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     When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music
program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning
was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
     For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she's been name national teacher of the
year.
     Principal Waynes Kettler said he's worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator,
but Peterson is "just that one step above anybody I've ever worked with before."
     Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning
from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the
lack of money for new music.
     When students were reading S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson
helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that
focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other sons
herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
     The honor means a lot to residents of Granie Falls. It's inspiring to know that people from small towns
can even win national honors.
     As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the next year outside classroom, as a national and
international spokeswoman for education.
     Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said it's essential for schools
to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects
is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.
1. The underlined word "daunting" in Paragraph 1 most probably means ___.
A. discouraging
B. interesting
C. creative
D. unbearable
2. When Peterson began her teaching career, _____.
A. music was focus of learning in most schools.
B. the environment was favorable to music teaching.
C. the school lacked teaching facilities for music.
D. financial support for music programs was unavailable.
3. What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?
A. She concerned herself with current social problems.
B. She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.
C. She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.
D. She made great efforts to arouse students' interest in literature.
4. Which of the following is an example of Peterson's way of teaching music?
A. She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.
B. She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.
C. She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.
D. She helped students compose songs by themselves.
5. In Peterson's opinion, ____.
A. art, music and PE classes are all important.
B. more subjects should be offered to students.
C. students should be motivated to attend art classes.
D. arts education is more important than other subjects.
6. It can be inferred from the text that ____.
A. Peterson's honor was a surprise for the local people.
B. Peterson's art classes attracted students back to school.
C. Peterson aroused the local residents' passion for music.
D. Peterson will change her profession next year.
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     One year ago today, seven patients shared their stories of illness and recovery on the New York Time Well
(a blog), according to a report published in April,2009.
     They were the first Patient Voices, a regular series that offers a first person (第一人称的) description of
the challenges patients face as they deal with different kinds of health problems. Since the first Patient Voices
appeared, New York Times producer Karen Barrow has continued to give a voice to a lot of patient stories.
     We heard from Jacqueline Castine of Bloomfield Hills, Mich,who had bipolar disorder (躁郁症), and whose
son also suffered from mental (精神的) illness."I could not save him," she said."I could not fix (惩罚 ) him.
He leaves a beautiful daughter and a very sad mother."
     And there is runner Alyssa Johnson,43,who was training for the Boston Marathon in 2003 when she began
showing the first signs of Parkinson's disease." Sometimes when I'm running I'll come to a long downhill, and
my legs work the way they used to work and my arm swings (摆动) the way it used to. It's like running before Parkinson's, and that's the best feeling.
     And then there's the voice of Robin Grinsted, 50, of Swansea, S. C.,who has H. I. V. She is refused by her
church and feels lonely."They're not accepting," she said." But I know there will be people putting their arms
around me some day."
      To hear more from these patients and the many others wh. have taken part in the series, explore the links (链接) below to all the Patient Voices we've heard from in the past 12 months.
1. When did the seven patients begin to share their stories of illness?
A. In 2009.
B. In 2008.
C. In 2003.
D. In 2002.
2. According to the passage, Patient Voices refers to ______ .
A. a series of suggestions from patients
B. a magazine published by patients
C. a series of patients' stories
D. a blog shared by patients
3. From what Jacqueline Castine said, we know her son  _____.
A. might have killed himself
B. died of bipolar disorder
C. was killed in an accident
D. didn't want to stay at home
4. What do we know about Alyssa Johnson?
A. She tried hard to fight Parkinson's disease.
B. She is preparing for the Boston Marathon.
C. She was depressed at the thought of Parkinson's disease.
D. She didn't like running before she had Parkinson's.

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