题目内容：

She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds. However, Miss Bessie was a(n) ______ presence in the classroom. From 1938 to 1942, when I attended Saint Bernard's High School, she taught me a lot ______ I realized.

There was never a(n) ______ problem in Miss Bessie's classes. We didn't dare to trouble a woman who knew about the Battle of Hastings and could also play the piano and ______ Shakespeare and Milton.

Miss Bessie knew that my family couldn't afford to buy a newspaper. She knew we didn't ______ own a radio. Still, she ______ me to look out for my ______ and find some ways to ______ what's going on in the world. ______ I became a delivery boy who delivered newspapers. I ______ made a dollar a week, but I got to read a newspaper every day.

Miss Bessie noticed things that had nothing to do with schoolwork but were vital to a youngster's ______. Once a few classmates made fun of my ______ overcoat. As I was leaving school, Miss Bessie ______ me on the back of that old overcoat and said, “Carl, never worry about what you don't have. Just make the most of what you do have—a(n) ______.”

Among the things that I didn't have was ______ in the little wooden house. But because of her ______, I spent many hours beside a kerosene lamp(煤油灯) reading Shakespeare's works. Miss Bessie introduced me ______ a wonderful world of poems and stories. She led me to ______that I could write poems as well as Shakespeare.

So I read ______ Miss Bessie told me to, and tried to remember the things she insisted that I store. Years later, her encouragement finally led to that lovely day when Miss Bessie dropped me a note ______“I'm so proud to read your article in The Times.”

1.A. amusing    B. towering    C. interesting    D. exciting

2.A. more than    B. less than    C. better than    D. worse than

3.A. academy    B. homework    C. race    D. discipline

4.A. make use of    B. make fun of    C. make sense of    D. make light of

5.A. even    B. still    C. ever    D. yet

6.A. allowed    B. forced    C. turned    D. encouraged

7.A. happiness    B. future    C. family    D. mistake

8.A. catch up with    B. come up with    C. keep up with    D. put up with

9.A. So    B. And    C. Because    D. As

10.A. always    B. merely    C. sometimes    D. almost

11.A. appearance    B. health    C. development    D. performance

12.A. colourful    B. modern    C. informal    D. used

13.A. patted    B. hit    C. struck    D. pulled

14.A. house    B. overcoat    C. radio    D. brain

15.A. money    B. electricity    C. water    D. gas

16.A. inspiration    B. anger    C. curiosity    D. sponsorship

17.A. to    B. in    C. of    D. about

18.A. imagine    B. believe    C. dream    D. insist

19.A. whenever    B. wherever    C. whichever    D. whatever

20.A. writing    B. printing    C. saying    D. speaking