You've been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.
On this special day for teachers across the country, I can _1_keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me an ear.
Do you still remember the happy _2_about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your _3_.You, a beautiful young lady, _4_ us that you would live in our village.
Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children _5_more time on their books _6_ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still _7_ that one day you might leave. You _8_a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their_9_ of your leaving. You went all out in the _10_ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition(学费).You often emphasized to us the _11_ of one's life, so that must have been what you were _12_ in those five years!
One cold morning when class began, you entered the room _13_ you had been crying _14_.In your class, we _15_ but looked away from your eyes. You _16_for some time as if you were _17_to find this right word…you said you would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more…
On the following morning, we _18_ you the very best and the villagers gave you their _19_The train took you away and your broken _20_The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.
1. A. forever         B. seldom     C. hardly          D. soon
2. A. scene          B. condition   C. sign             D. sight
3. A. report         B. arrival      C. explanation       D. speech
4. A. promised       B. answered   C. permitted        D. agreed
5. A. shared         B. spent       C. paid            D. devoted
6. A. even          B. ever        C. soon            D. still
7. A. considered     B. feared       C. supposed        D. doubted
8. A. wore          B. pretended   C. gained          D. presented
9. A. pale          B. trouble       C. question        D. fear
10. A. teaching      B. middle      C. course          D. field
11. A. way          B. wealth      C. value           D. cost
12. A. after         B. for         C. with           D. against
13. A. as if         B. because      C. even though     D. before
14. A. happily      B. bitterly       C. anxiously       D. angrily
15. A .listened      B .talked        C. discussed       D. studied
16. A. explained    B. stopped       C. talked          D .spoke
17. A. thinking     B. worrying      C. crying          D. trying
18. A. hoped       B expected      C. wished          D. brought
19. A. thanks       B. satisfactions   C. expressions      D. rewards
20. A. boy         B. class         C. heart            D. memory