—I wish I _________ the meeting.

—But you didn’t .

A．attended	B．have atteneded
C．had attended	D．would attend

 

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Learning behind the bars

　　Bobby Leonard was serving a 104-year prison sentence when he learned to read . And his illiteracy (文肓) , he now believes , was a big part of his 1 .

　　Now 42, Leonard grew up in rural Louisiana and attended 2 when he wasn't working on the family farm. Moving to Washington D. C. at age 12, he 3 refused to go to school any more. He canpleted tie seventh grade with the skills 4 of a third-grader.

　　But Leonard learned to make 5 nevertheless. “I was good in 6 because of the money I was making. ”he said. “ I was a 7 burglar(窃贼).”

　　Fairly good, but not good enough to avoid 8 and confronted (使面临)with a shut-off from the 9 . It was because he needed to keep contact with people outside the 10 that he sought out a tutor (辅导教师) he hoped would write letters for him. The tutor 11 , on condition that Leonard learn to write for himself.

　　“It was just a real 12 for me learning, but the guy recognized that I had sane potential(潜能) I didn't recognize 13 .”he said. Once Leonard even hit the tutor for suggesting he was 14 . “I didn't understand the word he was using.” Leonard said. “When you can't read, your vocabulary is very 15 . That's part of the problem.”

　　Leonard 16 learn to read, however, and earned a college degree in psychology (心理学) in the dozen years 17 his being set free. In the yeas 18 , he has worded with youth and anti-death denalty(死刑) programmes and is now a volunteer with Literacy Volunteers of America.“There's truly a message of 19 . ” said Leonard, a saleasman at Lincoln Cemetery who still drives by the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary (联邦监狱)each day to 20 himself of his past. “I don't think any body was as bad off as I was when I started. ”

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