Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 41 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 42 from one end of the city to another and to 43 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 44 , so the friendship I knew at school was 45 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 46 long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my 47 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.
By chance, I 48 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 49 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 50 at her in astonishment(吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 51 about me, to which I said, “ No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 52 . I was just frightened. In the end she 53 me that I should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 54 and I became 55 interested in literature than ever. I 56 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 57 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 _58 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 59 , and if I knew what it meant and 60 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 no further.
41. A. stop B. go on C. continue D. walk
42. A. talk B. journey C. job D. walk
43. A. do B. sit C. talk D. work
44. A. family B. class C. city D. country
45. A. absent B. missed C. lost D. over
46. A. too B. very C. much D. quite
47. A mind B. heart C. soul D. thought
48. A. defeated B. beat C. won D. hit
49. A. TV B. radio C. shoe D. food
50. A. looked B. fixed C. shouted D. stared
51. A. talk B. film C. conversation D. speech
52. A. reason B. cause C. excuse D. wish
53. A. advised B. suggested C. agreed D. persuaded
54. A. poems B. stories C. speeches D. plans
55. A. less B. much C. far D. more
56. A. wandered B. considered C. discussed D. wondered
57. A. think B. consider C. spend D. imagine
58. A. drop B. leave C. return D. go to
59. A. sure B. clear C. curious D. true
60. A. whether B. that C. how D. what
40. Give me an undisturbed hour and I’ll see the work Tom ___ unfinished.
A. will leave B. is leaving C. has left D. had left
39. – In fact, I’m not used ___ to like that.
-- Neither am I.
A. to being spoken B. to be spoken C. being spoken D. to speaking
38. I order not to be disturbed, I spent three hours ___ in my study.
A. locking B. locked C. to lock D. being locked
37. He used to be a popular singer, but drug ____ his ruin.
A. resulted from B. contributed to C. attended to D. devoted to
36. ___ warmly for his work, he was too ___ to fall asleep.
A. Praising; excited B. To praise; exciting
C. Praised; exciting D. Praised; excited
35. ___ straight on and you’ll see a church. You won’t miss it.
A. Go B. Going C. If you go D. When going
34. He tried to go away without being noticed by his employer but luck ___ him.
A. went with B. went against C. went over D. went along
33. The teacher couldn’t make himself ___ attention to because the students were so noisy.
A. to pay B. to be paid C. paid D. pay
32. There’s ___ cooking oil left in the house. Would you go to the corner store and get ___?
A. little; some B. little; any C. a little; some D. a little; any