distractors: However Besides Therefore
sentence: [MASK]  , when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to our school.He was a retired college professor.English was his favorite subject and   poetry   was his deepest love.He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace,   turning  pages as if uncovering treasures.When he heard our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer  stand  not being a part of our school.