A twenty-nine-year-old kindergarten teacher from Maryland was named National Teacher of the Year in 2006. On June first she would begin a year as a nation?al and international spokeswoman for education.

Kimberly Oliver was the first National Teacher of the Year from her state. She taught five-year-old chil?dren at a public school in Maryland,near Washington D.C. President Bush honoured her and other top teachers at the White House.

  Kimberly Oliver said she wanted people to under?stand that the first several years of a child's life were the most important for learning. She said investing in children at a very young age would result in great gains later in school and in life. She called on parents to read to children from an early age so they would not fall be?hind in school. One of the activities at her school was an event called "Books and Supper Night", Families read together at the school and received free books to take home. Parents,children and teachers also ate din?ner together.

  Broad Acres Elementary School was in a poor area. Many of the parents were immigrants with limited English. Kimberly Oliver helped improve learning envi?ronment at her school. She received money to buy elec?tronic learning systems,tape players and books in English and Spanish and sent them home with students. Parents said she had shown them how to help their children at home.

 She was born and raised in Delaware. She held one degree in English and another in Elementary Edu?cation. Kimberly Oliver would follow in the footsteps of another teacher Jason Kamras from the Washington area as National Teacher of the Year. Jason Kamras,honoured for his work,taught maths to middle school students in the nation's capital.

  The National Teacher of the Year programme be?gan in 1952. A fourteen-member committee chose from teachers honoured the best in their states. 

1. From the text we know that in the state of Mary?land,__________ .

   A. no other teacher than Kimberly Oliver had been given the honour

   B. Kimberly Oliver had been teaching in a middle school for many years

   C. Kimberly opened her own school early in Wash?ington in 1952

   D. many other teachers were given the honour to?gether with Oliver

2. Oliver hoped that parents should _________.

   A. spend more time playing with their children

   B. read to their children at an early age

   C. not give too much money to their children

   D. stay at school with their children more often

3. Kimberly Oliver had been named National Teacher of the Year mostly because_________ .

   A. she taught five-year-old children at a public school

   B. the elementary school she taught in is in a poor area

   C. she was helpful and had many special and good ideas in teaching children

   D. she called on parents to read to children from an early age

4. 丁he National Teacher just before Oliver comes from_________

   A. Delaware   B. Maryland

   C. New York   D. Washington

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

   A. Oliver got two degrees at university.

   B. Oliver believed reading to children from an early age benefited a lot.

   C. The first National Teacher was chosen in 1952.

   D. The winner of National Teacher of the Year just before Oliver taught Chinese in a middle school.

   One Christmas when I was three years old,my father gave me a present wrapped in shiny red paper. I tore off (新下) the paper 6        to discover what deli?cious secret was inside. My 7        fell on the face of a beautiful little girl on the 8        of a book with a lighted match in her hands. "It's called The Little Match Girl. It was one of my 9         when I was at your age," said my father.

  I was pleased to have Papa J.0it to me. My eyes opened widely as his rich,deep voice 11        the story of a little girl. She was sent out to the cold street to make money by 12        match sticks. Warned not to return home 13        all of her match sticks were sold,the girl warmed her 14        hands by lighting matches,one by one. With the flame of the final match,she 15        joining her dear grandmother in heaven who had ever really 16        her. When Papa stopped here,my heart was filled with sorrow.

  The Little Match Girl became part of our holiday 17___________ . Each Christmas after dinner,my father and I sat on the couch together. I 18        my head on his shoulder and felt the 19        warmth of his shirt. His sweet 20        carried me along on an unforgettable trip. No matter how old I got,I 21        let Papa read it to me.

  This past June,Papa 22___________ . Each holiday,I will miss Papa's soft shoulder and his warmth. But,bravely,I will read The Little Match Gir l23 on my own. And when I come to the 24        where the girl lights her final match,I will close my eyes 25        that I am with the person who loved me more than anyone,ever.

6. A. quickly   B. calmly   C. disappointedly   D. sadly

7. A. hands   B. hair   C. eyes   D .tear

8. A. paper   B. cover   C. board   D. shelf

9. A. memories   B. stories

   C. hobbies   D. favourites

10. A. buy   B. talk   C. explain   D. read

11. A. told of   B. thought of   C. consisted of   D. heard of

12. A. making   B. burning   C. collecting   D. selling

13. A. since   B. if

   C. as   D. unltss

14. A. little   B. beautiful   C. cold   D. white

15. A. met with H. drtamed of

   C. reminded of   D. worried about

16. A. cared for   B. lived with   C. brought in   D. depended on

17. A. present   B. tradition   C. list   D. project

18. A. cleaned   B. covered   C. rested   D. hid

19. A. familiar   B. attractive   C. serious   D. strong

20. A. sight R. voice   C. laughter   D. advice

21. A. never   B. ever

   C. always   D. sometimes

22. A.ran away   B. passed away   C. set off   D. moved out

23. A. aloud   B. perfectly   C. quietly   D. carefully

24. A. shop   B. house   C. part   D. street

25. A. watching   B. begging   C. missing  D. imagining

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