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Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read the
New Testament on tape.
But it
1 a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a youngster I
stuttered (口吃)
2 badly that I was completely
3 to speak in public.
4 ,when I was 14,Professor Donald Crouch came to our school. He was a retired college professor. Englishwas his favorite subject;poetry was his deepest love. He held a book of poems
5 it were a
diamond necklace, tuming pages as if
6 treasures. When he heard our school was teaching
Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer
7 not being a part of our school.
When he
8 that I not only loved poetry but was
9 it,we became closer. There was,however,
one
10 between us-Professor Crouch could not stand the
11 that I refused to read my poems to the
class.
"Jim,poetry is
12 to be read aloud," he said. "You should be able to speak those beautiful words.
" I shook my head and
13 .
Then he tricked me. After handing in a poem,l waited for his
14 . It didn't come. Instead,one day as
the students gathered together,he challenged me, "Jim,I don't think you wrote this. "
I
15 him in disbelief. "Why," I started,anger flooding me,"of course I
16 !" "Well,then," he said,
"you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it
17 memory. "
By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking,I walked up to the front. For
a moment I stood
18 . Then I began,and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through!
Afterwards,Professor Crouch congratulated me,and
19 me to read other writers' poetry before
public.
Before long I discovered I did have a(n)
20 and found my fellow students actually looked forward
to hearing me recite.
( )1. A. lasted
( )2. A. so
( )3. A. uncertain
( )4. A. But
( )5. A. even if
( )6. A. recovering
( )7. A. prevent
( )8. A. learned
( )9. A. writing
( )10. A. difference
( )11. A. truth
( )12. A. said
( )13. A. answered back
( )14 A. correction
( )15. A. replied to
( )16. A. could
( )17. A. with
( )18. A. changeless
( )19. A. enabled
( )20. A. voice |
B. took
B. fairly
B. unlikely
B. Besides
B. so that
B. uncovering
B. help
B. knew
B. reading
B. difficulty
B. idea
B. meant
B. showed up
B. praise
B. laughed at
B. did
B. of
B. hopeless
B. persuaded
B. sound |
C. was
C. such
C. unbelievable
C. Then
C. as if
C. removing
C. keep
C. decided
C. reciting
C. promise
C. fact
C. caused
C. tumed away
C. retum
C. pointed to
C. should
C. from
C. helpless
C. encouraged
C. appearance |
D. wasted
D. rather
D. unable
D. However
D. on condition that
D. discovering
D. stand
D. proved
D. saving
D. pity
D. belief
D. prepared
D. stuck to
D. comment
D. stared at
D. had
D. in
D. breathless
D. supported
D. interest |