My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.
“Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that
______37________ .
“Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas."
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who
told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it
______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.
During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.
Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________ 0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I'II never forget her.
| 小题1: | | A．speech | B．study | C．dream | D．fear |
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| 小题2: | | A．maybe | B．even | C．still | D．never |
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| 小题3: | | A．instruction | B．description | C．introduction | D．presentation |
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| 小题5: | | A．silent | B．simple | C．direct | D．different |
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| 小题6: | | A．cried | B．listened | C．waited | D．stopped |
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| 小题7: | | A．sang | B．spoke | C．played | D．clapped |
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| 小题8: | | A．against | B．besides | C．beyond | D．without |
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| 小题9: | | A．practise | B．communicate | C．report | D．reply |
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| 小题10: | | A．train | B．share | C．change | D．follow |
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| 小题11: | | A．advice | B．influence | C．dependence | D．action |
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| 小题12: | | A．continued | B．taught | C．agreed | D．cared |
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