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 ___1___ 30 years ago; I sat in Dr Charles E. Offutt's British literature class, listening to him __2___ what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would __3__.I'm the principal(校長(zhǎng)) of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, __4__ 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 __5__ me, as much by example as___6__， that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve __7__.

Neither of us could know how our __8__ would develop over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr Offutt, then the department chair. After several years, I was __9__ department chair, and our relationship changed __10__. I thought that it might be __11__chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr Offutt __12__ me throughout. He knew when to give me __13__ about curriculum, texts 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. __14__， he encouraged me to seize the new __15__.

Five years ago, I became the __16__ of DeMatha.Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could__17__ on him as I tried to fill such big shoes, I've learned from him that great teachers have a(n) __18__ wealth of lessons to teach. __19__ his students don't know it yet, I know how __20__ they are; I'm still one of them.

1．A.mostly　　　B．exactly　　　C．only　　　D．simply

2．A.explain     B．predict       C．speak     D．teach

3．A.keep       B．a(chǎn)chieve       C．choose   D．take

4．A.preparing   B．discovering   C．wondering  D．realizing

5．A.assisted    B．reminded      C．a(chǎn)dvised   D．convinced

6．A.words     B．a(chǎn)ction        C．explanation  D．models

7．A.the others  B．everyone       C．others   D．a(chǎn)nyone

8．A.relationship  B．position      C．situation  D．condition

9．A.pointed    B．named         C．given    D．taken

10．A.already      B．yet       C．still  D．a(chǎn)gain

11．A.foolish      B．surprising  C．uncertain  D．challenging

12．A.promoted    B．a(chǎn)ccepted  C．supported  D．welcomed

13．A.advice      B．information  C．notice   D．thought

14．A.Otherwise  B．Therefore  C．Furthermore  D．Instead

15．A.choice     B．opportunity  C．occupation  D．possibility

16．A.teacher     B．principal  C．officer      D．clerk

17．A.live       B．look     C．depend       D．take

18．A.rich      B．little     C．valuable       D．endless

19．A.Once     B．Even if  C．Unless       D．Until

20．A.fortunate  B．curious  C．innocent      D．satisfied

.1. 解析：選B。就在30年前作者在此上第—節(jié)課。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知學(xué)校的開(kāi)學(xué)時(shí)間與開(kāi)學(xué)第一節(jié)課的相同。所以結(jié)合the opening day和the first day of classes也可以推斷出選B。

2.  解析：選A。由文意可知，當(dāng)時(shí)Dr Offutt是作者的老師，所以應(yīng)向?qū)W生“解釋”他們將要學(xué)習(xí)的內(nèi)容。

3. 解析：選D。 (that/which)they would take是定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞the journey。take the journey是固定搭配，表示“去旅行”。

4．解析：選C。根據(jù)but一詞可知，作者雖然身為校長(zhǎng)，可當(dāng)年并不知未來(lái)如何。

5. 解析：選D。他不僅教作者思考，而且以大量事例讓作者“信服”。根據(jù)下文中的as much by example可知，是舉例讓作者相信他的話。

6．解析：選A。他不但用“話語(yǔ)”進(jìn)行教育，還輔之以例證。此處與前面的taught相呼應(yīng)。

7. 解析：選C。這么做并且為“別人”服務(wù)是作者的道義責(zé)任，此處表示泛指“其他人”。

8. 解析：選A。根據(jù)第下文中our relationship changed可判斷出，選A。

9. 解析：選B。幾年后，作者被“任命”為系主席。此處name作動(dòng)詞，表示 “任命；提名”。

10. 解析：選D。第一段開(kāi)頭部分提到作者當(dāng)時(shí)是Dr Offutt的學(xué)生，根據(jù)上文中的“I worked for Dr Offutt”可知，作者已是教師，而此處又提到作者被提拔，由此可知二人之間的關(guān)系 “又”發(fā)生了改變。

11. 解析：選D。根據(jù)文意可知，作者認(rèn)為管理這個(gè)系的工作極具“挑戰(zhàn)”性。

12．解析：選C。根據(jù)but一詞可知，Dr Offutt自始至終“支持”作者。

13. 解析：選A。上文提到作者很茫然，不知所措，由此可知他給作者提供“建議”。

14. 解析：選D。根據(jù)文意可知，如果他當(dāng)初讓作者留在DeMatha，作者也許會(huì)這么做�！叭欢彼膭�(lì)作者接受新的使命。

15. 解析：選B。本段第一句提到作者即將出任另一所學(xué)校的校長(zhǎng)，由此可知這是一次“機(jī)會(huì)”。

16．解析：選B。此處與上文中“I'm the principal of the school now...”相呼應(yīng)。故選B。

17. 解析：選C。上文提到作者遇到困難時(shí)他總是提供幫助和支持，由此可判斷選C。depend on依靠。

18. 解析：選D。句意為：偉大的老師有“取之不盡的”課程資源財(cái)富。

19. 解析：選B。此處表示讓步關(guān)系，表示“即使；縱然”。句意表示雖然學(xué)生還不知道，可作者早已明白。

20. 解析：選A。作者認(rèn)為學(xué)生擁有良師無(wú)比“幸運(yùn)”，因?yàn)樽髡邔?duì)Dr Offutt這樣的優(yōu)秀老師永遠(yuǎn)銘記在心。

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