“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my
36 . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started
37 . I felt like the
38 person in the world..
Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to
39 .”
Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a
40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a
41 like Mrs. Cooper.
She wrote on my report, “You would
42 an outstanding teacher
43 you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those
44 in my heart for the 27 years. After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.
We needed every penny just to
45 . College and teaching were out of the question.
Then one day I thought of my
46 of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and
47 to attend college classes in the
48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would
49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.
Not long after I started
50 , something happened that brought the
51 rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and
52 the mistakes.
One girl got halfway through, became
53 and stopped. As the other children laughed,
54 rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed
55 of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said.
| 小题1: | | A．question | B．answer | C．result | D．reaction |
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| 小题2: | | A．talking | B．shouting | C．discussing | D．laughing |
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| 小题3: | | A．stupidest | B．happiest | C．least amusing | D．most important |
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| 小题4: | | A．work | B．learn | C．play | D．watch |
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| 小题5: | | A．letter | B．song | C．report | D．story |
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| 小题6: | | A．teacher | B．friend | C．reporter | D．parent |
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| 小题7: | | A．develop | B．change | C．return | D．make |
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| 小题8: | | A．because | B．unless | C．until | D．before |
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| 小题9: | | A．reports | B．words | C．teachers | D．classmates |
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| 小题10: | | A．get by | B．get past | C．go by | D．go ahead |
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| 小题11: | | A．plan | B．work | C．dream | D．idea |
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| 小题12: | | A．supposed | B．promised | C．decided | D．agreed |
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| 小题13: | | A．evenings | B．mornings | C．afternoons | D．nights |
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| 小题14: | | A．sleep | B．study | C．rest | D．play |
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| 小题15: | | A．studying | B．writing | C．thinking | D．teaching |
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| 小题16: | | A．teacher | B．life | C．past | D．feeling |
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| 小题17: | | A．correct | B．prove | C．check | D．read |
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| 小题18: | | A．mad | B．excited | C．confused | D．confident |
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| 小题19: | | A．water | B．tears | C．seat | D．smiles |
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| 小题20: | | A．half | B．most | C．the whole | D．the rest |
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