Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 36 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 37 from one end of the city to another and to 38 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 39 , so the friendship I knew at school was 40 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 41 long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my 42 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.
By chance, I 43 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 44 pany came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 45 at her in astonishment (吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 46 about me, to which I said, “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 47 . I was just frightened. In the end she 48 me that I should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 49 and I became 50 interested in literature than ever. I 51 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 52 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地) told my parents that I wanted to 53 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 54 , and if I knew what it meant and 55 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.
【小题1】A．stopB．beginC．continueD．walk【小题2】A．talkB．journeyC．jobD．walk【小题3】A．doB．sitC．talkD．work【小题4】A．familyB．classC．cityD．country【小题5】A．absentB．missedC．lostD．over【小题6】A．tooB．veryC．muchD．quite【小题7】A mind B. heart C. soul D. thought
【小题8】A．defeatedB．beatC．wonD．hit【小题9】A．TVB．radioC．shoeD．food【小题10】A．lookedB．fixedC．shoutedD．stared【小题11】A．talkB．filmC．conversationD．speech【小题12】A．reasonB．causeC．excuseD．wish【小题13】A．advised B．suggestedC．agreedD．persuaded【小题14】A．poemsB．storiesC．speechesD．plans【小题15】A．lessB．muchC．farD．more【小题16】A．wanderedB．consideredC．discussedD．wondered【小题17】A．thinkB．considerC．spendD．imagine【小题18】A．dropB．leaveC．returnD．go to【小题19】A．sureB．clearC．curiousD．true【小题20】A．whetherB．thatC．howD．whatC
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解析：文章介绍作者在违背老师愿望离开学校后在夜校“继续”学文学。经过自己的努力，获得了文学奖，并拍了电视短片，这样他对文学更感兴趣了，因此他决定放弃工作，继续回到学校学习。
【小题1】考查动词：A. stop停止，B. begin开始，C. continue 继续，D. walk走路，从下文可知，我在夜校“继续”学文学。选C。
【小题2】考查名词：A. talk谈话，B. journey 旅程C. job工作D. walk步行，该句中it指“从城市的一头到另一头上夜校”这件事，所以选job。如果选B或D项，需表达为It was a tiresome journey/walk to go from...。选C。
【小题3】考查动词：A. do做，B. sit坐，C. talk谈话，D. work工作，因为是上夜校，所以我“坐”在成人中间。选B。
【小题4】考查名词：A. family家庭，B. class班级，C. city城市，D. country国家，我是“班”里最小的学生。选B。
【小题5】考查形容词：A. absent缺席的，B. missed错过的，C. lost迷失的，D. over结束的，absent表示“不存在的；缺乏的”。因为夜校以成人为主，我与他们的年龄差距使得我上学时的那种友谊不存在了。选A。
【小题6】考查副词：A. too也，B. very非常，C. much很，D. quite非常，此处用too表示我有些厌倦。选A。
【小题7】考查名词：A mind思维，B. heart心，C. soul灵魂，D. thought想法，put one’s heart into sth.意为“把整个身心放在某事上；用全部精力去做某事”。mind的使用结构为put one’s mind on sth.。选B。
【小题8】考查动词：A. defeated 击败， B. beat打败，C. won赢得，D. hit袭击，偶然的机会我获得了文学奖，此处用won表示“获奖”。选C。
【小题9】考查名词：A. TV电视，B. radio收音机，C. shoe鞋子，D. food食物，根据下文“拍短片”可推断是电视公司。选A。
【小题10】考查动词：A. looked看，B. fixed确定的，C. shouted 叫喊，D. stared凝望，根据语境我在“全国获奖”“吃惊又不相信”可以推断，此处用表示“盯着；凝视”的s tared最佳。选D。
【小题11】考查动词：A. talk 谈话，B. film电影，C. conversation对话，D. speech演讲，根据下一段开头可知，她想为我拍电视短片。选B。
【小题12】考查名词：A. reason理由，B. cause 起因，C. excuse 借口，D. wish希望，既然拒绝，用表示“借口”的excuse比表示“理由”的reason更佳。选C。
【小题13】考查动词：A. advised建议，B. suggested建议，C. agreed同意，D. persuaded劝说，说服，从下文给我拍摄了短片判断，她“说服”了我。选D。
【小题14】考查名词：A. poems诗歌，B. stories故事，C. speeches演讲，D. plans计划，因为我的诗歌获奖，所以拍摄时我最可能是读着一首诗歌。选A。
【小题15】考查形容词：. A. less更少的，B. much很多，C. far更远，D. more更多，此处表示比较，联系上下文，我肯定是对文学更感兴趣了。．选D。
【小题16】考查动词：A. wandered 徘徊，B. considered考虑，C. discussed讨论，D. wondered想知道，我想知道我以后要做什么。选D。
【小题17】考查动词：A. think 思考，B. consider考虑，C. spend度过，花费，D. imagine想象，imagine doing sth.表示“想象做某事”，myself作spending的逻辑主语。我不能想象自己的余生都和机器打交道，选D。
【小题18】考查动词：A. drop掉落，放弃，B. leave离开，C. return回来，D. go to去，从前面的I could not 52 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines.可知我想“返回”学校上学。选C。
【小题19】考查形容词：A. sure确定的，B. clear 明确的，C. curious好奇的，D. true真实的，父母怕我动摇，想知道我是否“确定”了。选A。
【小题20】考查连接词：表示“是否”的whether引导从句，与前面的if从句并列。是否我知道一旦放弃了工作培训就很难找到一个好工作，选A。