“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my 36 . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 37 . I felt like the 38 person in the world..
Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to 39 .”
Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a 40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a 41 like Mrs. Cooper.
She wrote on my report, “You would 42 an outstanding teacher 43 you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those 44 in my heart for the 27 years.
After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.
We needed every penny just to 45 . College and teaching were out of the question.
Then one day I thought of my 46 of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and 47 to attend college classes in the 48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would 49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.
Not long after I started 50 , something happened that brought the 51 rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and 52 the mistakes.
One girl got halfway through, became 53 and stopped. As the other children laughed, 54 rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed 55 of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said.
| 【小题1】 | | A.question | B.answer | C.result | D.reaction |
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| 【小题2】 | | A.talking | B.shouting | C.discussing | D.laughing |
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| 【小题3】 | | A.stupidest | B.happiest | C.least amusing | D.most important |
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| 【小题4】 | | A.work | B.learn | C.play | D.watch |
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| 【小题5】 | | A.letter | B.song | C.report | D.story |
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| 【小题6】 | | A.teacher | B.friend | C.reporter | D.parent |
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| 【小题7】 | | A.develop | B.change | C.return | D.make |
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| 【小题8】 | | A.because | B.unless | C.until | D.before |
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| 【小题9】 | | A.reports | B.words | C.teachers | D.classmates |
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| 【小题10】 | | A.get by | B.get past | C.go by | D.go ahead |
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| 【小题11】 | | A.plan | B.work | C.dream | D.idea |
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| 【小题12】 | | A.supposed | B.promised | C.decided | D.agreed |
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| 【小题13】 | | A.evenings | B.mornings | C.afternoons | D.nights |
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| 【小题14】 | | A.sleep | B.study | C.rest | D.play |
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| 【小题15】 | | A.studying | B.writing | C.thinking | D.teaching |
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| 【小题16】 | | A.teacher | B.life | C.past | D.feeling |
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| 【小题17】 | | A.correct | B.prove | C.check | D.read |
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| 【小题18】 | | A.mad | B.excited | C.confused | D.confident |
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| 【小题19】 | | A.water | B.tears | C.seat | D.smiles |
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| 【小题20】 | | A.half | B.most | C.the whole | D.the rest |
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