【WhenIenteredBerkeleyIhopedtoearnascholarship.HavingbeenastraightAstudentIbelievedIcould1toughsubjectsandreallylearnsomething.OnesuchcoursewasWorldLiteraturegivenbyProfessorJayne.Iwasextremely】

　　WhenIenteredBerkeleyIhopedtoearnascholarship.HavingbeenastraightAstudentIbelievedIcould1 toughsubjectsandreallylearnsomething.OnesuchcoursewasWorldLiteraturegivenbyProfessorJayne.Iwasextremelyinterestedintheideashe2 inclass.

　　WhenItookthefirstexaminationIwas3 tofinda77C-plusonmytestpaper4 EnglishwasmybestsubjectIwenttoProfessorJaynewholistenedtomyargumentsbutremained5.

　　IdecidedtotryharderalthoughIdidn’tknowwhatthat6 becauseschoolhadalwaysbeeneasyforme.Ireadthebooksmorecarefullybutgotanother77. AgainI7 withProfessorJayne.Againhelistenedpatientlybutwouldn’tchangehis8 .

　　Onemoretestbeforethefinalexamination.Onemore9 toimprovemygrade.SoIredoubledmyeffortandforthefirsttime10 themeaningoftheword“thorough”.Butmy11 didnogoodandeverything12 asbefore.

　　Thelasthurdle(障碍)wasthefinal.Nomatterwhat13 Igotitwouldn’tcancelthreeC-pluses.Imightaswellkissthe14 goodbye.

　　Istoppedworkinghard.IfeltIknewthecoursematerialaswellasIeverwould.ThenightbeforethefinalIeven15 myselftoamovie.ThenextdayIdecidedforonceI’dhave16 withatest.

　　AweeklaterIwassurprisedtofindIgotanA.IhurriedintoProfessorJayne’soffice.He17 tobeexpectingme“IfIgaveyoutheAsyou18youwouldn’tcontinuetoworkashard.”

　　Istaredathim19 thathisanalysisandstrategy(策略)werecorrect.Ihadworkedmyhead20asIhadneverdonebefore.

　　Iwasspeechlesswhenmycoursegradearrived：A-plus.ItwastheonlyA-plusgiven.ThenextyearIreceivedmyscholarship.I’vealwaysrememberedProfessorJayne’slesson：youalonemustsetyourownstandardofexcellence.

　　( )1.A.take B.discuss

　　C.cover D.get

　　( )2.A.sought B.presented

　　C.exchanged D.obtained

　　( )3.A.shocked B.worried

　　C.scared D.anxious

　　( )4.A.but B.so

　　C.for D.or

　　( )5.A.unchanged B.unpleasant

　　C.unfriendly D.unmoved

　　( )6.A.reflected B.meant

　　C.improved D.affected