Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分,共15分)
One day,my Science teacher,
Mr Pearson asked me to have a ______
“ quick talk ” after class.Although I had always done quite 1
B
in Science and Maths,I had given up a bit with schoolwork by Grade 8.I didn't really find the 2
A
in trying.I just thought I would leave school as soon as I could.
So that afternoon,when all the rest of the class had 3
C
,Mr Pearson sat down next to me.He asked me what I wanted to do in the future.I could answer that question 4
D
,because I'd been thinking about it-I wanted to work in a garage(汽车修理厂).
“ So you'd like to fix cars?" he said.“ Why not 5
C
them?"
I was surprised,“ Making them?"
Mr Pearson said,“ You can be an engineer.That means you can 6
B
and make the best cars in the world possibly." It was something I'd never 7
A
.Mr Pearson said,“ You are good enough at Science and Maths to do that,I know.
But you don't try your best.. 8
D
?”
I said shyly,“ In Grade 8,I just...find everything a bit boring."
Mr Pearson continued,“ It's sometimes boring,but it's like 9
B
a mountain.You can't find any exciting point until you work up from the bottom.The 10
A
is difficult,and there's no view for you to enjoy."
Mr Pearson was there for me after that,to explain things that I couldn't understand,or to help me with 11
A
in my life.And every month or two,he asked me,“ How are things on that mountain?" I always said,“ No view but I'm still going 12
A
."
Mr Pearson was right.At the end of Grade 8,I really started to 13
D
Science and Maths.
He wasn't right about me becoming an engineer though.I got a bit 14
B
with cars as I got older,
and decided that I wanted to study medicine when I left school.I now work in medical research,and I really feel like I'm on the top of that 15
C
at last.And the view is the greatest !