Today I’m known for my voice. No one believes that I used to stuttered (口吃) badly when I was young. It is Professor Crouch’s trick that
my life completely. One day. after giving my poem to him, I waited for his comment. It didn't come. Instead, as the students gathered together, he challenged me. "Jim, I don't think you wrote this."
I
him in disbelief. "Why," I started, anger flooding me, "of course I
! "Well, then," he said, "you've got to prove it by getting up and reciting it
memory."
By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up. For a moment I stood
. Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through!
Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and
me to read other writers' poetry publicly.
Before long I discovered I did have a(n)
and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.
| 小题1: | | A．destroyed | B．turned | C．helped | D．changed |
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| 小题2: | | A．replied to | B．laughed at | C．pointed to | D．stared at |
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| 小题3: | | A．could | B．did | C．should | D．had |
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| 小题5: | | A．changeless | B．hopeless | C．useless | D．breathless |
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| 小题6: | | A．let | B．made | C．encouraged | D．supported |
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| 小题7: | | A．voice | B．sound | C．appearance | D．interest |
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