Before I even started school, people felt that I was not going to amount to much. At the age of four, I started speech lessons because even I could not speak well enough to be understood.
First grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn't do it. My parents grew more and more frustrated. They bought books and offered great rewards if I could read one of them from start to finish to them. Well, with my speech problems and now my reading problems, I did not like to do reading and so refused to do it whenever possible.
Second grade was not much better. It was in the second grade that the teacher decided that I needed special education. I remember the days of taking the physical exams. However, after all that, they decided that I did not qualify for special education.
It was in third grade that a new school was built close to where I lived. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could transfer(转学). It was a happy day that we started school at Vandalia. However, things did not get better as my parent expected.
It was now time for fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel upset. Instead, she helped me in so many ways and built my self-confidence so that I actually did believe that I could do something special. And that is just what I did.
For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield's influence in my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome and become someone. I have won a large number of awards but I know that all of them belong to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.
I still have a class picture of her with her fifth grade class hanging on the wall of my office, encouraging other teachers to reach out to their students.
【小题1】 What does the underlined phrase “amount to much” mean in Paragraph l?

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题l分，计15分)
Once upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day they went to a lake to 1 . One of them 2 fishing alone by himself 3 the other was an outgoing person who loved to 4 friends with different people.
When he found that some tourists at the lake couldn’t catch any fish. “I will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don’t get 10, you 5 give me anything.”
They feel like old friends at first sight. Both sides come to an a (an) 6 immediately.
After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 7 taught them some fishing skills. He asked one for every 10 fish that the tourists 8 .
9 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an) 10 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected(尊重) as 11 .
On the other hand, 12 fisherman didn’t have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more 13 . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far 14 fish than his friend.
If we help others succeed, we harvest both 15 and friends.

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题l分，计15分)

Once upon a time, there were two fishermen who were good at fishing. One day they went to a lake to 1 . One of them 2 fishing alone by himself 3 the other was an outgoing person who loved to 4 friends with different people.

When he found that some tourists at the lake couldn’t catch any fish. “I will teach you how to do that” he said to them. “If you catch 10 fish, give me one. If you don’t get 10, you 5 give me anything.”

They feel like old friends at first sight. Both sides come to an a (an) 6 immediately.

After he finished teaching a group, he went to teach another, and 7 taught them some fishing skills. He asked one for every 10 fish that the tourists 8 .

9 of the day, the fisherman who kindly helped others received a (an) 10 basket of fish, and also got to know a large group of new friends. At the same time, he was respected(尊重) as 11 .

On the other hand, 12 fisherman didn’t have much fun. When the others circled around his camp, he became even more 13 . After fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into the fish basket, and found he had far 14 fish than his friend.

If we help others succeed, we harvest both 15 and friends.

1.                A．play           B．study           C．fish D．swim

2.                A．prefer         B．enjoyed        C．wanted   D．would like

3.                A．because        B．when           C．as   D．while

4.                A．talk            B．be             C．teach D．make

5.                A．needn’t       B．didn’t have to   C．need     D．have to

6.                A．agree          B．disagree        C．agreement    D．disagreement

7.                A．also           B．as well          C．too  D．either

8.                A．caught         B．give            C．gave     D．catch

9.                                  A．At the beginning B．In the middle

C．At the end                        D．In the end

10.               A．little           B．full            C．empty D．lot of

11.               A．a fisherman     B．a teacher       C．an engineer    D．a farmer

12.               A．another        B．other          C．the other  D．others

13.               A．helpful         B．successful       C．dangerous D．lonely

14.               A．fewer          B．less            C．many D．more

15.               A．success        B．money         C．fish   D．time