题目内容
My wood-shop teacher, Mr. August J. Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had.I had gotten into ______ in his class: Another student had pushed me into a wood lathe (车床), and I became _____ and began to hit him. Mr. Bachmann stopped the ______, but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple question:“Penna, why areyou ______ your life? Why aren't you going to college?”
I didn't know anything about ______ . No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a ______. That day, instead of rushing off for ______ , he stayed and explained possible______ options to me. At the end of our ______ , he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962.
Well, 53 years have passed, and what have I done with the ______he gave me? I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29. I ____
English and social studies and then ________ the chain of command from teacher to headmaster.I've sat on the board(董事会) for Magnet Schools of America and ______ that organization at the United Nations. I've won a number of prestigious (声望很高的) educational awards. ______ where would I be if atruly ______ teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me?It was ______ only his confidence in me that pushed me forward.I have
____ his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to ______ higher. If I have ______ any children, it is because of him. If I have been a ______ educator, it is because I had a great role model in Mr. Bachmann.
1.A. debt B. water C. prison D. trouble
2.A. afraid B. angry C. brave D. curious
3.A. play B. game C. fight D. quarrel
4.A. wasting B. ending C. changing D. living
5.A. schools B. colleges C. friendship D. teamwork
6.A. role B. try C. job D. future
7.A. work B. rest C. lunch D. emergency
8.A. education B. interest C. exercise D. career
9.A. talk B. class C. trip D. silence
10.A. money B. knowledge C. luck D. experience
11.A. chose B. quitted C. taught D. learned
12.A. set up B. moved up C. gave up D. took up
13.A. founded B. supported C. helped D. represented
14.A. So B. Or C. But D. And
15.A. caring B. honest C. clever D. humorous
16.A. after all B. without question C. in reality D. beyond expectation
17.A. repaid B. shown C. recognized D. received
18.A. jump B. climb C. aim D. feel
19.A. praised B. surprised C. understood D. saved
20.A. successful B. confident C. strict D. special
