题目内容
In 1995,I return to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama(戏剧) class.Afterward I ask the drama teacher if any of my English teachers is still there.“Irene Roberts,”he tells me,“is in class just down the hall.”I was no one special in Miss Roberts' class.I don't remember any one special bit of wisdom she passed on.Yet I cannot forget her respect for language,for ideas and for her students.I realize now,many years later,that she is a selfless teacher.I'd like to say something to her,but I don't want to pull her from a class.
The drama teacher brings Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18.“I'm Mark Medoff,”I tell her.“You were my 12th grade English teacher in 1981.”She raises her head,as if this angle(角度) might bring back her memory.And then,though armed with a message I want to deliver in some perfect words,I can't think up anything more memorable than this,“I want you to know,”I say,“you were important to me.”
And there in the hallway,this slight and lovely woman,now nearing a retirement age, this teacher who doesn't remember me,begins to weep;she holds me in her arms.
Remembering this moment,I began to sense that everything I will ever know,everything I will ever pass on to my students,to my children,is an inseparable part of a treasure of our shared wonder and hope that we can,must,make ourselves better.
Irene Roberts holds me in her arms and through her tears whispers against my cheek,“Thank you.”And then,with a quick look into my forgotten face,she disappears back into her classroom,returns to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my absence.
On reflection,maybe those were,after all,just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers I carry through my life as part of me,the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student:“I want you to know you were important to me.”
1.The writer of this passage is most probably ________.
A.a college student of drama
B.a 32-year-old actor
C.a high school student
D.a drama teacher
2.What the writer remembers most about his teacher is________.
A.her wisdom
B.her devotion to teaching
C.her way of teaching drama
D.her encouraging words
3.When the writer saw Miss Roberts,he ________.
A.held her in his arms
B.could hardly recognize her
C.talked a lot with her
D.successfully expressed his true feelings
4.According to the writer,the most important thing is ________.
A.self-improvement
B.a good memory
C.good health
D.good school grades
解析:
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Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.
Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent(才能)at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline(纪律)problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.
Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20
like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.
(1) A.willing |
B.able |
C.ready |
D.happy |
(2) A.job |
B.worry |
C.disadvantage |
D.disability |
(3) A.picture |
B.flag |
C.square |
D.circle |
(4) A.help |
B.tend |
C.teach |
D.treat |
(5) A.matters |
B.letters |
C.illness |
D.children |
(6) A.ways |
B.schools |
C.hospitals |
D.medicine |
(7) A.never |
B.already |
C.still |
D.always |
(8) A.drawing |
B.supplying |
C.changing |
D.spelling |
(9) A.lonely |
B.separately |
C.joyfully |
D.sadly |
(10) A.imagine |
B.consider |
C.suppose |
D.except |
(11) A.proper |
B.little |
C.strange |
D.bad |
(12) A.higher |
B.stronger |
C.worse |
D.older |
(13) A.clever |
B.late |
C.lazy |
D.careless |
(14) A.questioned |
B.tested |
C.scolded |
D.punished |
(15) A.when |
B.whether |
C.even if |
D.unless |
(16) A.parents |
B.teachers |
C.doctors |
D.researchers |
(17) A.print |
B.take |
C.have |
D.store |
(18) A.moving |
B.reaction |
C.return |
D.action |
(19) A.cured |
B.recovered |
C.dead |
D.injured |
(20) A.exactly |
B.never |
C.hardly |
D.luckily |
完形填空
Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.
Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent(才能)at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline(纪律)problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.
Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20
like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.
(1) A.willing |
B.able |
C.ready |
D.happy |
(2) A.job |
B.worry |
C.disadvantage |
D.disability |
(3) A.picture |
B.flag |
C.square |
D.circle |
(4) A.help |
B.tend |
C.teach |
D.treat |
(5) A.matters |
B.letters |
C.illness |
D.children |
(6) A.ways |
B.schools |
C.hospitals |
D.medicine |
(7) A.never |
B.already |
C.still |
D.always |
(8) A.drawing |
B.supplying |
C.changing |
D.spelling |
(9) A.lonely |
B.separately |
C.joyfully |
D.sadly |
(10) A.imagine |
B.consider |
C.suppose |
D.except |
(11) A.proper |
B.little |
C.strange |
D.bad |
(12) A.higher |
B.stronger |
C.worse |
D.older |
(13) A.clever |
B.late |
C.lazy |
D.careless |
(14) A.questioned |
B.tested |
C.scolded |
D.punished |
(15) A.when |
B.whether |
C.even if |
D.unless |
(16) A.parents |
B.teachers |
C.doctors |
D.researchers |
(17) A.print |
B.take |
C.have |
D.store |
(18) A.moving |
B.reaction |
C.return |
D.action |
(19) A.cured |
B.recovered |
C.dead |
D.injured |
(20) A.exactly |
B.never |
C.hardly |
D.luckily |
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On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, ___1____my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it ___2___ over a fence. Chris was paralyzed(瘫痪)from the chest down,____3____to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of____4____with lots of unexpected challenges(挑战). We went from the “haves” to the “havenots” Or so we thought. ___5___ what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of____6____difficulties. We came to learn that something____7____could happen in a disaster. All over the world people____8____Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a____9____ center in Virginia, about 35000 pieces of____10____had been received and sorted.
As ___11____, we opened letter after letter. They gave us ____12____ and became a sourse of strength for us. We used them to ____13____ ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with “Funny” if we needed a ____14____,or to the “Disabled” box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or___15___in bed living happily and____16____ These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so___17___we offer one of them to you.
Dear Chris,
My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your___18___accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this___19___challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes ever-y day and we are among those who are keeping you___20___.
Yours Sincerely,
Nancy Reagan
(1)A.since |
B.before |
C.when |
D.while |
(2)A.walked |
B.climbed |
C.pulled |
D.jumped |
(3)A.able |
B.unable |
C.suitable |
D.unsuitable |
(4)A.disability |
B.possession |
C.inconvenience |
D.experience |
(5)A.So |
B.For |
C.Or |
D.Yet |
(6)A.sharing |
B.separating |
C.fearing |
D.exploiting |
(7)A.terrible |
B.similar |
C.wonderful |
D.practical |
(8)A.wrote for |
B.cared for |
C.hoped for |
D.sent for |
(9)A.medical |
B.postal |
C.experimental |
D.mental |
(10)A.news |
B.paper |
C.equipment |
D.mail |
(11)A.patients |
B.a family |
C.nurses |
D.a group |
(12)A.effect |
B.effort |
C.comfort |
D.explanation |
(13)A.encourage |
B.express |
C.control |
D.treat |
(14)A.cry |
B.laugh |
C.chat |
D.sigh |
(15)A.much |
B.never |
C.even |
D.seldom |
(16)A.bitterly |
B.fairly |
C.weakly |
D.successfully |
(17)A.here |
B.there |
C.therefore |
D.forward |
(18)A.driving |
B.flying |
C.running |
D.riding |
(19)A.technical |
B.different |
C.difficult |
D.valuable |
(20)A.nearby |
B.close |
C.busy |
D.alive |
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