my teacher in the school of life i spent the opening day of school this year at dematha catholic high school in much the same way i spent the first day of classes exactly 30 years ago; i __1__in dr charles e. offutt's british literature class, listening to him__2__what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would__3__.i'm the principal(校长) of the school now, but for a few minutes i was back in 1975，__4__what the future held. i have been learning from dr offutt for 30 of the 51 years he has been teaching at dematha.he not only taught me to think, he__5__me, as much by examples as__6__， that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve__7__. neither of us could know how our__8__would develop over the years. when i first came back to dematha to teach english, i worked for dr offutt, then the department chair. after several years, i was__9__department chair, and our relationship changed__10__. i thought that it might be__11__chairing the department, since all of my former english teachers were still there, but dr offutt__12__me throughout. he knew when to give me__13__about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course. 2012二轮精品提分必练 ( )1. a．stood b．sat c．taught d．talked ( )2.a.explain b．predict
