Question

All of my students I taught at Saint Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota were dear to me, but Mark was one in a million. His happy­to­be­alive attitude made even his occasional naughtiness   31  .

Mark talked   32   in class. I had to remind him again and again that talking without   33   was unacceptable. What impressed me so much, though, was his sincere response every time I had to correct him for misbehaving, “Thank you for correcting me, Madam!” I didn’t know what to make of it at first, but before long I became   34   hearing it many times a day.

However, one morning my patience was   35   when Mark talked once too often. I warned Mark, “If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth   36  !”

It wasn’t ten seconds later when Chuck blurted out（脫口說出）, “Mark is talking again.” I hadn’t asked any of the students to help me   37   Mark, but since I had stated the   38   in front of the class, I had to act on it.

Taking out a roll of masking tape from the drawer of my desk, I walked to Mark’s desk,   39   two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. I then returned to the   40   of the room.

As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me naughtily. That he did so funnily! I started   41  . The entire class   42   as I walked back to Mark’s desk,   43   the tape, and shrugged my shoulders. His first words were, “Thank you for   44   me, Madam!”

Several years passed until one cold rainy day when my father broke the news to me that Mark was killed in Vietnam War, I broke down and cried in my heart, “Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world   45   you could talk to me!”

31. A. delightful                    B. attractive                 C. striking                   D. annoying

32. A. happily                       B. constantly                C. quickly                    D. immediately

33. A. hesitation                   B. permission                C. delay                   D. trouble     

34. A. curious about             B. unbearable of            C. accustomed to         D. fond of      

35. A. growing out               B. working out              C. going out                 D. running out      

36. A. close                         B. firmly                     C. shut                         D. closely

37. A. watch                       B. criticize                   C. overlook                  D. inform

38. A. opinion                     B. view                        C. punishment              D. evidence   

39. A. put up                        B. tore off                    C. cut into                   D. took out

40. A . back                        B. centre                     C. entrance                  D. front

41. A. laughing                    B. screaming               C. complaining              D. criticizing

42. A. disturbed                    B. protected                  C. froze                      D. cheered    

43. A. stuck                              B. recovered                C. removed                  D. fastened    

44. A. praising                      B. correcting                 C. encouraging              D. hurting

45. A. as if                         B. in case                     C. if only                      D. even if     

Answer 1

31-35 ABBCD             36-40 CACBD    41-45 ADCBC