答案: in
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.我读了一部由高级教授改编的小说。
I read a novel______________by a______________.
答案: adapted ;superior professor
2.我有个问题想问,但又不好意思。
I have a question to ask but I______________him.
答案: hesitated to ask
3.因为我怕我会出错,并且他高高在上,恐怕他会看不起我这个穷酸的学生。
Because I was afraid that I might be______________and that he was so ______________that he would ______________such a shabby student.
答案: mistaken;upper;overlook
4.但是,我后来发现,他非同寻常。我们就像熟人一样进行了交谈。
But as I found later,______________.We talked as if we had been acquaintances.
答案: he was extraordinary
5.我认为他是一位值得尊敬的著名教授。
I believed that he was a______________.
答案: famous and respectable professor
Ⅲ.完形填空
When I entered Berkeley,I hoped to earn a scholarship.Having been a StraightA student,I believed I could__1__tough subjects and really learn something.One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne.I was extremely interested in the ideas he__2__in class.
When I took the first exam,I was__3__to find a 77,Cplus,on my test paper,__4__English was my best subject.I went to Professor Jayne,who listened to my arguments but remained__5__.
I decided to try harder,although I didn't know what that__6__because school had always been easy for me.I read the books more carefully,but got another 77.Again,I__7__with Professor Jayne.Again,he listened patiently but wouldn't change his__8__.
One more test before the final exam.One more__9__to improve my grade.So I redoubled my efforts and,for the first time,__10__the meaning of the word "thorough".But my__11__did no good and everything__12__as before.
The last hurdle (障碍) was the final.No matter what__13__I got,it wouldn't cancel three Cpluses.I might as well kiss the__14__goodbye.
I stopped working hard.I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would.The night before the final,I even__15__myself to a movie.The next day I decided for once I'd have__16__with a test.