题目内容
My stutter(口吃) had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists(专家) for my speech over the years. It hurt me until I met a new one in the hall.
"Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
"Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am..."My heart felt like it was pounding ( 剧 烈 跳 动)through my chest and my hands were dripping wet.
"Well,” she said with a _________smile. "I've always like Texas."
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like ________who told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was different from others. She spent the first several weeks just talking to me — asking me all kinds of questions about myself, ______my feelings. And she listened . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
I __________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 _______. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well- and I could do it .However, Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a ________________student.
During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college( 大学), things got worse. I once even wanted to know ____I would ever be able to communicate! It was a very sad time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could change my speech was all up to me. She had told me to fight for perfect speech, just _______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 (想知道)if she had as much _______on her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she __________me . I'll never forget her.
1.A.shy B.cold C.weak D.kind
2.A.this B.that C.those D.it
3.A.especially B.suddenly C.quickly D.nearly
4.A.sang B.spoke C.played D.visited
5.A.set up B.filled up C.put up D.get up
6.A.fear B.study C.dream D.speech
7.A.if B.that C.who D.which
8.A.more difficult B.worse C.better D.more important
9.A.trouble B.influence C.dependence D.surprise
10.A.gave up B.cared about C.suffered from D.worried about