       39 O theories
　　40 I immediately  41 D crazy      42 F differences    43 J naturally
　　44 H happening   45 N rejected
　　The perfect essay
　　46. The author was advised against the improper use of figures of speech.
　　答案: I。 She had no patience for brilliant but irrelevant figures of speech.
　　47. The author’s mother taught him a valuable lesson by pointing out lots of flaws in his seemingly perfect essay.
　　答案：C。In any event, my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.
　　48. A writer should polish his writing repeatedly so as to get closer to perfection.
　　答案：K 。Repeatedly. We do out absolute best with a piece of writing, and come as close as we can to the ideal.
　　49. Writers may experience periods of time in their life when they just can’t produce anything.
　　答案：E。For me……writer’s block —— I was not able to produce anything for three years.
　　50. The author was not much surprised when his school teacher marked his essay as “flawless”.
　　答案： B。This dream came true for me Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.
　　51. Criticizing someone’ s speech is said to be easier than coming up with a better one.
　　答案：F。……according to Plutarch, “to raise objections against another man’s speech, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.”
　　52. The author looks upon his mother as his most demanding and caring instructor.
　　答案：A。……I can identify one truly impossible teacher. She cared about me, and my intellectual life, even when I didn’t.
　　53. The criticism the author received from his mother changed him as a person.
　　答案：H。That was when true criticism, the type that changed me as a person, began.
　　54. The author gradually improved his writing by avoiding fancy language.
　　答案：J。She trimmed back my flowery language, drew lines through my exclamation marks and argued for…and slowly my writing improved.
　　55. Constructive criticism gives an author a good start to improve his writing.
　　答案： G。Genuine criticism creates a precious opening for an author to become better on his own terms……
　　56. A) Its success is hard to copy anywhere else.
　　57. B) Lack of the right kind of talents.
　　58. A) Its location is not as attractive to rich people.
　　59. D) It is an old city with many sites of historical interest.
　　60. C)they can do more than providing money
　　61. C) It may prevent your business and career from advancing.
　　62. B) Encourage people to disagree and argue.
　　63. A) To find out the truth about an issue.
　　64. D) They take care not to hurt each other’s feelings.
　　65. D) Acknowledge their contribution.