Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless assignments __1__ it. They find the writing process __2__ and difficult.

How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it- __3__ English, with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an __4__ mansion (豪宅) and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can't write, I know as a teacher my __5__ is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency while providing the opportunity inherent in any writing activity to __6__ the moral and emotional development of my students. One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.

Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done __7__, just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I often see a rise in student confidence and __8__ after only a few weeks of journal writing.

Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and __9__ lives. They build skills so that some day they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they write in their journals puts them a step __10__ to fluency, eloquence (雄辯), and command of language.

[A] closer
[B] daily
[C] emotional
[D] enhance
[E] enormous
[F] especially
[G] hinder
[H] mission
[I] painful
[J] performance
[K] profession
[L] remarkably
[M] require
[N] sensitive
[O] urge

答案解析：

1. 【答案】 M
【精析】 動詞辨析題?？崭裎挥趶木涞闹髡Z assignments和賓語it之間，因此需要一個及物動詞作謂語。選項中的另三個動詞 D)enhance"推動"；G)hinder"阻礙"和O)urge"敦促"，均不符合句意。

2. 【答案】 I
【精析】 形容詞辨析題。空格處為連詞and連接的兩個并列成分之一。根據(jù)and之后的difficult可以判斷，此處需要一個與difficult同義或近義的 形容詞。選項中其他形容詞A)closer"更近的"；B)daily "每天的"；C)emotional "感情的"；E)enormous"巨大的"；N)sensitive"敏感的"，均不符合句意， 故排除。

3. 【答案】 F
【精析】 副詞辨析題?？崭裉幦鄙俑痹~。前半部分提到language，空格之后的English為語言的一種，因而此處的意思是：英語尤其如此。選項中另一個副詞L）remarkably"不同尋常地"，不符合句意，故排除。

4. 【答案】 E
【精析】 形容詞辨析題?？崭裎挥诓欢ü谠~an與名詞mansion之間，顯然需要一個形容詞，而且需要以元音字母開頭。選項中不是元音開頭的形容詞可以全部排除，而另外一個以元音開頭的形容詞C）emotional"感情的"，不符合句意，故排除。

5. 【答案】 H
【精析】 名詞辨析題?？崭裎挥谛稳菰~性物主代詞my和系動詞is之間，需要一個名詞作賓語從句的主語。而且根據(jù)句意，此處的名詞意思應(yīng)為"工作"或者"任務(wù)"。選 項中另外兩個名詞 J)performance"表現(xiàn)"和K)profession"職業(yè)"，都可以與 ? ?my搭配，但不符合句意，故排除。

6. 【答案】 D
【精析】 動詞辨析題?？崭袂俺霈F(xiàn)動詞不定式符號to，此處需要一個動詞原形，而且要與后面的development搭配。G)hinder可與development搭配，但與句意相反，需要排除；O)urge不能與development搭配，所以排除。

7. 【答案】 B
【精析】 副詞辨析題。本句句子結(jié)構(gòu)完整，所以此處缺少修飾成分。根據(jù)上下文推斷，需要表示"每天"的副詞做狀語， 因此可以直接選定答案。

8. 【答案】 J
【精析】 名詞辨析題?？崭裎挥谶B詞and之后，根據(jù)and前面的成分判斷，此處需要一個名詞J)performane"表現(xiàn)"。選項中另外兩個名詞 H)mission"任務(wù)"和K)profession"職業(yè)"，均不符合句意，所以排除。

9. 【答案】 C
【精析】 形容詞辨析題。空格缺少形容詞與academic, political 作并列成分，共同修飾后面的名詞lives。根據(jù)下文一一對應(yīng)的舉例，此處的形容詞應(yīng)與love letter 對應(yīng)，可直接選定答案。

10. 【答案】 A
【精析】 形容詞辨析題。空格處缺少與step搭配的形容詞作后置定語，而且要與介詞to搭配。根據(jù)句意，這里表示"向……更近一步"。選項中其他形容詞均不能與介詞to搭配，所以全部排除。