As educators, we often never know the influence we have on our students. It is always wonderful to have ___35___ students visit us and share the successes they have achieved. And those glorious moments, when we can instantly see the influence we have on a student, fuel us to continue making connections hoping to ___36___ in the life of every child.
As a music teacher for twenty-seven years, I have always known that music ___37___ the soul. It can ___38___ all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the ___39___ for each child to find their light. I would like to share a story about it.
For a few years I was blessed with the opportunity to teach ___40___ students one afternoon a week. One of my most ___41___ students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We ___42___ sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was “John the Rabbit.” It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students ___43___ twice while singing the repeating phrase, “Oh, yes!” Vanessa liked to ___44___ her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. But she ___45___ said or sang a word.
One day late in the school year, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, looked me dead in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words “Oh, yes!” I opened my mouth in ___46___ and for that moment I was the one who could not speak. When my heart ___47___ started beating again, I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also ___48___. Through music, we had made an awesome connection.
Several years later, I passed Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big ___49___ on her face and then clapped her hands twice, imitating the song we had ___50___ so many times in our music class. This precious little girl, ___51___ her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the ___52___ to learn and grow. It is up to us as educators to ___53___ the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s ___54___.
【题文1】A. late B. former C. recent D. present
【题文2】A. make it B. make sense C. make a mess D. make a difference
1.A. touches B. saves C. abandons D. feels
2.A. get across B. cut down C. take over D. break through
3.A. means B. direction C. process D. companion
4.A. disabled B. normal C. outgoing D. junior
5.A. awful B. elegant C. memorable D. sensitive
6.A. partly B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly
7.A. sang B. whispered C. yelled D. clapped
8.A. strike B. put C. hit D. shake
9.A. ever B. never C. still D. even
10.A. horror B. delight C. astonishment D. embarrassment
11.A. immediately B. completely C. slowly D. finally
12.A. scared B. breathless C. speechless D. clumsy
13.A. greeting B. smile C. expression D. affection
14.A. performed B. operated C. trained D. recorded
15.A. upon B. through C. from D. beyond
16.A. desire B. talent C. ability D. urge
17.A. discover B. change C. test D. make
18.A. strength B. dream C. light D. dignity
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.D
5.A
6.A
7.C
8.D
9.D
10.B
11.B
12.C
13.D
14.C
15.B
16.A
17.B
18.C
19.A
20.C
【解析】
1.B考查形容词。结合下文share the successes they have achieved和常识可知:分享学生取得成功应是在学生毕业后,由此可知此处应指的是“以前的”学生,所以选former。
2.D考查动词短语。作为教师,自然希望自己“在每个孩子的生活中起作用,有影响。”make a difference有关系,有影响,有重要性。
3.A考查动词。我一直知道音乐能够触及touch人的心灵
4.D考查动词短语。它能用一种特殊的方式突破各种障碍直击学生的心灵。break through突破,克服(障碍等)。
5.A考查名词。它可能是让每个学生发现自己的闪光点的方法。means方式;direction方向;process过程;companion同伴。
6.A考查形容词。结合下文的who had difficulty walking可知作者教的是残疾的disabled 孩子
7.C考查形容词。其中我最难忘的是一个五岁的孩子。memorable容易记住的。
8.D考查副词。我们通常坐在地板上上音乐课。mostly主要地,通常。
9.B考查动词。Vanessa喜欢把她的手和我的手放在一起,然后和我一起拍手。strike敲击;put放; shake摇动。
10.B考查副词。但她从来不说也不唱一个字。
11.C考查名词。我非常吃惊地张大了嘴。horror恐惧;delight高兴;astonishment吃惊;embarrassment尴尬。
12.D考查副词。因吃惊忘了呼吸,忘了心跳,但并不是不呼吸,不心跳了,而是最终回过神来了,所以不能用slowly,而用finally。
13.C考查形容词。我看着那个助理教师,发现她也惊讶得说不出话来了。speechless无语的。
14.B考查名词。她脸上挂着微笑,向我招手。
15.A考查动词。模仿我们在音乐课上表演了很多次的歌。perform表演;operate操作;train训练;organize组织。
16.B考查介词。联系上文“Through music”可知答案。
17.C考查名词。每个孩子都有学习和成长的能力。
18.A考查动词。得靠我们去发现通往学生心灵的道路。discover发现。
19.C考查名词。我们都必须找到每个孩子的亮点,这句话和第一段中的“It can be…find their light.”相照应。
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