His father, 19 always hoped that he would get a PhD and become a professor, 20 with a scoff: “What is all this nonsense?!”
答案：(D) reacted
react with a scoff 意為「以嗤之以鼻的態度回應」，正對應引號中父親說的 What is all this nonsense?!；relieved、relaxed、relied 三個字雖與 react 字形相近，但語意與句型都不合（rely 須接 on）。
答對率 36%。
四個選項 react／relieve／relax／rely 前三個字母都一樣，趕時間時很容易只看開頭就下筆。
react to sth（對…反應）／react with（以…方式反應）；relieve 是及物動詞，常用被動 be relieved（鬆一口氣）；relax（放鬆）；rely 一定要接 on（rely on sb 依賴某人）。四個字的句型都不同，把「後面接什麼」一起記最有效。
空格後是 with a scoff（帶著一聲嗤笑），再接冒號與引號裡的 "What is all this nonsense?!"——引號裡的話就是那個反應本身。
react to sth（對…作出反應）、a reaction to（對…的反應）、be relieved（鬆一口氣）、rely on（依賴）、scoff at（嘲笑）。
Experts say that creativity by definition means going against the tradition and breaking the rules. To be creative, you must dare 16, and courageously express your own outlook and 17 what makes you unique. But does our society encourage children to break the rules? I'm afraid the answer is no.
The famous film director Ang Lee recalls his father's disappointment with him when he was young. 18 a small child, he would pick up a broom and pretend to be playing guitar for the entertainment of family guests. Then, when he was studying film in college, he would exhaust himself just for a performance tour. His father, 19 always hoped that he would get a PhD and become a professor, 20 with a scoff: "What is all this nonsense?!"
But it later turned out that it was exactly his courage to "rebel" and to express his own ideas that marks his films with distinct creativity.