Question

It was my first day at Grade 6. And the first lesson was___English. When I was doing nothing, Mr. Gough, our new English teacher, ___into the classroom.

To my surprise, he held up a book, The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, and asked “Who___it yet”. I put my hand up, because Poe was my favorite writer. Mr. Gough asked if I really understood___the author tried to say in his book. My reply made him smile, and he asked me___an essay on that subject.

After that, English classes became a new interest for me. Mr. Gough thought that students had to___a play to understand it. “Don’t just read it,” he said.

As time passed, we developed a real friendship. He encouraged me to be a___in the future. When I left school, he said to me, “You have a gift for writing, Tony, and one day you’ll come to realize how___it is. Make use of it if you want your life to be complete.”

_____ has passed. Now every time I sit down to write____, I think of Mr. Gough. He was more than just an English teacher, because he also taught me useful lessons in life.

1.A. boring B. bored C. interesting D. interested

2.A. walks B. walked C. was walking D. is walking

3.A. reads B. read C. have read D. had read

4.A. if B. when C. what D. how

5.A. wrote B. writing C. to write D. written

6.A. work out B. act out C. put out D. come out

7.A. teacher B. actor C. waiter D. writer

8.A. useful B. beautiful C. careful D. thankful

9.A. A year B. Some year C. Years D. Every year

10.A. anything new B. something new C. new anything D. new something

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