Bill Maxwell was a big man.He cut and split his own firewood, and he had the shoulders and arms to prove it.He always wore dress pants and a white shirt and tie to schoolI,and that helped make him look less rugged and a little less imposing(威严的).But
Bill Maxwell was a big man.He cut and split his own firewood, and he had the shoulders and arms to prove it.He always wore dress pants and a white shirt and tie to schoolI,and that helped make him look less rugged and a little less imposing(威严的).But it was fair to say that Mr.Maxwell had never had a discipline problem in any of his classes.
At forty-five years old, his thick brown hair was starting to turn gray,but apart from that,he looked like a man ten years younger.He wasn't handsome,but he had a pleasant face,open and honest,with clear blue eyes and a strong jawline.
He had grown up in northern New Hampshire and had majored in environmental studies at the state university.Then at the end of his junior year he took part in an Earth Day event at a grade school.That's when Bill Maxwell discovered that he loved to teach almost as much as he loved the outdoors.He shifted his major to education,and one month after graduation he landed a job in Whitson as a fifth-grade science teacher.
Bill and his college sweetheart had planned to get married,but after she graduated she took a job as an accountant for a big paper company.The marriage never happened.Young Bill Maxwell could not understand how anyone could work for an industry that did such bad things to the environment.
During the next three years of his teaching Mr. Maxwell lived in a boardinghouse in the nearby town of Atlinboro.During the summers he painted houses,and he saved every penny. Then he bought a piece of wooded land about fifty miles north of Whitson and built himself a log house.He fixed solar panels on the roof,and built a small generator system that made electricity from the stream that flew across his property.Before his first winter set in,he figured out how to make a device that would reduce the pollution in the smoke from his woodstove.
Mr.Maxwell's younger sister didn't like the idea of his living all alone out in the woods. She worked for the New Hampshire Humane Society, so over the years she had made sure that her big brother always had at least one dog to share his home with.
Mr.Maxwell's mother had more specific ideas.She wanted him to get married and have some children.But whenever she told him that,Mr.Maxwell would smile and say,“Mom, remember? I've got children-about a hundred and fifty of them every year!"His mother knew he meant his students.
How can we best describe Bill Maxwell?
A、Professionally ambitious.
B、Environmentally conscious.
C、Emotionally stressful.
D、Academically successful.
【正确答案】:B
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