Question

I strongly believe the right words at just the right time could change someone’s life.

When I was 3 years old, my parents _______ I was totally deaf. But from the third grade, they decided to put me in a “mainstream” school where all of my classmates had _______ hearing. So I was the only deaf child at Blue Creek Elementary School. From the first day there, the other kids often _______ me and called me names mainly because of my hearing aid (助听器) and the way I talked.

I was worried throughout elementary school. Besides the problem of “fitting in” with the other students, I also had _______ with most of my schoolwork.

One morning, Mrs. Jordan, my fifth-grade teacher, asked _______ a question in her math class. She was a large woman with a _______ that went through the walls of her tiny classroom, and it could even spread to the hallway.

I _______ her lips (嘴唇) and raised my hand right away. For once I knew the answer! But I was afraid when she called out my name. Then I answered her question _______. I will never forget what happened next.

Mrs. Jordan pointed directly at me. With shining eyes and a wide smile, she cried, “THAT’S RIGHT, STEPHEN!”

For the first time in my young life, I became a star. I had _______been so excited before!

Right then and there I made a ________that I would make a place for myself in this world. No matter how many difficulties I might meet in life, I knew I could overcome them.

The simple three words had completely changed my young life, “THAT’S RIGHT, STEPHEN!”

1.A. explained B. heard C. discovered D. agreed

2.A. normal B. poor C. strange D. special

3.A. thought of B. laughed at C. heard of D. looked after

4.A. practice B. experience C. progress D. trouble

5.A. us B. them C. me D. her

6.A. body B. mouth C. voice D. look

7.A. found B. read C. followed D. touched

8.A. happily B. politely C. luckily D. nervously

9.A. often B. always C. never D. ever

10.A. decision B. story C. rule D. difference

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