It won’t be long __________ our winter vacation begins, but my vacation plans are still up in the air.
A.when B.until C.that D.before
He is so stubborn that it’s no use __________ him ________ his mind once he makes a decision.
A.to persuade, to change B.persuading, to change
C.persuading, changing D.to persuade, changing
May I have a look at your valuable stamp __________ back to the 1950s?
A.date B.dated C.dating D.dates
Palm doesn’t have a natural talent for music but he __________ it with hard work.
A.gets across to B.makes up for C.comes up with D.keeps up with
I didn’t feel that this was an __________ time to mention the subject of money.
A.ambiguous B.appropriate C.adequate D.aggressive
Stephen was on campus to register when I first met him.
One summer day ______ I was heading for the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I ______ around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my ______, Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat ______ expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I ______ he was concerned about failing before the ______ day of classes. We talked about what the class would ______ and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with ______.
Then I remembered a bit of classical dialogue:
Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”
Answer: “One bite at a time.”
I told him to ______ his work that way. Do his assignments, all of them, and get them in on time. I ______ that most successful students I knew made a timetable of all the assignments so they could ______ their workload in advance.
As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had ______ in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a ______. Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much ______.
Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. ______, he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and ______ his studying into bite-sized digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was ______ the school’s cross-country team.
Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was ______ when he was supposed to be failing. His ______, he said, was that he was ______ what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”
1.A.since B.when C.once D.until
2.A.turned B.sat C.moved D.went
3.A.jobs B.tests C.classes D.projects
4.A.innocent B.angry C.inspired D.pained
5.A.sensed B.imagined C.heard D.admitted
6.A.gathering B.parting C.closing D.opening
7.A.change B.adjust C.cover D.produce
8.A.satisfaction B.anger C.fear D.relaxation
9.A.avoid B.continue C.present D.approach
10.A.warned B.announced C.argued D.added
11.A.plan B.increase C.ease D.share
12.A.fitted B.hesitated C.struggled D.progressed
13.A.cheat B.failure C.winner D.leader
14.A.experience B.information C.potential D.honor
15.A.Still B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Besides
16.A.taking up B.breaking down C.going over D.getting through
17.A.for B.on C.at D.of
18.A.wondering B.recovering C.concentrating D.succeeding
19.A.secret B.skill C.reply D.theory
20.A.spreading B.considering C.practicing D.expressing
