Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that,to make progress,his emotions needed controlling.

One I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy’s mom would me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then,I would focus on his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.

One week our class was studying .I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.

That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes I was told that Billy had a morning at home and I might need to get him .As I was talking to his mom,Billy into the classroom.To Billy’s ,Rocky immediately ran up to his new ,wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.

Throughout the day,Billy never left Rocky’s side,feeding him,being gentle with him and even the other students while Rocky was sleeping.

Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ,but on this day he found a good dog story,“Clifford’s Puppy Days,” and read it to Rocky.How I was at the sight of Billy reading happily!My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter,gentleness and .

That day Rocky more than helped me with my 20 ;he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.

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2.A. unforgettable B. uncontrollable C. unconscious D. unfortunate

3.A. physical B. mental C. academic D. authentic

4.A. advantage B. agenda C. reason D. way

5.A. awake B. call C. visit D. sign

6.A. tolerating B. observing C. relieving D. ignoring

7.A. emotions B. pets C. botany D. diet

8.A. after B. as C. when D. before

9.A. boring B. fantastic C. busy D. rough

10.A. settled B. punished C. treated D. excited

11.A. fled B. stormed C. jogged D. floated

12.A. surprise B. delight C. shame D. fear

13.A. protector B. trainer C. friend D. owner

14.A. resist B. describe C. reduce D. forget

15.A. educating B. envying C. comforting D. quieting

16.A. exploding B. reading C. arguing D. apologizing

17.A. surprised B. disappointed C. amused D. confused

18.A. urge B. shorten C. transform D. expand

19.A. admiration B. curiosity C. anxiety D. love

20.A. family B. teaching C. housework D. performance

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I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.

Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was bewildered and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me--a potential to live, you might call it--which I didn't see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.

The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.

It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was mocking me and I was hurt. "I can't use this." I said. "Take it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around! "By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.

All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.

1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that __________________.

A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash.

B. the disaster strengthened the author's desire to see

C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had.

D. the author wouldn't love life if the disaster didn't happen.

2.What's the most difficult thing for the author?

A. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.

B. To find a special work that suits the author.

C. Learning to manage his life alone.

D. How to adjust himself to reality.

3.According to the context, "a chair rocker on the front porch" in paragraph 3 means that the author

A. was paralyzed and stayed in a rocking chair.

B. would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life.

C. would sit in a chair and stay at home.

D. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.

4.According to the passage, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man

A. inspired the author.

B. hurt the author's feeling.

C. gave the author a deep impression

D. directly led to the invention of ground ball.

5. According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT?

A. The author set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time.

B. The author suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning.

C. Because of his limitations, the author tried to reach one goal at a time.

D. The bitterness of failure prevented the author from trying something out of reach.

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A Love Note To My Mom

When I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers. It was years later that I finally understood what role modeling ________in your life. Little did I know you were _______every penny you earned to go to _______school.

I cannot thank you enough for _______you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine. After finishing my homework. I wandered into the dining where you were buried _______ piles of law books. I was_______ .Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for _______ ? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled. I didn’t know. Moms_______be lawyers too. You smiled and said,“In life, you can do anything you want to do.”

As young as I was ,that statement kept _______in my ears. I watched as you faced the _______ of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a _______and a Mom of five kids. I was exhausted just watching you_______.With your words of wisdom in my _______ mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream. My whole world _______ .I set out to live my life filled with_______, seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements.

Your words became my motto. I _______ found myself in the unique position of being either the first woman doctor in Maryland Rotary _______one of the few women chief medical reporters in my field. I gained strength every time I said , “Yes, I’ll try that.”

Encouraged by your _______ , I have forged ahead (毅然前行) with my life’s journey, less afraid to make mistakes, and _______ meeting each challenge. You did it, and now I’m_______it. Sorry, got to run. So much to do, so many dreams to live.

1.A. found B. play C. kept D. provided

2.A. saving B. making C. donating D. receiving

3.A. business B. fashion C. law D. medical

4.A. what B. that C. which D. where

5.A. at B. to C. upon D. under

6.A. amused B. worried C. puzzled D. disappointed

7.A. role B. tests C. positions D. shows

8.A. must B. ought to C. need D. could

9. A. ringing B. blowing C. falling D. beating

10.A. choices B. chances C. challenges D. changes

11.A. professor B. doctor C. reporter D. model

12.A. in danger B. in action C. in trouble D. in charge

13.A. weak B. powerful C. youthful D. empty

14.A. came back B. closed down C. went by D. opened up

15.A. hope B. hardship C. harmony D. sadness

16.A. constantly B. shortly C. hardly D. nearly

17.A. and B. but C. or D. for

18.A. description B. statement C. praise D. introduction

19.A. secretly B. curiously C. carelessly D. eagerly

20.A. doing B. considering C. correcting D. Reading

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