In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory____course about 20 years ago.
The professor ____the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and invited the students to _ _how many beans the jar contained. After ____shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the ____ answer, and went on saying,” You have just ___an important lesson about science. That is Never____ your own senses.”
Twenty years later, the ___could guess what the professor had in mind. He ____himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting____into an unknown world
Invisible(无形的)to the ,which can be discovered only through scientific .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even the invitation. She was just to understand the world. And she that her firsthand experience could be the .The professor, however, said that it was .he was taking away her only for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and ,”the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”
1.A .art B. history C. science D. math
2.A. searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into
3.A. count B. guess C. report D. watch
4.A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. listening to
5.A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult
6.A. learned B. prepared C. taught D. taken
7.A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show
8.A. lecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman
9.A. described B. respected C. saw D. served
10.A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush
11.A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light
12.A. model B. senses C. spirit D. methods
13.A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse
14.A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting
15.A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained
16.A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth
17.A .firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable
18.A. task B. tool C. success D. connection
19.A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave
20.A. dropped B. started C. passed D .missed
It took him a long time to ______ the skills needed to become a professional artist.
A. acquire B. inquire C. Require D. request
We should take care of the blind. It is immoral to _______ them.
A. make room for B. make fun of C. make up for D. make use of
Look out! Don’t get close to the building. It _________.
A. was rebuilt B. has been rebuilt C. is being rebuilt D. had been rebuilt
If you _______ spit at all. please spit in the bucket provided.
A. shall B. must C. should D. may
He is sweating heavily. He _______ weightlifting for a long time.
A. could have practiced B. can practice C. must have practiced D. might practice