第二部分：完形填空　(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 41 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 42 from one end of the city to another and to 43 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 44 , so the friendship I knew at school was 45 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 46 long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my 47 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.

By chance, I 48 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 49 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 50 at her in astonishment(吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 51 about me, to which I said, “ No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real 52 . I was just frightened. In the end she 53 me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 54 and I became 55 interested in literature than ever. I 56 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 57 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 _58 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 59 , and if I knew what it meant and 60 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.

41. A. stop B. go on C. continue D. walk

42. A. talk B. journey C. job D. walk

43. A. do B. sit C. talk D. work

44. A. family B. class C. city D. country

45. A. absent B. missed C. lost D. over

46. A. too B. very C. much D. quite

47. A mind B. heart C. soul D. thought

48. A. defeated B. beat C. won D. hit

49. A. TV B. radio C. shoe D. food

50. A. looked B. fixed C. shouted D. stared

51. A. talk B. film C. conversation D. speech

52. A. reason B. cause C. excuse D. wish

53. A. advised B. suggested C. agreed D. persuaded

54. A. poems B. stories C. speeches D. plans

55. A. less B. much C. far D. more

56. A. wandered B. considered C. discussed D. wondered

57. A. think B. consider C. spend D. imagine

58. A. drop B. leave C. return D. go to

59. A. sure B. clear C. curious D. true

60. A. whether B. that C. how D. what