2011年大学英语六级模拟试题及答案（5）

Section C

       He was a funny-looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured and a great talker. He was (36) ________ by his student, the great pltilosopher Plato, as "the best and most just and wisest man." Yet this same man was (37) ________ to death for his beliefs by a jury composed of the leading figures of the time in Athens.

       The man was the Greek philosopher Socrates, and he was put to death for not believing in the recognized gods and for (38) ________ young people. The second charge steamed from his (39) ______ with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the (40) ______ world to study under him.

       Socrates method of leaching was to ask questions and by (41) ________ not to know the answers, to (42) ________ his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had (43) ______ influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy. Yet for all his fame and influence. Socrates himself never wrote a word.

    Socrates(44) ______________ in Athens. They wanted him silenced. Yet many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.

   Socrates (45) __________________________ But socrates, as a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence (46) ____________________________________________.