It was a Monday morning. As the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a low voice, “Here’s the teacher. I’m sure this boring fellow(家伙)is going to talk about how to use commas(逗号).” It was a boy’s voice and the teacher knew who he was.

However, the teacher didn’t get angry. He said nothing about it, but really began to talk about how to use commas. And then he wrote the following sentence on the blackboard, “Nick says the teacher is a boring fellow.”

The class laughed and Nick’s face turned red.

“Now,” said the teacher, “I’ll tell you the importance of commas.” He put two commas in the sentence, and then read, “Nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow.”

    The whole class laughed again. Nick felt very surprised first, then his face much redder. Finally he couldn’t help laughing with the other students, too.

45. What subject did the teacher teach the students?

 A. Math.              B. English.              C. Music.                D. Science.

46. What kind of boy was Nick like?

 A. A tall boy.       B. A healthy boy.         C. A funny boy.           D. A small boy.

47. I think Nick liked to have ___________lessons.

 A. boring         B. bad                 C. no                  D. interesting

It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was 　41　 English. When I was doing nothing, Mr. Gough, our new English teacher, 　42　 into the classroom.

To my surprise, he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allen Poe, and asked if anyone 　43　 it. I put my hand up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr. Gough asked if I really understood 　44　 the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me 　45　 an essay on that subject.

After that, English classes became a new interest for me. Mr. Gough thought that students hadto　　46　 a play to understand it. “Don’t just read it,” he said.

As time passed, we developed a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a 　47　 in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift for writing, Tony, and one day you’ll come to realize how 　48　 it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”

　49　 have passed. Now, every time I sit down to write 　50　, I think of Mr. Gough. He was more than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

41. A. boring                      B. bored                    C. interesting                 D. interested

42. A. walks                       B. walked                   C. was walking              D. is walking

43. A. reads                        B. read                       C. has read                   D. had read

44. A. if                             B. when                     C. what                         D. how

45. A. wrote                       B. writing                  C. to write                    D. written

46. A. work out                  B. act out                   C. put out                      D. come out

47. A. teacher                     B. actor                      C. waiter                      D. writer 

48. A. useful                       B. beautiful                 C. careful                      D. thankful

49. A. A year                      B. Some year              C. Years                        D. Every year

50. A. anything new            B. something new        C. new anything             D. new something