“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.

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

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

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

A．work B．learn C．play D．watch

A．letter B．song C．report D．story

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

A．develop B．change C．return D．make

A．because B．unless C．until D．before

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

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

A．plan B．work C．dream D．idea

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

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

A．sleep B．study C．rest D．play

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

A．teacher B．life C．past D．feeling

A．correct B．prove C．check D．read

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

A．water B．tears C．seat D．smiles

A．half B．most C．the whole D．the rest