题目内容：

 Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, he had to pick coal in a deserted mine near his home, then he sold   1   he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had   2   schooling, for being so poor, how could they   3   school fees?

When he was fifteen, he worked   4   a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying  in the classroom, he felt   5   for himself. How he   6   to have the same chance! He decided to study by   7  .  In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he   8   stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he  9   during the day. He worked   10   hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater   11   he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher discovered him and came to like this diligent boy and   12   him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the   13   one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship if he   14   a regular student of the school.

Robeson   15   through six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which captured the   16   of some university professors. They admired his talent   17   his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and   18   him free guidance. Robeson felt   19  , for he was sure that before him there was a broad road   20   success.

1.A. whether             B. which         C. that                D. what

2.A. many              B. few           C. little             D. much

3.A. buy                B. afford         C. send               D. read

4.A. as                   B. like           C. for                   D. by

5.A. angry          B. ashamed       C. proud                   D. sorry

6.A. hated                  B. decided        C. wished              D. regretted

7.A. the teacher                  B. himself         C. his parents         D. his schoolmates

8.A. could         B. ought to        C. should              D. would

9.A. had learned       B. has been taught   C. has heard          D. had been written down

10.A. very                  B. so             C. too                     D. quite 

11.A. joy               B. interest         C. time             D. taste 

12.A. allowed         B. agreed         C. let                  D. refused 

13.A. worst                B. only           C. last                D. laziest

14.A. had been    B. has been        C. is               D. was

15.A. learned        B. listened         C. mastered           D. struggled 

16.A. notice              B. influence        C. eyes                         D. attention

17.A. except for                  B. according to      C. as well as               D. in spite of

18.A. taught              B. offered          C. lent                     D. sent

19.A. sad              B. angry                  C. happy                  D. disappointed

20.A. leading to                   B. coming from      C. made of                          D. covered with