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 36 30 years ago; I sat in Dr Charles E. Offutt’s British literature class, listening to him 37 what the seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would 38. I’m the principal of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, 39 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 40 me, as much by example as by 41, that it was my moral duty to do so and to 42 others.

       Neither of us could know how our 43 would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt, the then department chair. After several years, I was 44 department chair, and our relationship changed 45. I thought that it might be 46 chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr Offutt 47 me throughout. He knew when to give me 48 about curriculum, tests 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. 49, he encouraged me to seize the new 50.

       Five years ago, I became the 51 of DeMatha. Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 52 on him as I tried to fill big shoes. I’ve learned from him that great teachers have a(n) 53 wealth of lessons to teach. 54 his students don’t know it yet, I know how 55 they are; I’m still one of them.

36、A. mostly             B. exactly                    C. probably                  D. simply

37、A. explain             B. predict                     C. speak                      D. teach

38、A. keep                B. achieve                    C. choose                    D. take

39、A. preparing         B. discovering              C. wondering               D. realizing

40、A. assisted            B. reminded                 C. advised                    D. convinced

41、A. words              B. action                      C. explanation              D. models

42、A. please              B. force                       C. serve                       D. teach

43、A. relationship       B. position                   C. situation                  D. condition

44、A. pointed            B. named                     C. given                       D. taken

45、A. already             B. yet                          C. still                         D. again

46、A. foolish             B. surprising                C. uncertain                 D. challenging

47、A. promoted         B. accepted                  C. supported                D. welcomed

48、A. advice              B. information              C. notice                      D. thought

49、A. Otherwise        B. Therefore                C. Furthermore            D. Instead

50、A. choice             B. opportunity              C. approach                 D. possibility

51、A. teacher            B. principal                  C. officer                     D. clerk

52、A. live                  B. look                        C. depend                    D. take

53、A. rich                 B. little                         C. valuable                   D. endless

54、A. Once               B. Even if                    C. Unless                     D. Until

55、A. fortunate          B. curious                    C. innocent                  D. satisfied

－Are you coming to my wedding ceremony?

      －__________. I can’t miss your prettiest and happiest moment.

    A. I’m afraid I can’t.                                       B. You’ve welcome.     

C. No way!                                                     D. You bet!

 “We have just made a very difficult decision ... we have decided to stop___ QQ on computers ____ with 360's software.” Tencent said in an open letter on Wednesday night.

A. to run, installing                                              B. to run, installed       

C. running, installing                                     D. running, installed

－It is said that Jack is very rich and is always changing his private cars. What is he?

－_______, I am not sure.

A. Somebody of a manager                   B. Something of a manager

C. Anyone of a manager                    D. Anything of a manager

If people ______virtual reality holidays, we ______ on an around-the-world tour．

       A. invent; go                               B. invented; had gone

       C. invent; have gone                         D. invented; would go

－Instead of lending a hand, Jim just stood by, laughing at us in trouble.

－Oh, it’s ______ of him to be so cold hearted.

A. typical                     B.ordinary                    C.common                  D.normal

Every few years, the coal workers         their lungs X-rayed to ensure their health.

A. are having           B. have                C. have had           D. had had

If I can help _______, I prefer living in New York because the weather here is better than _______ of Boston．

       A. that; that              B. it; that                   C. that; one             D. it; it

－Many a student has a ________ opinion of him．

－But he is spoken ________ of by the leaders．

       A. bad; worse            B. badly; highly           C. bad; more              D. bad; well

Sean has formed the habit of jogging       the tree-lined avenue for two hours every day.

A. between            B. along               C. below             D. with