Question

My Teacher in the School of Life I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes __1__ 30 years ago; I sat in Dr. Charles E. Offutt's British literature class, listening to him __2__ what his seniors would learn and getting them excited about the journey they would __3__, I'm principal(校长) of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, __4__ what the future held. I have been learning from Dr. Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at DeMatha. He not only taught me to think, he __5__me, as much by example as __6__, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve __7__. Neither of us could know how our __8__would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, then department chair. After several years, I was __9__ department chair, and our relationship changed __10__. I thought that it might be __11__ chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Offutt __12__ me throughout. He knew when to give me __13__　 about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course. In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. __14__, he encouraged me to seize the new __15__. Five years ago, I became __16__ of DeMatha. Once again, Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could __17__ on him as I tried to fill such big shoes. I've learned from him that great teachers have a(n) __18__ wealth of lessons to teach. __19__ his students don't know it yet, I know how __20__ they are; I'm still one of them. 1．A. mostly　 　 B. exactly 　　 C. only　　　 D. simply 2．A. explaining 　B. predicting 　 C. speaking　 　D. teaching 3．A. keep　 　　B. achieve　 C. choose　　 D. take 4．A. preparing 　B. discovering　 C. wondering 　D. realizing 5．A. assisted 　　B. reminded 　 C. advised　 　 D. convinced 6．A. words　　 　B. action 　 C. explanation 　D. models 7．A. the others　 B. everyone 　 C. others　 　　D. anyone 8．A. relationship　 B. position 　 　 C. situation　 　　D. condition 9．A. appointed　 B. named 　 　 C. given　　　 　D. taken 10．A. already　　 B. yet 　 C. still　　 　　 D. again 11．A. foolish　 　B. surprising 　 C. uncertain 　　D. challenging 12．A. promoted　 B. accepted　 　 C. supported　 　 D. welcomed 13．A. advice　 　B. information C. notice　 　　 D. thought 14．A. Otherwise　 B. Therefore 　 C. Furthermore 　D. Instead 15．A. choice　 　B. opportunity 　 C. occupation 　 D. possibility 16．A. teacher 　 B. principal　 　C. officer　　 　D. clerk 17．A. live　　 　B. look　 　 　 C. depend　　 　D. take 18．A. rich　 　 　B. little　 　 C. valuable　　 　D. endless 19．A. Once　　 B. Even if 　　C. Unless　 　　 D. Until 20．A. fortunate　 B. curious 　 C. innocent　　 　D. satisfied

 

Answer 1

1．B　exactly“确切地，整整”。 2．A　本句意思是：听他向学生们解释要完成的任务。因此用explaining。 3．D　所填词与journey构成固定短语take a journey，意思是“旅行”。 4．C　此处是非谓语动词作状语，根据后文的future可知此处是“想知道”之意，因此选C。 5．D　本句意思是：他不但教我思考这件事，还通过……使我信服，因此此处填convinced。 6．A　此处用words，意思是“言语，话语”。 7．C　句子意思是：这么做和帮助别人是我道义上的责任，故用others。 8．A　文章整体就是在说明“我”和老师的关系，因此此处用relationship。 9．A　此处意思是：我被任命为系主任，故用appointed。 10．D　由前文的“I worked for Dr. Offutt”可知我们的关系是师生，原来他是系主任，我是普　　　　　　　　　　　　 通老师，现在我是系主任，他是普通老师，所以说我们的关系“再次”变化了，用again。 11．D　本句意思是：我认为领导一个系很有挑战性，因此选D。 12．C　support“支持”。本句意思是：Dr. Offutt始终支持我。 13．A　根据后文的“I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another 　　 school”可知此处用advice, give sb. advice“给某人提建议”。 14．D　所填词位于句首，且后面有逗号，用副词，意思应为“而不是”，因此用instead。 15．B　与前文的seize搭配，用opportunity(机会，良机)。 16．B　根据第一自然段中的“I‘m principal of the school now”，可知此处用principal(校长)。 17．C　所填词与空后的on构成固定短语，意思是“依靠，取决于”，因此用depend。 18．D　本句意思是：我从他那里学会优秀的老师应有的无尽的教学财富。故用endless(无尽的，无休止的)。 19．B　此处所填词引导让步状语从句，意思是“即使，虽然”，用even if。 20．D