阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出最佳选项。
When I was about twelve, I suddenly developed a great passion(爱好) for writing poetry. I 36 all my other hobbies. Such as 37 stamps, and spent all my 38 time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of 39 poetry on every possible occasion soon got me into trouble at school. If a lesson did not 40 me, I would take out my 41 and start writing poems in class. Of course I did this very 42 , but it was not long before I got 43 . One day while I was 44 writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to find the teacher 45 over me, looking very angry because I was not 46 attention. He tore the poem up, with a 47 not to waste time in his lesson. All the same I was convinced(深信)that I had written a good poem, so that evening I wrote it out again from 48 . Not long after, I read about a poetry 49 and I decided to send in my 50 . Weeks later, long after I had given up hope. I got a letter telling me I had won first 51 .Everyone at school was very impressed except the 52 teacher, who 53 me more carefully than ever, He was quite 54 I was not going to write poetry in his 55 .
A.gave up B.hand out C.kept on D.bought in
A.arranging B.collecting C.gathering D.keeping
A.additional B.extra C.other D.spare
A.doing B.making C.writing D.praising
A.interest B.attack C.take in D.strike
A.dictionary B.notebook C.textbook D.handbook
A.anxiously B.attentively C.carefully D.silently
A.caught B.lost C.gone D.stricken
A.busy B.ready C.careful D.happy
A.going B.standing C.walking D.beating
A.calling B.devoting C.giving D.paying
A.warning B.notice C.word D.look
A.heart B.mind C.memory D.thought
A.contest B.quiz C.race D.meeting
A.poem B.composition C.papers D.homework
A.position B.prize C.reward D.victory
A.English B.physics C.chemistry D.geography
A.guarded B.inspected C.observed D.watched
A.determined B.fixed C.known D.made
A.school B.lesson C.home D.office