When I was in my ninth grade, I was on a stage-design team for a play and Mrs. Reagan was my director. Almost immediately I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, __1__ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Reagan would ask me for my __2__. She wanted to know how I thought we should deal with things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew __3__ about stage design! But I slowly tried to answer her __4__. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to make them and I completed them perfectly. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Reagan 's motto that year was, "Try it. We can achieve it __5__!" I began to take the chances. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing. I learned to create something __6__.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was __7__ in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I __8__ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Reagan changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more experienced than I had thought, but I also __9_ a strong interest and a world I hadn't known. She taught me not to __10__ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be __11_. Mrs. Reagan was the person who gave me confidence when I was upset. Her trust in me has encouraged me to do things that I never imagined __12__.
小题2: | A.impression | B.opinion | C.information | D.advice |
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小题3: | A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
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小题4: | A.questions | B.words | C.explanations | D.ideas |
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小题5: | A.again | B.more | C.instead | D.later |
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小题6: | A.easily | B.carefully | C.confidently | D.proudly |
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小题7: | A.introduced | B.recognized | C.placed | D.considered |
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小题8: | A.proved | B.decided | C.accepted | D.realized |
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小题9: | A.discovered | B.developed | C.took | D.encouraged |
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小题10: | A.accept | B.decide | C.care | D.wonder |
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小题11: | A.afraid | B.lazy | C.sad | D.bored |
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小题12: | A.successful | B.possible | C.enjoyable | D.agreeable |
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