Question

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you ever really had a ________? One who saw you as a raw but ________ thing, a jewel that could be ________ to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find such teachers, you will always find your way.

My old professor’s death ________ came in 1994. Doctors guessed he had two years left. Morrie knew it was ________. Do I droop and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left? He had asked himself. ________ everyone was going to die, he could be ________ great value, right? He could be a human ________ for students to learn.

The last class of my old professor’s life had only ________ student. I was the student. The last class ________ once a week in his house, by a window in the study ________ he could watch a small plant shed its pink leaves. The subject was The Meaning of Life. You were ________ to respond to questions, and you were expected to raise questions of your own. You were also required to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the ________ of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra ________. Many topics were ________, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death.

I ________ sometimes at the person I was before I rediscovered my old professor. I want to talk to that person. I want to tell him to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking，as if it ________ the last time you might hear them. I know I cannot do this. None of us can ________ what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded. But if Professor Morris Schwartz taught me anything, it was this: there is no ________ thing as “too late” in life. He was ________ until the day he said good-bye.

1.A. professorB. parentC. teacherD. tutor

2.A. preciousB. ripeC. usefulD. worthless

3.A. changedB. polishedC. madeD. turned

4.A. statementB. announcementC. condemnD. sentence

5.A. longerB. lessC. manyD. much

6.A. SinceB. AlthoughC. BeforeD. With

7.A. inB. ofC. withD. at

8.A. novelB. fictionC. classicD. textbook

9.A. fewB. a fewC. oneD. little

10.A. broke outB. took placeC. occurredD. happened

11.A. whereB. whenC. whichD. what

12.A. requestedB. demandedC. askedD. expected

13.A. faceB. bridgeC. eyebrowD. cheekbone

14.A. reputationB. moneyC. creditD. time

15.A. coveredB. containedC. preservedD. excluding

16.A. look upB. look downC. look aheadD. look back

17.A. isB. wasC. wereD. will be

18.A. doB. redoC. undoD. misdo

19.A. soB. so aC. such aD. such

20.A. changingB. livingC. lastingD. leaving

Answer 1