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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