I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors. Almost instantly I loved her. She had an Unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking,  36  she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.

Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my  37 . She wanted to know how I thought we should  38  things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew  39  about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her  40 . It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to  41  them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how  42  I was, so I began to show up to paint more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.

Mrs. Neidl's  43  that year was, "Try it. We can always paint over it  44 !" I began to take  45 . I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing --- only things to be  46  upon. I learned to dip my brush into the paint and  47  create something.

The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was  48  in the program as "Student Art Assistant" because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I  49  I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design.

Being on that stage-design team  50  Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more competent than I had thought, but I also  51  a strong interest and a world I hadn't known existed. She taught me not to  52  what people think I should do: She taught me to take chances and not be  53 . Mrs. Neidl was my comforter when I was upset. Her  54  in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined  55 .

19.A. trust             B. patience        C. curiosity      Do interest

Seventeen–year–old Rivertown teenager, John Janson, was honoured at the Lifesaver Awards last night for carrying out lifesaving first aid on his neighbor after a shocking knife   1  .

John was presented with his award at a ceremony which recognized the   2   of ten people who have saved the life of   3  .

John had been studying in his room when he heard Anne Slade   4  . When he and his father rushed outside, they   5   that Anne Slade, mother of three, had been stabbed (刺)   6   with a knife by her ex – boyfriend. The man ran from the   7   and left Ms Slade lying in her front garden   8   very heavily. Her hands had almost been cut from her body.

It was John’s quick   9   and knowledge of first aid that saved Ms Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of the  10   people for bandages(绷带), but when nobody could put their hands on any, his father got some tea towels(毛巾) and   11   from their house. John used these to dress the most severe  12   to Ms Slade’s hands. He slowed the bleeding by applying pressure to the wounds until the   13   and ambulance(救护车) arrived.

“I’m   14   of what I did but I was just doing what I’d been  15  ” John said.

John had taken part in the Young Lifesaver Scheme at his high school. When   16  John. Mr Alan Southerton. Director of the Young Lifesaver Scheme, said, “There is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid   17  he had learnt at school saved Ms Slade’s life. It shows that a simple knowledge of first aid can make a real   18  .”

John and the nine other lifesavers also attended a   19   reception yesterday hosted by the Prime Minister before  20   their awards last night.

1．A．show                    B．attack                  C．work                  D．defend

2．A．bravery                B．life                      C．thinking               D．progress

3．A．any other              B．anyone                C．every one            D．others

5．A．realized                 B．believed               C．thought               D．discovered

6．A．repeatedly             B．rudely                 C．frequently            D．gradually

7．A．home                    B．place                   C．scene                  D．house

8．A．shaking                 B．struggling            C．bleeding              D．crying

9．A．action                   B．answer                C．experience           D．request

10．A．several                B．nearby                 C．familiar               D．curious

11．A．water                  B．bandages             C．fire                     D．luggage

12．A．damages              B．pains                   C．injuries                D．arms

13．A．neighbors            B．children               C．doctor                 D．police

14．A．proud                  B．fond                    C．sure                    D．tired

15．A．expected             B．taught                 C．encouraged          D．educated

16．A．praising               B．referring              C．talking with         D．congratulating

17．A．skills                   B．instructions          C．key                     D．history

18．A．discovery            B．harm                   C．difference            D．choice

19．A．recent                 B．secret                  C．private                D．special

20．A．giving                B．remembering        C．announcing        D．receiving