He was a funny-looking man with a cheerful face, good-natured
and a great talker. He was (36) by his student, the great
philosopher 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
stemmed from his (39) with numerous young men who came to
Athens from all over the (40) world to study under
him. Socrates’ method of teaching 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) .
【参考答案】
So he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students