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It was in my high school science class．I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on．
A 1 came．"Nice shirt," I smiled from ear to ear．Then another voice said, "That shirt belonged to my dad．Greg's mother works for my family．We were going to 2 that shirt away, but gave it to her 3 ．" I was speechless．I wanted to hide．
I 4 me shirt in the back of the closet and told my mom what had happened．She then dialed her 5 , "I will no longer work for your family," she told him．That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn't clean anymore; she knew her life's 6 was something greater．
The next morning she 7 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education．Ke told her that without a proper education she could not teach．So Mom decided to 8 a university．
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager．He said, "You are 9 aren't you?I think I have a 10 for you as a teacher's assistant．This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of 11 Mom accepted the opportunity very 12 ．
For almost five years, as a teacher's assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling 13 ．Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal 14 in her classroom．The principal said, "We have watched how you 15 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working 16 over the last five years．We are all in 17 that you should be the teacher of this class．"
My mom spent more than 20 years there． 18 her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year．All of this came about because of the 19 comment made in my classroom that day．Mom showed me how to handle 20 situations and never give up．
It has been argued by some that gifted children should be grouped in special classes, The 1 has been on the belief that in regular classes these children are held back in their intellectual(智力的)growth by 3 situation that has designed for the 3 children．
There can be little doubt that 4 classes can help the gifted children to graduate earlier and take their place in life sooner．However, to take these 5 out of the regular classes may create serious problems．
I observed a number of 6 children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a 7 class．In the special class, they showed little ability to use their own judgment, relying 8 on their teachers’ directions．In the regular class, having no worry about ke(http：//www．unjs．com)eping up, they began to reflect 9 on many problems, some of which were not on the school program．
Many are concerned that gifted children become 10 and lose interest in learning．However this 11 is more often from parents and teachers than from students, and some of these 12 simply conclude that special classes should be set up for those who are 13 ．Some top students do feel bored in class, but why they 14 so goes far beyond the work they have in school．Studies have shown that to be bored is to be anxious．The gifted child whop is bored is an 15 child．
BEIJING, Oct,24－Chinese well-known public figures Yao Ming, Yang Liwei, and Andy Lau’s pictures were chosen for the teaching material in the middle school version of”New Modern English”．
The”New Modern English”project was officially started by the Beijing Modern Teaching Research Institute along with Ke Pu Publishing House since last week．
These star images are in the first term of the junior middle school version of”New Modern English”, which includes Song Zuying, Ruby Lin, Deng Yaping,altogether it has 6 pictures of stars．
According to the curriculum(课程) content, the student must translate the star’s age and birthplace into English according to the book．The assistant chief editor of the teaching material Wang Chuanwei introduced that, the main reason for putting stars into the teaching material aims at meeting the young people’s psychology(心理), putting pictures of the stars these young people like is advantageous in helping them quickly enter the studying mode, to promote interest in studying．
Besides film and television stars, the teaching material also selected and included”Special Olympics weightlifting champion Bian Jianxin,”and other inspirational stories such as the elderly man holding 10 jobs, to arouse the students’ interest in reading．
The”New Modern English”teaching material is mainly aimed at four to fifteen years olds．It was produced according to the Ministry of Education’s new curriculum standard, including a three versions of books．
These books will be used in different classroom instructions, as well as elementary and middle schools’ English class teaching material．
(1)
What is the passage mainly about?
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A．
Encouraging stories by the Ke Pu Publishing Huose．
B．
Famous characters such as Yao Ming and Yang Liwei．
C．
Different versions designed by the assistant chief editor．
D．
The teaching material of”New Modern English”．
(2)
We can infer from the passage that ________．
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A．
the text book aims at satisfying the young students’ psychology
B．
putting pictures into the book helps students learn from them
C．
other inspirational stories cause students to like New English
D．
the curriculum content makes the students’ interest colorful
(3)
According to the passage, the author thinks that ________．
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the”New Modern English”is going to be used in every part of the country
B．
the”New Modern English”is published to match another new curriculum
C．
the”New Modern English”mainly arises the students’ interest in studying
D．
the”New Modern English”is mainly intended for 7 to 15-year-old students