9.My wood-shop teacher,Mr.August J.Bachmann,was the most influential teacher I ever had.I had gotten into (41)D in his class:Another student had pushed me into a wood lathe (车床),and I became(42)B and began to hit him.Mr.Bachmann stopped the(43)C,but instead of sending me to the office,he sat me down and asked a simple question:"Penna,why areyou (44)A your life?Why aren't you going to college?"
I didn't know anything about (45)B.No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a (46)D.That day,instead of rushing off for (47)C,he stayed and explaine possible(48)A options to me.At the end of our (49)A,he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college.This was in 1962.
Well,53years have passed,and what have I done with the(50)B he gave me?I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29.I (51)C
English and social studies and then (52)B the chain of command from teacher to headmaster.I've sat on the board(董事会) for Magnet Schools of America and (53)D that organization at the United Nations.I've won a number of prestigious (声望很高的) educational awards.(54)C where would I be if atruly (55)A teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me?It was (56)B only his confidence in me that pushed me forward.I have (57)A his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to(58)C higher.If I have(59)D any children,it is because of him.If I have been a (60)A educator,it is because I had a great role model in Mr.Bachmann.
| 41.A.debt | B.water | C.prison | D.trouble |
| 42.A.afraid | B.angry | C.brave | D.curious |
| 43.A.play | B.game | C.fight | D.quarrel |
| 44.A.wasting | B.ending | C.changing | D.living |
| 45.A.schools | B.colleges | C.friendship | D.teamwork |
| 46.A.role | B.try | C.job | D.future |
| 47.A.work | B.rest | C.lunch | D.emergency |
| 48.A.education | B.interest | C.exercise | D.career |
| 49.A.talk | B.class | C.trip | Dsilence |
| 50.A.money | B.knowledge | C.luck | D.experience |
| 51.A.chose | B.quitted | C.taught | D.learned |
| 52.A.set up | B.moved up | Cgave | Dtook up |
| 53.A.founded | B.supported | Chelped | Drepresented |
| 54.A.So | B.Or | C.But | D.And |
| 55.A.caring | B.honest | C.clever | D.humorous |
| 56.A.after all | B.without question | C.in reality | Dbeyond expectation |
| 57.A.repaid | B.shown | C.recognized | D.received |
| 58.A.jump | B.climb | C.aim | D.feel |
| 59.A.praised | B.surprised | C.understood | D.saved |
| 60.A.successful | B.confident | C.strict | D.special |