题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Today I am known for my voice．Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read a book on tape.

But it____ a long time to believe such good things could happen to me．When I was a youngster I stuttered(口吃) so badly that I was completely ____to speak in public.

____, when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to our school．He was a retired college professor．English was his favorite subject and ____ was his deepest love．He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace, ____pages as if uncovering treasures．When he heard our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer____not being a part of our school.

When he____that I not only loved poetry but was____it, we became closer．There was, however, one____between us－Professor Crouch could not bear the____that I refused to read my poems to the class.

“Jim, poetry is____to be read aloud,” he said． “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and turned away.

One day he____me．After handing in a poem, I waited for his____．It didn’t come．Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he____me, “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

I stared at him in___．“Why,” I started, anger____me．“of course I did!” “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 to the front．For a moment I stood there, ____．Then I began, and kept going．I recited my poem all the way____!

Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before public． I discovered I did have a(n) ____and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite．

1.A． lasted        B． took           C． spent          D． wasted

2.A． uncertain     B． uncomfortable  C． unbelievable   D． unable

3.A． However       B． Besides        C． Then           D． Therefore

4.A． novel         B． Architecture   C． art            D． poetry

5.A． drawing       B． Writing        C． turning        D． finding

6.A． protect       B． help           C． keep           D． stand

7.A． learned       B． recognized     C． decided        D． proved

8.A． Writing     B． reading        C． reciting       D． saving

9.A． difference    B． difficulty     C． promise        D． similarity

10.A． truth        B． idea           C． fact           D． belief

11.A． said         B． meant          C． taught         D． prepared

12.A． fooled       B． joked          C． tricked        D． scolded

13.A． idea         B． reward         C． congratulation D． comment

14.A． told         B． noticed        C． attacked       D． challenged

15.A． disbelief    B． silence        C． sadness        D． excitement

16.A． flowing      B． flooding       C． filling        D． sweeping

17.A． with         B． By           C． from           D． in

18.A． terrified    B． hopeless       C． disappointed   D． breathless

19.A． down         B． along          C． through        D． around

20.A． voice        B． sound          C． appearance     D． interest