One winter term during college, I took a history class to fulfill a requirement.
The professor was a 1 fellow with red hair. He would walk shyly into the room wearing his hooded (带帽的) winter coat, once not even 2 the hood during the lecture. He was terribly nervous in class and lowered his head 3 looking up through his glasses at his students.
So I 4 a little game for myself. I would try to find something in his lecture to ask him an intelligent question about, 5 me to pay attention rather than letting my eyes close. He was obviously 6 to have a question to answer. In fact, his answers were always interesting.
I continued to do this every day of the course and found myself actually enjoying the subject. The professor seemed to become a bit more 7 and some of the other students even 8 from time to time. My little game had saved me from being bored, as it was 9 to do. And, I learned quite a bit about ancient world history. Except for all of his strange __10 , he was indeed quite an expert in his field.
On the last day of his class, we gathered our 11 and headed out the door. The shy, red-haired professor 12 directly in front of me, with obvious efforts, as I reached the door, and put out his hand. He said, “I want to thank you for making this class so interesting.” As he shook my hand and 13 for the first time, I was so surprised. To me, it had been a pleasant way to 14 the time. I had no idea that all of my question asking had any 15 on him or the others at all.
Each of us, through the things we say and do, can have a great effect not just on our own experiences, but those of others.
1. A．strange B．patient C．popular D．proud
2. A．cleaning B．noticing C．removing D．wearing
3. A．hardly B．simply C．absolutely D．quickly
4. A．played B．continued C．created D．bought
5. A．reminding B．forcing C．allowing D．telling
6. A．angry B．surprised C．sad D．pleased
7. A．relaxed B．traditional C．reasonable D．concerned
8. A．gave up B．fell behind C．look back D．joined in
9. A．designed B．permitted C．challenged D．forbidden
10. A．explanation B．appearance C．secret D．hobby
11. A．collection B．friends C．game D．books
12. A．waited B．apologized C．greeted D．stepped
13. A．regretted B．smiled C．cried D．required
14. A．pass B．save C．fix D．waste
15. A．guidance B．result C．mercy D．effect
Childhood is a time （1）_____ there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. (2)_____ is impossible that he will ever again in his life (3)________(give) so much without having to do anything in return. But a child hashis pains; he is not so free to do (4) _____he wishes to; he is continually being told not to do something, or being punished (5)_____ what he has done wrong.
When the child has become a young man and this young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work on his own if he wants to live (6)________ (comfort). If he spends most of his time (7) ________(play) about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go (8)________ (hunger). If, however, he works hard, (9)________(keep) out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in (10)________ (social).
Unless __________, she won’t go to any party.
A．inviting B．having invited C．invited D．being invited
__________ his project, the boy had to stay up late.
A．Not finishing B．Not finished
C．Having not finished D．Not having finished
________ I agree with you; let’s combine our ideas into a strong point.
A．On the whole B．As a whole
C．In the way D．Under no circumstances
There are ________ food on sale in the trade fair.
A．a great many B．lots of
C．a great deal of D．large quantities of
