III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Until I took Dr. Offutt’s class, I was an underachieving student. But I left that class
__50 _never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, as much by examples as words, that it was my  _51   obligation to do so and to serve others.
Neither of us could know how our relationship would   52   over the years. When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, the department chair. My discussions with him as he mentored me were like graduate seminars in adolescent (青少年) __53_  , classroom management and school leadership.
After several years, I was   54   department chair, and our relationship shifted again. I thought that it might be __55_  to chair the department, since all of my former English teachers were __56_  there, but Dr. Offutt supported me __57_ . He knew when to give me advice about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me __58_  my own course.
In 1997, I needed his __59_  about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. __60_  he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. __61_ , he encouraged me to seize the new opportunity.
Five years ago, I became the principal of DeMatha. __62_ , Dr. Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could __63_  him as I tried to fill such big shoes. I’ve learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible wealth of lessons to teach. Even if his students don’t know it yet, I know how __64_  they are: I’m still one of them.
50. A. anxious          B. eager         C. determined         D. worried
51. A. family           B. legal         C. academic          D. moral
52. A. evolve           B. stay          C. remain             D. worsen
53. A. process          B. procedure     C. development       D. movement
54. A. called               B. appointed     C. entitled           D. offered
55. A. awkward         B. uneasy        C. unnatural          D. insensitive
56. A. once          B. already       C. still              D. never
57. A. through          B. throughout    C. at the beginning     D. in the end
58. A. chart           B. head          C. describe           D. manage
59. A. opinion         B. request        C. permission         D. promise
60. A. Even if         B. Although      C. If                D. When
61. A. Naturally        B. Instead        C. Consequently       D. Peacefully
62. A. Once again      B. Now and then  C. Hopefully          D. Surprisingly
63. A. count on        B. account for     C. call on            D. appeal to
64. A. earnest          B. worried       C. fortunate          D. desperate