Although I had left school against the
advice of my teacher, I had, without telling anyone, tried to continue my
studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end
of the city to another and to 16 among adults was uninteresting. I was the
youngest in the class, 17 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 18 and it was hard to put my heart into
Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I decide to 19 reading books 20 and started writing poetry.
By chance, I won some prizes
and rewards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to my home one
day. She told me that I had 21 national poetry award. I stared at her in
astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 22 about me, to which I said, “No, I
couldn’t do that. ”Not that I had any real excuse. I was just 23 . In the end she persuaded me that I
24 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 25 than ever, I wondered what I should do
after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself 26 the rest of my days dealing with
machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to 27 to school. They were greatly 28 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 29 my job training, it would be very difficult
to get a good job. But 30 could stop me, and they asked about the
matter on future.
16. A. sit B. learn C.
stay D. live
17. A. for B. but C. and D. so
18. A. time B. days C. nights D. months
19. A. enjoy B. continue C.
begin D. stop
20. A. at college
B. at home C.
at work D. at school
21. A. won B. had C.
accepted D. received
22. A. film B. introduction C. talk D. picture
23. A. pleased B. excited C. interested D.
frightened
24. A. may B. can C.
should D.
must
25. A. books B. literature C.
poems D.
films
26. A. using B. taking
C. spending D.
costing
27. A. come B. go C. return D.
turn
28. A. glad B. surprised C.
sad D. moved
29. A. gave up B. kept on C. gave in D. kept back
30. A. my parents B. nobody C. my teachers D.
nothing
