【题目】 It was my first year of teaching. I was young and inexperienced, and had class after class of twenty kids just waiting for me to make a mistake.
After a particularly long night of grading papers and thinking about how many weeks I'd left until I could breathe, I had one of those mornings when I began to question my job choice. I'd become a teacher to help kids. Instead, I felt like I couldn't even help myself anymore. It was just Mother's Day, and as I sat at my desk surrounded by lesson plans, I wondered how I'd ever have enough energy to have children of my own.
That was when I heard a knock at my door. One of my students came in — the cool basketball-playing country boy who had accidentally broken my favorite snow globe so that I couldn't display nice things in my classroom. He handed me a large flower that probably came from his family's farm. He'd stuck a bird feather in it.
'I got you a Mother's Day gift,' he said in a low voice. Most middle school and high school teachers don't receive presents. Christmas and Teacher Appreciation Day had already come and gone without any gifts. I was so shocked that I just stared.
Made nervous by my silence, he said, 'You know…since you're like a mother to us, I thought you should get a present, too.'
I smiled and told him he was the sweetest person in the entire world, and that I just loved it. Based on his smile, I knew I'd done enough work of making him feel quite proud of himself. What made that twelve-year-old bring me a homemade present? I'll never know. Once he left the room, I locked the door. And I cried. That moment helped me get through the rest of the school years.
【1】What did the author think of her job as a teacher at the beginning?
A.Interesting.B.Tiring.
C.Rewarding.D.Demanding.
【2】How did the boy feel when he gave his teacher the present?
A.Excited.B.Shocked.
C.Unwilling.D.Shy.
【3】How did the author react when she was given the flower?
A.She was moved to tears.
B.She didn't accept the present.
C.She was too surprised to say anything.
D.She stared at the boy in puzzlement.
【4】Which of the following encourages the author to continue teaching?
A.The sincere love from students.
B.Her positive attitude to life.
C.Her strong interest in teaching.
D.The achievements in her work.
