1 . A year after high school, I didn't know what to do. I was still one of those_______teenagers with no real timetable for the day. Then I _______to find Brief History of Time from a street vendor (小贩;摊贩). When I finished _______, for the first time I had a _______to spend my life on.
Years later, I was doing_______ in the Institute of Theoretical Physics where Stephen Hawking _______as the Research Director. One day at lunchtime, Prof. Hawking_______ and joined in on my table. I had imagined_______ him! Now he was sitting _______before me! I couldn’t help but________— reading his book, getting laughed at by friends, convincing my family that I wanted to “study black holes”... I gathered some________and told him that I joined physics because of his ________ and he was such an inspiration. At first, I wasn’t sure if he understood my thick accent. So I quietly continued my ________. But minutes later________a voice from his computer: “Thank You! I am very glad to see you here.”
It was only then that I________that during the pause he was writing, one letter at a time, while being spoon-fed. It’s how he had been doing unimaginable research almost his entire________. His ability to use his brain in such an incredible way despite a ________body has always inspired me not to be________by difficulties and to concentrate energy on things other than pains of life.
My work keeps me going: it’s my passion, it’s my life and it’s a great pleasure and motivation, which________me to contribute to society. My lifespan (寿命) might be________, but my achievements could be endless. I owe all this to him.
1. A.cautious | B.curious | C.serious | D.purposeless |
2. A.tried | B.arranged | C.happened | D.managed |
3. A.listening | B.reading | C.searching | D.writing |
4. A.determination | B.goal | C.movement | D.reason |
5. A.business | B.deal | C.degree | D.research |
6. A.died | B.existed | C.reacted | D.served |
7. A.approached | B.dashed | C.overcame | D.passed |
8. A.coming about | B.coming across | C.coming along | D.coming around |
9. A.actually | B.constantly | C.luckily | D.suddenly |
10. A.consider | B.judge | C.predict | D.remember |
11. A.cash | B.courage | C.memory | D.shyness |
12. A.invitation | B.illness | C.book | D.speech |
13. A.meal | B.case | C.question | D.speech |
14. A.came | B.attached | C.drew | D.signaled |
15. A.recorded | B.agreed | C.believed | D.realized |
16. A.life | B.day | C.year | D.century |
17. A.brief | B.broken | C.harmful | D.rough |
18. A.influenced | B.forced | C.limited | D.threatened |
19. A.follows | B.advises | C.drives | D.allows |
20. A.admirable | B.boring | C.short | D.unusual |