When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion（爱好）for writing poetry. I __(1)___ all my other hobbies, such as __(2)___ stamps, and spent all my __(3)___ time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of __(4)___ poetry on every possible occasion soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not __(5)___ me, I would take out my __(6)___ and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very __(7)___, but it was not long before I got __(8)___. One day while I was __(9)___ writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher __(10)___ me, looking very angry because I was not __(11)___ attention. He tore the poem up, with a __(12)___ not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I was convinced（深信）that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from __(13)___. Not long after, I read about a poetry __(14)___ and I decided to send in my __(15)___. Weeks later, long after I had given up hope, I got a letter telling me I had won first __(16)___. Everyone at school was very impressed except the __(17)___ teacher, who __(18)___ me more carefully than ever. He was quite __(19)___ that I was not going to write poetry in his __(20)___.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项。

When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(爱好) for writing poetry. I 36 all  my other hobbies. Such as  37  stamps, and spent all my  38  time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of  39  poetry on every possible occasion soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not  40  me, I would take out my   41  and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very  42  , but it was not long before I got   43  . One day while I was  44   writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher  45  over me, looking very angry because I was not   46   attention. He tore the poem up, with a  47   not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I was convinced（深信）that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from   48   . Not long after, I read about a poetry   49    and I decided to send in my   50    . Weeks later, long after I had given up hope. I got a letter telling me I had won first  51  .Everyone at school was very impressed except the   52   teacher, who  53   me more carefully than ever, He was quite   54    I was not going to write poetry in his  55   .

A. gave up B. hand out     C. kept on      D. bought in

A. arranging B. collecting   C. gathering   D. keeping

A. additional       B. extra   C. other   D. spare

A. doing      B. making      C. writing       D. praising

A. interest    B. attack  C. take in       D. strike

A. dictionary     B. notebook    C. textbook     D. handbook

A. anxiously B. attentively  C. carefully    D. silently

A. caught     B. lost     C. gone   D. stricken

A. busy B. ready  C. careful       D. happy

A. going    B. standing     C. walking      D. beating

A. calling   B. devoting     C. giving D. paying

A. warning B. notice C. word   D. look

A. heart    B. mind   C. memory     D. thought

A. contest   B. quiz    C. race    D. meeting

A. poem   B. composition       C. papers D. homework

A. position      B. prize   C. reward       D. victory

A. English  B. physics       C. chemistry   D. geography

A. guarded      B. inspected    C. observed    D. watched

A. determined  B. fixed   C. known       D. made

A. school   B. lesson C. home  D. office