Lucky to have him

When I met him，I had a lot of anger inside of me．I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that's not  1  ．I know some kids just like me．You have to  2  yourself．There are fights and killings all the time．I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant．I could have ended up that way, too,  3 Mr. Clark and my mom wouldn’t let that happen．

Mr. Clark worked long hours，making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact，I did so well that in sixth grade，I entered the  4  class，and Mr. Clark was the teacher．I felt so  5  to have him for a second year!

He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera．Before the show, he  6  us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We didn’t want to let him 7 ，so we listened to him attentively．

  8  of us were surprised when Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year．When he learned he’d won，he said he would  9  three names out of a hat；he would go to Los Angeles to get the  10  with those students．But  11  it came time to draw names，Mr. Clark said，"You're all going．"

He got 47 to fly all  12  of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton．People were  13  ，but Mr. Clark really cared about us．There's no way I can 14  most teachers doing that．No way．But he saw something in us that nobody else saw．

On graduation day．there were a lot of tears．We didn’t want his class to  15  In the new school year, we were all happy when Mr. Clark  16  in our class once again．He's been 17  in our lives．

In 2003，Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to  18  school supplies and visit orphanages．It was the most amazing  19  of my life．It's now my 20  to one day start a group of women's clubs，helping people from all backgrounds．

1．A．common                   B．normal                    C．real                        D．unusual

2．A．encourage                 B．watch                     C．comfort                  D．tolerate

3． A．but                B．therefore         C．otherwise          D．or

4．A．local                 B．general                    C．gifted             D．sacred

5．A．sudden                     B．lucky                      C．annoyed                  D．anxious 

6．A．treated               B．directed                  C．showed                  D．swapped

7．A．off                 B．out                         C．up                          D．down

8．A．Some                       B．Any                        C．None                      D．Many

9．A．give                B．draw                      C．enter                      D．register

10．A． reward                  B．bonus                     C．diploma                  D．award

11．A．after               B．when                      C．before                    D．since

12．A．donations           B．suggestions       C．requests           D．messages

13．A．excited             B．satisfied          C．ashamed                 D．amazed

14．A．suggest          B．advocate                 C．imagine                   D．complain

15．A．end               B．start                       C． continue                D．last

16．A．picked up          B．showed up                     C．rang up                   D．packed up

17．A．colleague           B．sponsor                  C．success                  D．constant

18．A．deliver                    B．collect                    C．display                    D．recommend

19．A．adventure          B．experience        C．vacation           D．interview

20． A．turn            B．conclusion               C．dream                     D．demand