题目内容
remained .
B.secret
C.silent
D.calm
| 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词 的标号(A、B、C、D、E…) 填写在对应题号的横线上。注意：方框中有多余的单词。 | |
At first, I told my mum the 2_____. Next, I called Bernie, my Dad's best 3_____. He gave me the name of Dad's favorite 4_____ and also said he would make sure that all the other friends would come. 5_____, I called the restaurant and booked some tables. At last, I phoned all the relatives (亲戚) and asked them to come, too. Aunt Sanda even asked "Is that really George on the phone? You always forgot your father's 6_____!" In the morning, I went to the restaurant early to make sure everything was 7_____. Half an hour later Mum 8_____ Dad there, She told him they were going out for a quiet dinner. 9_____ they arrived, everyone 10_____, "Happy birthday!"... After dinner, Dad said "Thank you, George, your mum told me you planned this all by yourself. This is the best birthday ever. I'm very proud of you." |
A. frequent B. seldom C. convey D. available E. admired F. approval G. mistakes H. brightened I. gradually J. confused |
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary part of the learning process. But all too often we __41__ to our children either by words or by actions that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but top performance meets our __42__.
Donnie was my youngest student. His fear of failure kept him from classroom games that other children played excitedly. He __43__ answered questions―he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, __44__ her. But even enthusiastic, loving Mary was __45__ by this little boy who feared he might make a mistake.
Then one morning we were working math problems. I left the children with Mary. But when I returned, Donnie was in tears. He’d missed the third problem. Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face __46__. From the desk we shared, she got a canister(小筒) filled with pencils. She removed the pencils and placed them on his desk. “See these pencils, Donnie?” she said, “They belong to Mrs Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are worn? That’s because we make __47__ too. But we erase the mistakes and try again.” She kissed him and continued, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on your desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and just a glimmer of a smile.
The pencil became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s __48__ encouragement and praise for even Donnie’s small successes, __49__ persuaded him that it’s all right to make mistakes―as long as you erase them and try again.