When I first met Begay at Los Ninos Elementary on “King and Queen Day”, she was wearing a smile ear-to-ear.
This morning, though, Begay was______. The parent she had been trying to_____was a no-show again. Begay______needed to talk to her. Her boy was smart, but now about a year behind. She______there were problems at home. He was always late and had already missed too much school.
By 8 a.m. , kids were arriving, and Begay’s______quickly became a beehive(蜂窝)of activity. Forty-five minutes_______, the little boy finally walked in, shoulders sunk, head_______. Rather than______him in front of the class, Begay welcomed him warmly. He was testing Begay’s long-held_______that no child is a lost cause, no matter how______he seems. “It’s the unspoken _____teachers start out with,” Begay said.
During lunch I sat down with Begay’s students and asked them what they liked about her.
“ She never gets angry, “ said one girl. A boy______:” She’s funny and likes telling jokes.”
Before we left the______, the shy, quiet girl next to me______,” She teaches me when I don’t want to learn.”
Her_______stayed with me. When I_______it with Begay, I told her that I felt it was a very _____thing for a child to say. She agreed.
“They never______that to me.” said Begay, “But that’s what I_______. I want them to enjoy school. I want them to feel like someone_______them.”
1.A.sensitive | B.worried | C.thrilled | D.energetic |
2.A.meet | B.investigate | C.enquire | D.praise |
3.A.gradually | B.occasionally | C.abruptly | D.desperately |
4.A.clarified | B.revealed | C.suspected | D.acknowledged |
5.A.classroom | B.school | C.canteen | D.house |
6.A.after | B.before | C.later | D.ago |
7.A.rose | B.bowed | C.nodded | D.shook |
8.A.disturbing | B.astonishing | C.capturing | D.embarrassing |
9.A.conclusion | B.dream | C.belief | D.ambition |
10.A.awesome | B.troubled | C.innocent | D.careless |
11.A.commitment | B.assumption | C.proposal | D.regulation |
12.A.rejected | B.declared | C.added | D.protested |
13.A.office | B.kitchen | C.playground | D.table |
14.A.shouted | B.whispered | C.cried | D.suggested |
15.A.comment | B.adventure | C.experience | D.discovery |
16.A.interpreted | B.promoted | C.shared | D.demonstrated |
17.A.fancy | B.comprehensive | C.crucial | D.meaningful |
18.A.do | B.express | C.guarantee | D.leave |
19.A.acquire | B.secure | C.accomplish | D.pursue |
20.A.believes in | B.stands by | C.tums against | D.fears for |