完形填空，阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　My stutter(口吃)had always been much of a problem．I'd had so many specialists for my 　　1　　 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 　　2　　 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

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　　“Well, " she said with a 　　4　　 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 　　5　　．She spent the first several weeks just talking to me-asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings．And she 　　6　　．She then began to teach me about the speech．Not just about my speech, but about everybody's．

　　I 　　7　　 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

　　　　8　　 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 　　9　　 ! 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 　　10　　 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 　　11　　 0n her other students as she had on me．I like to think that she did．Her name was Mrs．Claussen．．．and she 　　12　　．I'II never forget her．

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　　Simon is one of my friends．He often rides his motorbike very fast and he likes to 　　1　　 people how fast he can ride．

　　One day, a thief (小偷)rode a motorbike to his house, went in, and took 　　2　　 of his things, and ran out of his house quickly．Simon saw him and rode 　　3　　 him, and shouted, “Hey! Don't you know you 　　4　　 ride faster than me?”

　　The thief said nothing, but he rode much faster．Simon got 　　5　　 and rode even faster, too．He was soon 　　6　　 kilometers away from his 　　7　　．He was riding hard when he saw me．“Why are you riding so fast?” I asked．“ I 　　8　　 to catch a thief,” said Simon．“But 　　9　　 is the thief?” I asked．“Kilometers behind,” said Simon proudly (自豪地)．“He thought he could 　　10　　 faster than me, but you see he was wrong．”

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　　Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an“A”for my Spanish．I had got myself 　　1　　．I looked for 　　2　　 on the Internet for a week．I wrote a 　　3　　 and I even drew a few pictures of Spain．I practised the speech a lot．

　　On the day of my speech,I didn't get nervous or forget 　　4　　 I was going to say．However,everybody has one thing they are 　　5　　 at．Some people are bad at drawing pictures．　　6　　 are bad at typing．My problem is that my stories about Spanish history sounded boring．

　　After giving my speech and showing my pictures I 　　7　　 I was going to get a bad grade．Big projects are very difficult for me to finish．They 　　8　　 a lot of time,and I always 　　9　　 the day it has to be finished and the grade I'll get．

　　Anyway,I ended up getting an“A”．The teacher said I 　　10　　 all my classmates listen-I was talking very loudly!

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　　On a white sand beach near the blue ocean,there lived a mother crab and a baby crab．One day the mother crab saw a beautiful crane(鹤) walking about in the 　　1　　,a straight lovely walk on its long legs．“How lovely that crane 　　2　　,”she said to herself．The mother crab was 　　3　　 from a distance．The small baby crab was walking sideways．So the mother crab said to the baby crab,“You shouldn't walk like that．You should look 　　4　　 and walk straight．”The baby crab made 　　5　　 his mind to walk straight．He tried,　　6　　 failed．“Why don't you show me how to walk straight,Mother?”he asked her．“If you show me the straight way,I'm sure I will do it,　　7　　．”So the mother tried to show her son how to do the straight walk,but no matter how 　　8　　 she tried,she could not．Her legs did not seem to be 　　9　　 to walking straight．“I give up,”she said,panting(气喘吁吁地) 　　10　　 several unsuccessful attempts(尝试)．“Forget it,child,I don't think it is possible for us to walk like the crane．Let's walk in our own way．”

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