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Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read a book on tape .
But it 41 a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered(口吃)so badly that I was completely 42 to speak in public.
__43 ,when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and 44 was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace, 45 pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer 46 not being a part of our school.
When he 47 that I not only loved poetry but was 48 it, we became closer. There was, however, one 49 between us-- Professor Crouch could not bear the50 that I refused to read my poems to the class.
“Jim, poetry is 51 to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and turned away.
One day he 52 me . After handing in a poem, I waited for his 53 . It didn’t come. Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he 54 me , “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”
I stared at him in 55 . “Why,” I started, anger 56 me, “of course I did !” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it 57 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 there, 58 . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way 59 !
Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before public. I discovered I did have a (n) 60 and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.
41. A. lasted B. took C. spent D. wasted
42. A. uncertain B. uncomfortable C. unbelievable D. unable
43. A. However B. Besides C. Then D. Therefore
44. A. novel B. architecture C. art D. poetry
45. A. drawing B. turning C. writing D. finding
46. A. protect B. help C. keep D. stand
47. A. learned B. recognized C. decided D. proved
48. A writing B. reading C. reciting D. saving
49. A. difference B. difficulty C. promise D. similarity
50. A. truth B. idea C. fact D. belief
51. A. said B. meant C. taught D. prepared
52. A. fooled B. joked C. tricked D. scolded
53. A. idea B. reward C. congratulation D. comment
54. A. told B. noticed C. attacked D. challenged
55. A. disbelief B. silence C. sadness D. excitement
56. A. flowing B. flooding C. filling D. sweeping
57. A. with B. by C. from D. in
58. A. terrified B. hopeless C. disappointed D. breathless
59. A. down B. along C. through D. around
60. A. voice B. sound C. appearance D. interest
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