Question

Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 1 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 2 from one end of the city to another and to 3 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 4 , so the friendship I knew at school was 5 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 6 long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my 7 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.

By chance, I 8 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 9 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 10 at her in astonishment(吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 11 about me, to which I said, “ No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 12 . I was just frightened. In the end she 13 me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 14 and I became 15 interested in literature than ever. I 16 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 17 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地) told my parents that I wanted to _18 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 19 , and if I knew what it meant and 20 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.

1. A. stop　　　　　 B. go on　　　　 C. continue　　　 D. walk

2. A. talk 　　　　 B. journey　 　 C. job　　　 　　 D. walk

3. A. do　　　　 　　 B. sit　　　　　　 C. talk　　　　　 D. work

4. A. family　　　　 B. class　　　　　 C. city　　　　 D. country

5. A. absent　　　 　 B. missed　　　 C. lost　　　　 D. over

6. A. too　　　　 B. very　　　　　 C. much　　　　 　 D. quite

7. A mind　　　　 B. heart　　　　 C. soul　　　　 　 D. thought

8. A. defeated　　　 B. beat　　　　 C. won　　 　 　 D. hit

9. A. TV　　　　　 　 B. radio　　　 　 C. shoe　　　　 　 D. food

10. A. looked　　 　 B. fixed　　　　 C. shouted　　　 D. stared

11. A. talk　　　　 B. film　　　 　 C. conversation　 D. speech

12. A. reason　　　　 B. cause　　　 C. excuse　　　 D. wish

13. A. advised　　　　 B. suggested　　　 C. agreed　　　 D. persuaded

14. A. poems　　　　 B. stories　　　　 C. speeches　　 D. plans

15. A. less　　　　　 B. much　　　　 　 C. far　　　　　 D. more

16. A. wandered　 　 B. considered　　 　 C. discussed　　 D. wondered

17. A. think　　　　　 B. consider　　　 C. spend　　　　 D. imagine

18. A. drop　　　　 B. leave　　　　 C. return　　　　 D. go to

19. A. sure　　　　　 B. clear　　　　 C. curious　　　　 D. true

20. A. whether　　　 B. that　　　　　 C. how　　　　 　 D. what

 

Answer 1

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