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After my 21 second-graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats. But Duane remained __1__. Duane was a bright and lovable student, __2__ his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking. __3__ that he might have had a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong. As he looked up, I could see the __4__ in his dark eyes.

“ Mrs. Brown, aren't you going to open my present?” he asked __5__. “I put it on your desk.”

Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me. I noticed my gift __6__ to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box __7__ a matchbox. As I opened it, the __8__ of two beer caps surprised me. Duane __9__ me that they were two silver earrings. He had noticed that I  __10__ wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones.

I was __11__ by Duane's creativity and thoughtfulness. __12__ birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might __13__ to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I __14__ to wear these precious earrings given by this __15__ child?

As I placed the earrings on my ears, my __16__ clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me.

Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk. It __17__ me of Duane's act of kindness and the lessons he taught me. Although his __18__ at home was bad,  Duane continued to see the good in life. Although poor, he still wanted to __19__. Whenever I see Duane's gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having __20__ reaching a student, I'll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart.

1. A. sitting            B. crying          C. standing       D. speaking

2. A. unless            B. though          C. so           D. since

3. A. Wondering         B. Thinking       C. Finding       D. Pointing

4. A. hope              B. joy             C. hurt         D. determination

5. A. disappointedly      B. angrily          C. happily      D. shyly

6. A. happened          B. appeared        C. used         D. ought

7. A. as well as          B. more than       C. except for   D. rather than

8. A. shape             B. color           C. design       D. sight

9. A. persuaded         B. fooled          C. told         D. encouraged

10. A. only             B. often           C. once         D. never

11. A. frightened        B. touched         C. knocked      D. influenced

12. A. Since             B. Until          C. Before       D. By

13. A. do harm           B. draw attention

C. add weight         D. have an effect

14. A. refuse            B. offer           C. agree         D. wait

15. A. generous          B. honest          C. special       D. sad

16. A. hands             B. class           C. audience      D. friends

17. A. convinced          B. reminded

C. proved            D. showed

18. A. performance       B. experience

C. situation           D. health

19. A please             B. take            C. give          D. accept

20. A. chance            B. possibility       C. intention      D. difficulty

 1. 解析:选C。根据上一句可知,其他学生在背完课文后都坐下了,而Duane仍旧站着。其中but是个重要的信息词。

2. 解析:选B。此处作者想要说明的是Duane是个聪明可爱的学生,尽管他的单亲妈妈问题很多。

3. 解析:选B。当作者看到Duane还站着,以为他昨晚可能遇到什么事情,因此过去询问。此处只是作者的一种想法而已,故选B。

4. 解析:选C。根据下文可知,作者没有看Duane送的礼物,所以Duane眼神中透出受到伤害的委屈。

5. 解析:选A。此处disappointedly(失望地),对应上文中的hurt。

6. 解析:选B。由文意可知,作者没有打开礼物,只是看礼物的外表,“好像(appeared)”是个火柴盒。    

7. 解析:选D。Duane告诉作者这是个首饰盒,“而不是(rather than)”火柴盒。as well as和;more than超过;except for除了,均不符合语境。

8. 解析:选D。由文意可知,作者打开盒子,看到的是两个啤酒瓶盖,这让她很吃惊。the sight of看见;一见到。

9. 解析:选C。句意为:Duane告诉我这是两只银耳环。

10. 解析:选D。根据下文“I avoided wearing them”可知,作者因为耳朵有点畸形,所以“从不(never) ”戴耳环。

11. 解析:选B。作者被Duane的创造性和周到的考虑“打动(touched)”了。

12. 解析:选A。由文意可知,作者从一出生,一只耳朵就有点畸形。

13. 解析:选B。作者担心戴上耳环,会容易让人注意到自己畸形的耳朵。draw attention to引起……的注意;do harm to对……造成危害;add weight增加重量;have an effect on sth. 对……有影响。

14. 解析:选A。但是面对学生的一片真诚,作者怎么能够“拒绝(refuse)”呢?

15. 解析:选C。根据上文提示,从Duane的家庭背景来看,他是个“特殊的(special)”学生。generous慷慨的;honest诚实的;sad悲伤的,均不符合语境。

16. 解析:选B。作者当着全班学生的面把耳环戴上,这时全班的学生都鼓掌。

17. 解析:选B。每当作者看到那个火柴盒,就会想起Duane的友好以及他的行为给作者的启示。remind sb. of sth.让某人想起某事;convince sb. of sth. 让某人相信某事;prove sth. to sb.向某人证明某事;show sb. sth.向某人展示某物。

18. 解析:选C。根据第一段的提示可知,Duane生活在单亲家庭,而且母亲有很多问题,所以他的生活“环境(situation)”不好。

19. 解析:选C。尽管贫穷,Duane还是乐于“给予(give)”。please取悦;take索取;accept接受,均不符合语境。

20. 解析:选D。每当作者难以触动学生的心灵(即很难和学生沟通)的时候,作者就会像Duane那样,让学生感受到自己的一片真诚。have difficulty (in)doing sth.做……有困难,是固定句型。

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