题目内容：

    While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ________ process and found something that has changed my ________ at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language(美式手语).

I never felt an urge to ________ any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The ________ languages were enough in all my interactions(交往). Little did I know that I would discover my ________ for ASL.

The ________ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ________ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ________ of communicating without speaking ________ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ________. This newness just left me ________ more.

After that, feeling the need to ________ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ________ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ________ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to ________ those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term, I ________ an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ________. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ________, if there had been any talking, it would have ________ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ________ way of communication it opens.

1.A. searching    B. planning    C. natural    D. formal

2.A. progress    B. experience    C. major    D. opinion

3.A. choose    B. read    C. learn    D. create

4.A. official    B. foreign    C. body    D. spoken

5.A. love    B. concern    C. goal    D. request

6.A. meeting    B. trip    C. story    D. task

7.A. recorded    B. performed    C. recited    D. discussed

8.A. idea    B. amount    C. dream    D. reason

9.A. disturbed    B. supported    C. embarrassed    D. attracted

10.A. end    B. past    C. course    D. distance

11.A. showing    B. acting    C. saying    D. wanting

12.A. exercise    B. explore    C. express    D. explain

13.A. print    B. write    C. sign    D. count

14.A. slow    B. steady    C. normal    D. obvious

15.A. chair    B. sponsor    C. attend    D. organize

16.A. missed    B. passed    C. gave up    D. registered for

17.A. prohibited    B. welcomed    C. ignored    D. repeated

18.A. Lastly    B. Thus    C. Instead    D. However

19.A. required    B. caused    C. allowed    D. expected

20.A. easy    B. popular    C. quick    D. new