The idea of becoming a writer came to me 61（） my childhood in Bllille, but it 62 （）until m

third year in high school that the possibility came into 63（）. Until then I' d been bored by everything associated. 64 （）English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long. 65（） paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.

When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English, I anticipated another

cheerless year in that most tedious subject. Mr. Fleagle had a reputation among students for

dullness and an 66（） to inspire. He 67（） very formal, rigid and 68（） out of date. To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim (正经的、规矩的). He wore primly severe eyeglasses, and his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his prim white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was.69（） correct and gentlemanly 70（） he seemed a comic antique.

61A.while

B.off

C.off and on

D.on

62A.was

B.wasn't

C.Ois

D.isn't

63A.be

B.to be

C.being

D.been

64A.on

B.with

C.to

D.about

65A.vivid

B.live

C.lifeless

D.life

66A.disability

B.unable

C.unability

D.inability

67A.said

B.was said

C.was said to be

D.was said being

68A.hopelessly

B.hopeless

C.hope

D.hopes

69A.such

B.so not

D.very

70A.which

B.SO

C.that

D.then