II Grammar. (16%)
Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
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As a boy，Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor 25 a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor 26 he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles, but was actually trying 27 (listen) to the conversations 28 (take place) between the doctor and his patients in the next room.
During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon（外科医生）.“That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and 29 the whole making a success of it .”In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He 30 (prove) his skills to
