Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature（文学）at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

　　By chance, I won some prizes and award（奖励）for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelieved her. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said:“No, I couldn't do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

　　So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine 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 return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether 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 not further.

(1)Which of the following has more probably been discussed in the paragraph above this passage? ________.

[　　]

A．The writer's unhappy childhood.

B．The poor teaching quality of the writer's school.

C．The writer's leaving school against his teachers' advice.

D．Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

(2)The writer did not feel comfortable at the evening school because ________.

[　　]

A．he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B．he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C．he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D．all of the above

(3)After his success, the writer ________.

[　　]

A．decided to get a good job

B．decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C．decided to return to the school he had left

D．began to feel very important and proud

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．His parents worried that he would have no future if he returned to school.

B．His parents worried that he would leave school again.

C．It was difficult for one who studied literature to get a job.

D．His parents did not want him to continue his education.

　　Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my studies in literature（文学）at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class, so the friendship I knew at school was absent, I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter's nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

　　By chance, I won some prizes and award（奖励）for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She told me that I had won a national poetry award. I stared at her in astonishment and disbelieved her. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said:“No, I couldn't do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

　　So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine 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 return to school. They were greatly surprised and, I think, a little afraid but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether 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 not further.

(1)Which of the following has more probably been discussed in the paragraph above this passage? ________.

[　　]

A．The writer's unhappy childhood.

B．The poor teaching quality of the writer's school.

C．The writer's leaving school against his teachers' advice.

D．Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

(2)The writer did not feel comfortable at the evening school because ________.

[　　]

A．he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B．he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C．he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D．all of the above

(3)After his success, the writer ________.

[　　]

A．decided to get a good job

B．decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C．decided to return to the school he had left

D．began to feel very important and proud

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．His parents worried that he would have no future if he returned to school.

B．His parents worried that he would leave school again.

C．It was difficult for one who studied literature to get a job.

D．His parents did not want him to continue his education.

III. Verb filling(38%)

With everything he needed ________, she left the supermarket. ( buy)

If selected, he promised he would do all he could ________ public welfare. (promote)

You are wasting your time __________ him; he’ll never take your advice. ( persuade)

We can do no nothing now but _________him. ( encourage)

I meant _______  you last weekend, but I was too busy and could not afford any time. ( visit )

Don’t let those who are not old enough ________ the video game arcade. ( enter)

Do you feel like ________ a walk along the river? ( have)

________ to eat in the school cafeteria every day made me sick.  (force)

Up to now, I ________ four cups of coffee this morning. ( drink)

All of the students _________ attentively when someone made a loud noise. (listen)

By the time I went to bed last night, Tom ________ asleep. (fall)

It was insisted that the man ________ to prison because he committed a serious crime. ( send)

This is the very motor cycle _________ to my desk-mate that was stolen last week. (belong)

That novel written by the famous writer from Hong Kong is certainly worth _______ twice. (read)

There are a number of students _________ to get examined. ( wait)

The gangsters _______ out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. ( hide)

He is such an _______ man. No one likes him. ( annoy)

The driver of the car probably holds the key to _______ the crime. ( solve)

I spoke to her kindly ________ her. ( not frighten)

It _____ ten years before we meet again. ( be)

It is hard to find a time that _______ everyone. ( suit)

I first met Tom 10 years ago. He _______________ in a radio factory at that time. (work)

Don’t bother to look for my dictionary, for it ____________ up some day. (turn)

Some of our students do need ____________ highly because they perform well in every task they carry out. (praise)

I know Mr. Brown; we ________________ to each other at an international conference. (introduce)

_________ in 1950, this company has a history of over 50 years. (found)

After _________________, the applicants will be required to take a language test. (interview)

His works are said ______________________ into dozens of languages in the past few years. (translate)

I found it no good ____________ to do it again. (continue)

The flowers __________ so sweet that I decided to buy some. (smell)

He came into the classroom, _____________ by many students. (follow)

The terrible sound from downstairs made children _____________. (frighten)

You’d better _______________ to know how to do it. (not pretend)

Neither his parents nor his wife ______________ him well. (understand)

You can hardly imagine the difficulty the woman had ____________ up her children. (bring)

Though _________ money, his parents managed to send him abroad. (lack)

He told us the story of a practical joke __________ on the man working with us. (play)

38.The matter ___________________ now will be settled at today’s meeting. (discuss)