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There was a very special teacher who made a far –reaching difference in my life

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”，I asked a senior , is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^thgrade English teacher? He just __31__and said something about my begin in __32__. Soon , Understood what he meant Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of ___33___that she repeated again and again , we would have a literature reading task for_34__The next day , when we came to class , there would were____36__to write an in-class essay about one of the topics , The following day , she would ___37__thd corrected and graded essays and each person would be called ___38__to stand in front of the class and to _____39____his\her essay The class were required to criticize（评论）that essay ___40__the grade of everyone in class would be reduced

The first time that I_41__her read-write criticize method I had not ___42to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant _____43___the extreme embarrassment I suffered , standing before my classmates _____44____myself No one laughed at me , no one would be ___45_____enorgh , or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from ___46_____and along with it came a strong ____47____not to let it happen again

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files. It was easy to see the ____48____in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken peace, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamar______49_____me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself And_____50__, Thank you Mrs. McNamara

31. A. nodded                            B. laughed               C. apologized              D. shouted

32. A. trouble                            B. sorrow                C. danger                    D. anger

33. A. behavior                          B. evaluation            C. activity                   D. thought

34. A. review                            B. performance        C. practice                  D. homework

35. A. added                              B. related                 C. contributed             D. advised

36. A. expected                         B. persuaded            C. allowed                  D. advised

37. A. collect                             B. return                 C. send                       D. receive

38. A. on purpose                      B. at first                 C. by chance               D. in turn

39. A. talk through                     B. hand over            C. read out                  D. show off

40. A. so                                   B. and                     C. but                         D. or

41. A. tried                                B. adopted               C. examined                D. experienced

42. A. undertaken                      B. attempted            C. examined                D. experienced

43. A. remember                        B. attempted            C. bothered                 D. hesitated

44. A. playing jokes on               B. making a fool of   C. trying a trap for of   D. taking advantage  

45. A. brave                              B. careless               C. proud                     D. selfish

46. A. above                              B. within                 C. behind                    D. below

47. A. tendency                         B. preference           C. determination       D. sense

48. A. improvements                  B. pains                   C. difficulties              D. advantages

50. A. did                                  B. could                  C. had                        D. would

There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life.  

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^th grade English teacher?” He just  31  and said something about my being in  32 . Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of  33  that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for  34 . The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard  35  to the homework reading. We were  36  to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would  37  the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called  38  to stand in front of the class and to  39  his/her essay. The class were required to criticize （评论） that essay,  40  the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.  

The first time that I  41  her read-write-criticize method, I had not  42 to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.  43  the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,  44  myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be  45  enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from  46  and along with it came a strong  47  not to let it happen again.  

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to see the  48  in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara  49  me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I  50 . Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.  

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life.

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^th grade English teacher?” He just  1and said something about my being in  2. Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of  3that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for  4. The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard  5to the homework reading. We were  6to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would  7the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called  8to stand in front of the class and to  9his/her essay. The class were required to criticize （评论） that essay,  10the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.

The first time that I  11her read-write-criticize method, I had not  12to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.  13the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,  14myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be  15enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from  16and along with it came a strong  17not to let it happen again.

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to see the  18in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara  19me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I  20. Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.

1..A.nodded             B. laughed         C. apologized      D. shouted

2.A. trouble            B. sorrow          C. danger          D. anger

3.A. behaviour          B. evaluation           C. activity             D. thought

4.A. review             B. performance     C. practice             D. homework

5.A. added              B. related              C. contributed          D. compared

6.A. expected           B. persuaded       C. allowed         D. advised

7.A. collect           B. return               C. send            D. receive

8.A. on purpose         B. at first             C. by chance       D. in turn

9.A. talk through      B. hand over       C. read out             D. show off

10.A. so                B. and              C. but              D. or

11.A. tried            B. adopted         C. examined         D. experienced

12.A. undertaken       B. attempted            C. bothered        D. hesitated

13.A. Remember          B. Predict         C. Bear             D. Imagine

14.A. playing jokes on      B. making a fool of     C. setting a trap for   D. taking advantage of

15.A. brave            B. careless             C. proud           D. selfish

16.A. above             B. within          C. behind          D. below

17.A. tendency         B. preference           C. determination        D. sense

18.A. improvements      B. pains           C. difficulties         D. advantages

19.A. trusted               B. invited              C. forced               D. permitted

20.A. did               B. could           C. had              D. would