Aunt MyrtleThe teacher who did the most to（1）_____ me was, as it

Aunt Myrtle

The teacher who did the most to（1）_____ me was, as it happened, my aunt. She was Myrtle C．Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She taught in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.

During my（2）_____ and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every（3）_____ of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she listened to my（4）_____ and pronounced it good. I couldn't dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre—not just children's theatre（5）_____ adult comedies and dramas—and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.

My aunt also took down books from her extensive（6）_____ and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humor, and I'll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis's Archy & Mehitabel through her.

Most important, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a "youth columnist". My column, begun when I was fourteen, was （7）_____ to cover teenage social activities—and it did—but it also gave me the freedom to write on many（8）_____ subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting（9）_____, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.

Today Aunt Myrtle is still an（10）_____ supporter of her "favourite niece". Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted（多面的）image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.

A. many
B. deadlines
C. but
D. while
E. other
F. library
G. supposed
H. voice
I. encourage
J. enthusiastic
K. childhood
L. aspect
【正确答案】：1. I     2. K    3. L     4. H     5. C     6. F     7. G     8.  E   9. B   10. J
【题目解析】：1. 句意：鼓励我最多的老师就是我的舅妈。此处是不定式结构，应填入动词原形。

2. 物主代词my后应填入名词。During my childhood and youth可理解为“在我的儿童和青少年时期”。

3. 句意：Myrtle舅妈鼓励我各个方面潜能的发展，从不考虑（这些）对黑人女生来说是不是可行或可能。every aspect of固定搭配，各个方面。

4. 句意：我喜欢唱歌；她倾听我的歌声并夸我唱得好。物主代词my后应填入名词，表示我的……。

5. not just/only...but(also)句型，表示不仅……而且……。

6. 句意：物主代词her和形容词extensive都修饰后边应填入的名词，her extensive library表示她的藏书广泛的图书馆。

7. 句意：14岁时我开始写专栏，内容是关于青少年的社会活动。be supposed to固定搭配，本应该是。

8. 根据文意可知，专栏除了上述指定内容外，还有一些其他的自由空间。other subjects指其他话题/主题。

9. deadline指截止日期、最后期限。the discipline of meeting deadlines指对会议期限的遵守。

10. 不定冠词an+形容词作定语，共同修饰后边的名词supporter。enthusiastic, adj.热情的。