Perhaps the most interesting person I have ever met is an Italian professor of philosophy who teaches at the University of Pisa. ____1____ I last met this man eight years ago, I have not forgotten his special qualities. First of all, I respected his ____2____ to teaching. Because his lectures were always well-prepared and clearly ____3____, students crowded into his classroom. His followers liked the fact that he believed in what he taught. Furthermore, he could be counted on to explain his ideas in an ____4____ way, introducing such aids to understanding as oil paintings, music, and guest lecturers. Once he ____5____ sang a song in class in order to make a point clear. Secondly, I admired the fact that he would talk to students outside the classroom or talk with them ____6____ the telephone. Drinking coffee in the cafe, he would easily make friends with students. Sometimes he would ____7____ a student to a game of chess. Other times, he would join students groups to discuss a variety of ____8____: agriculture, diving and mathematics. Many young people visited him in his office for ____9____ on their studies; others came to his home for social evenings. Finally, I was attracted by his lively sense of humor. He believed that no lesson is a success ____10____, during it, the students and the professor ____11____ at least one loud laugh. Through his sense of humor, he made learning more ____12____ and more lasting. If it is true that life makes a wise man smile and a foolish man cry, then my friend is indeed a wise man.

1. A. Although                    B. When                             C. Even if                          D. Now that

2. A. attention                     B. introduction                    C. relation                          D. devotion

3. A. held                           B. delivered                        C. attended                         D. written

4. A. imaginative                 B. ordinary                         C. opposite                         D. open

5. A. also                           B. nearly                            C. even                              D. only

6. A. with                           B. by                                 C. from                             D. on

7. A. invite                         B. lead                               C. prefer                            D. show

8. A. questions                    B. subjects                         C. matters                          D. contents

9. A. ban                            B. agreement                      C. dependence                    D. advice

10. A. for                           B. until                               C. since                             D. unless

11. A. hear                         B. suggest                          C. share                             D. demand

12. A. helpful                      B. enjoyable                        C. practical                        D. useful

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