阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn't all that funny.
Walking over to the offender,I asked for the ____.Frozen,she refused to give it to me. I waited,all attention in the classroom on the quiet ____ between teacher and student. When she finally ____ it over she whispered,“Okay,but I didn't draw it.”
It was a handdrawn ____ of me,teeth blackened and the words “I'm stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,____,was working angrily as I struggled not to ____.I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some ____ to teach them a lesson,and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully,I was able to keep myself ____.
When there were about six minutes remaining,I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how ____ this was for me. I told them there must be a reason ____ and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.
As I ____ the notes later,many of them said something like,“I've got nothing ____ you.” or “I'm sorry you were hurt.”Some kids said,“We're afraid of you.”But two notes,from the girls who I ____ were behind the picture,had a list of issues. I was too ____,too strict...
Reading those notes,I realized that over the course of this year,instead of ____ my students,I had begun commanding them to ____.Where I thought I was driving them to success I was ____ driving them away.
I had some apology to do. But the next day in the classroom,one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one ____ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for ____.
This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past,but it does enlarge the ____.
A.note B.advice C.reason D.help
A.battle B.competition C.argument D.conversation
A.took B.thought C.turned D.handed
A.statue B.graph C.picture D.poster
A.otherwise B.however C.therefore D.besides
A.leave B.cry C.explain D.argue
A.good B.harm C.favor D.punishment
A.amused B.controlled C.uninterested D.relaxed
A.meaningful B.forgetful C.regretful D.hurtful
A.aside B.above C.beneath D.behind
A.wrote B.finished C.read D.collected
A.beyond B.from C.against D.for
A.figured B.promised C.concluded D.confirmed
A.talkative B.mean C.clumsy D.considerate
A.forcing B.encouraging C.comforting D.teaching
A.appreciate B.apologize C.compromise D.achieve
A.actually B.normally C.immediately D.generally
A.decorated B.offered C.signed D.bought
A.thankfulness B.forgiveness C.compensation D.communication
A.friendship B.education C.knowledge D.future