Not until I ________ to work ____ how much time I had wasted.

第二节    完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
The sun was shining when I got on No.151 Bus. We passengers sat jammed together in heavy clothes. No one spoke. That’s one of the   36       rules.  37      we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 38      behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their  39   .
As the bus came near the Mile, a  40     suddenly rang out “ 41   ! This is your driver speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your papers down. All of you.” The  42     came down. “Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go  43     .”
Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an older woman, her head wrapped in a red scarf(围巾).I saw her  44     every day. Our eyes met 。We waited for the next  45    from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning neighbor!”
Our voice were  46    .For many of us, these were the  47      words we had spoken that day. But we said them together, like  48    , to the strangers beside us. We couldn’t help 49     .There was the feeling of relief, that we were not being held up（抢劫）. But more, there was the sense of ice being  50     . “Good morning, neighbor.” It was not so   51      after all. Some of us repeated it, others shook hands, many laughed. The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t   52     to. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a warm sound I had never heard before in  53     .
When I reached my stop, I said   54       to my seatmate, and then jumped off the bus. That day was  55       off better than most.
36. A. unwritten            B.  strict              C.  bus                 D. city
37. A. As                   B.  Because          C.  When             D. Although
38. A. read             B.  sit               C.  talk               D. hide
39. A. ways             B. methods          C.  respect                 D. distance
40. A. message        B. warning           C.  suggestion           D. voice
41. A. Attention            B. Minding     C.  Help             D. Listen
42. A. papers          B. passengers        C.  driver           D. tears
43. A. on                 B. round                C.   ahead          D. down
44. A. still               B.  nearly         C.  even              D. hardly
45. A. turn               B.  talk           C.  order            D. remark
46. A. loud              B.  neat                C.  slow                   D. weak
47. A. first               B.  last             C.  best                    D. only
48. A. passengers          B.  citizens           C.  patients               D. schoolchildren
49. A. shouting        B.  crying               C.  smiling           D. wondering
50. A. formed          B.  heated            C.  broken                 D. frozen
51. A. sad                B.  hard               C.  ordinary       D. shy
52. A. need              B.  want             C.  like              D. begin
53. A. my life          B.  Bus 151         C.  public             D. other words
54. A. good morning B.  good-bye    C.  hello             D. thanks
55. A. starting       B.  seeing         C.  taking           D. turning

As the semester(学期) ended, students had a chance to turn the tables on their teachers.
They got to grade me anonymously(匿名地), assessing the ability of my thinking, my organizational skills and the depth of my knowledge. Such evaluations keep me alert to what works and what doesn’t. Students reflect my performance back to me, and I’m glad to learn what they think of my teaching so that I might try to improve.
This system reflects many aspects of my work. There is, of course, nothing wrong with it. But this system assumes that what students need is the same as what they want. Reading my evaluations every semester has taught me otherwise. Actually many students’ expectations for their courses have already changed, reflecting, in part, the business model many universities are following: classes are considered services, and parents are eager to get their money’s worth from their children’s education. Students feel pressure from their parents to get practical use from their courses.
This could make sense for an engineering course, but in my field, creative writing, which rarely trains up excellent 21-year-old writers, it is more difficult to provide the results that the career-minded students desire. Then I tried some teaching techniques to change the criticism of those unhappy students to the opposite and improve my student evaluations. My record would accurately reflect a smart, attentive, encouraging teacher. However, I would admit that they loved me simply because I agreed writing should be easy.
I know other teachers have done the same thing: teach your heart out to the teachable but be sure to please the unteachable; keep your ratings high, like a politician trying to improve his poll(民意调查) results. I believe in the struggle. But I still can’t help wincing(退缩) when I read, “The instructor is mean.” “Marcus is not committed to my work.” “This class sucks.” The business model has taught me that customers are always right. And maybe a few more dissatisfied customers would mean a better learning experience.
【小题1】What can we know from the underlined phrase “turn the tables on their teachers”？

Many people go to school for a good education . They learn languages ,history ,maths and other lessons . School education is very important and useful . Yet no one can learn everything from school . No matter how much a teacher knows , he cannot teach his students everything they want to know . His work is to show his students how to learn . He teaches them how to read and how to think . So , much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves .
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself . It is quite easy to learn something in a language or a formula in maths , but it is difficult to use a formula in finding the answer to a maths problem . Great inventors do not get everything from school but they can invent many things and change the world a lot . Though Thomas Edison invented many things he didn’t have much school education . How do they do all these ? Because they know how to study . A lot of things are not taught in the classroom . They get knowledge from books outside school . They work hard all their lives , and the most important thing is that they know how to use their head .
31. What do many people go to school for ?
A. To make friends                  B. To get everything
C. To get a good education            D. To study by themselves
32. What should a student learn to do from school ?
A. Try to remember more knowledge and formulas .
B. Try to learn how to read and how to think . 
C. Try to remember what the teachers teach .
D. Try to invent the world .
33. How can an inventor invent things ? The most important thing is how
to         .
A. be a great inventor                B. study by himself
C. use his head well                  D. remember what he’s been taught
34. The word formula in this passage means          .
A. 数学题       B. 公式        C. 几何图形        D. 数学用表
35. Which of the following shows the most important idea of this passage ?
A. School education is important for a person .  
B. A student can not learn everything from school .
C. A student should learn how to remember a formula .
D. Inventors can invent things and change the world a lot .

—How long do you want me to heat the oil?

—Heat it till it ________ to smoke.

A．would begin 

B．begins

C．will begin 

D．began