“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my   36  . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started  37  . I felt like the   38  person in the world..

Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to  39 .”

Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a  40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a  41 like Mrs. Cooper.

She wrote on my report, “You would  42  an outstanding teacher  43  you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those  44  in my heart for the 27 years.

After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children.

We needed every penny just to  45 . College and teaching were out of the question.

Then one day I thought of my  46  of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and  47  to attend college classes in the  48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would  49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher.

Not long after I started  50 , something happened that brought the  51  rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and  52 the mistakes.

One girl got halfway through, became  53  and stopped. As the other children laughed, 54  rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed  55  of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said.

1.                A．question        B．answer         C．result    D．reaction

2.                A．talking         B．shouting        C．discussing D．laughing

3.                A．stupidest       B．happiest        C．least amusing  D．most important

4.                A．work           B．learn           C．play D．watch

5.                A．letter          B．song           C．report    D．story

6.                A．teacher        B．friend          C．reporter  D．parent

7.                A．develop        B．change         C．return    D．make

8.                A．because        B．unless          C．until D．before

9.                A．reports         B．words          C．teachers  D．classmates

10.               A．get by          B．get past        C．go by D．go ahead

11.               A．plan           B．work           C．dream D．idea

12.               A．supposed       B．promised       C．decided   D．agreed

13.               A．evenings       B．mornings       C．afternoons D．nights

14.               A．sleep          B．study          C．rest D．play

15.               A．studying        B．writing         C．thinking   D．teaching

16.               A．teacher        B．life            C．past  D．feeling

17.               A．correct         B．prove          C．check D．read

18.               A．mad           B．excited         C．confused  D．confident

19.               A．water          B．tears           C．seat  D．smiles

20.               A．half           B．most           C．the whole  D．the rest

——Not getting that job was a big let-down.

    ——Don’t worry. Something better will ____.

A、come along        B、take on     C、go by D、fall behind

——Not getting that job was a big let-down.

    ——Don’t worry. Something better will ____.

A、come along   B、take on C、go by    D、fall behind

1.If you are interested in western education, you might call _________.

A.010- 100125        B. 800 819 0260      C. 021-5158 1658         D. 6465 7788

2.If you would like to organize a large meeting or conference, you should contact __________.

A．Office General                         B．Apollo Business Center

C．Canadian International School              D．None of the above

3.You may _________ to get more information about any of the three ads（广告）.

A．send an email                          B．use a fax(传真) machine

C．go by yourself                          D．visit some websites

—Not getting that job was a big let－down.

—Don't worry. Something better will ________.

A．come along B．take on

C．go by 　　 D. fall behind