My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36________ hurt.
“Hello! I'm Mrs. Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that
______37________ .
“Well," she said with a ______38________Smile. 161've always liked Texas."
She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who
told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was______39________.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she______40________ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
I______41________ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it
______42________ stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student.
During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to______43________ ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44________ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly.
Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much______45________ 0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen... and she______46_______ . I'II never forget her.
A．speech B．study C．dream D．fear
A．maybe B．even C．still D．never
A．instruction B．description C．introduction D．presentation
A．shy B．cold C．weak D．kind
A．silent B．simple C．direct D．different
A．cried B．listened C．waited D．stopped
A．sang B．spoke C．played D．clapped
A．against B．besides C．beyond D．without
A．practise B．communicate C．report D．reply
A．train B．share C．change D．follow
A．advice B．influence C．dependence D．action
A．continued B．taught C．agreed D．cared
Mr Jones went to the sea for a holiday one summer.He in a cheap hotel he was not a rich man.At 7:00 am the first morning a woman came and said,”Please get up.”Mr Jones hated getting up .”I’m still tired.”The woman went away,but at 8:00 am one came and said to Mr Jones,“ please get up.We need the sheets(床单) your bed.”Mr Jones still wanted to sleep,so he answered ”Why?”“ Because breakfast is starting,”answered the woman,“ and we need them on our tables. They are our tablecloth, .”
A．stay B．stayed C．stays D．staying
A．because B．when C．and D．or
A．for B．from C．on D．at
A．early B．late C．later D．last
A．even B．any C．very D．some
A．same B．different C．another D．the other
A．in B．from C．with D．up
A．angry B．happy C．angrily D．more angry
A．putting B．putted C．to put D．puts
A．too B．also C．either D．as well
I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I’m __ this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.
I know I __ be very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big _____ in my life. You see, all through my first year in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had ____ to do with me, and I felt bored while reading them. I’ll never ____ the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It ____ that your voice changed with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read ____ . Since that day, I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You ___ us all kinds of wonderful stories.
During the summer after my year in your class, I ____ the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and read it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words ____ , too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.
Yours,
Linda
A．watching B．reading C．writing D．getting
A．used B．used to C．was used D．was used to
A．difference B．mistake C．decision D．progress
A．nothing B．everything C．something D．anything
A．remember B．know C．forget D．understand
A．liked B．looked C．looked like D．seemed
A．loudly B．quiet C．aloud D．quietly
A．told B．read C．borrowed D．taught
A．finished B．practiced C．missed D．kept
A．boring B．patient C．interesting D．necessary
Cancy is now with her parents. But she was stolen as a baby on Aug. 4, 1987.
“It’s a wonderful feeling. Now I can sleep,” mother Joy White said after her grown-up daughter over the weekend, “I never took her picture off my dresser. I never looking for her.”
Cancy was not yet a month old she was stolen. She had a and her worried parents took her to hospital. A woman dressed as a got close to Joy White in the emergency room and told her everything would be .Joy went home to rest. When she returned to the hospital ,Cancy was gone. , a girl known as Nejdra grew up in Bridgeport. As a teenager, she began to doubt that she wasn’t concerned with the family that her. And she was puzzled that she was able to get a copy of her birth certificate（出生证明）.
Finally, she began to do some on the Internet. On a website, she found a photo of a baby named Cancy. The site got in touch with Joy White on Jan.4 and her a baby photo taken by the family who raised Nejdra.
“I was shouting. I was so excited,”Joy said, “ I saw the picture I said, ‘That’s my daughter.’ I saw myself in her.”
DNA tests Nejdra is Cancy --- the daughter of Joy White and Carl Tyson.“I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter,” Tyson said.
A．helping B．noticing C．dreaming D．meeting
A．kept on B．insisted on C．gave up D．set about
A．when B．if C．until D．so
A．mistake B．habit C．chance D．fever
A．nurse B．student C．friend D．child
A．special B．attractive C．fine D．exact
A．Besides B．At the same time C．Still D．yet
A．actually B．always C．simply D．luckily
A．served B．saved C．stole D．raised
A．never B．also C．only D．already
A．homework B．tests C．research D．experiments
A．missing B．smiling C．crying D．singing
A．lent B．showed C．bought D．handed
A．Although B．Because C．In case D．As soon as
A．allowed B．suggested C．proved D．wished
Many teenagers have hobbies．But sometimes these hobbies can get way of schoolwork. and Parents might worry about their at school．Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want．Do you agree?
Liu Yu, a boy from Shandong．is a running star．He is on his school running team and has always wanted to be a professional athlete．However，his parents won’t allow him to tram as much as he would like. “Of course we want to see Liu Yu his dream．”says Mr. Liu．“and we know he loves running. That's great．and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his races．We have nothing running. But we do think that our son needs to be realistic．Now that he is getting older. he needs to think about what will happen he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end．
Liu Yu really ．“Well．I think I should be allowed to make decisions for myself．”he says.“My parents have always taught me the of working hard and not just to do what I enjoy. I understand this. But I'm serious about running． a professional runner is the only thing I have ever wanted to do.
Mr. and Mrs. Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings. and so they don’t allow him to practice on school nights．“I know this seem strict，”says Mrs. Liu“but we think we’re doing the right thing．He has to understand very people can become professional athletes. It's a very difficult dream to achieve. so we think he needs to spend more time his homework．
But Liu Yu still doesn’t agree．I know my parents care about me，but they are always talking about what if I don't succeed in the future．But I will succeed! I think I should be allowed to make this decision for myself．Only then will I have a chance of achieving my dream.
A．in the B．on the C．by the D．in this
A．study B．success C．failure D．health
A．fifteen-years-old B．fifteen years old C．fifteen-year-old D．fifteen-year-olds
A．achieve B．come true C．realizes D．to achieve
A．how many B．how much C．how often D．how long
A．for B．against C．in D．of
A．whether B．if C．that D．unless
A．agrees B．disagrees C．think so D．supports
A．importance B．important C．necessary D．useful
A．To being B．Being C．Become D．To do
A． running B．run C．to run D．runing
A．should B．might C．must D．need
A．many B．a little C．few D．a few
A．on B．in C．with D．for
A．happens B．has happened C．will happen D．happened
Today Chinese people can enjoy longer holidays. They have more time to .
Zhang Haitao, a middle school student from Shanghai, to Japan with his parents
vacation.” Travelling in different countries has always been a dream of ,” Zhang said.
“ are you going to Japan, by ship or by plane?” I asked him.
“By ship. Travelling by ship is more than by plane.”
“But a plane is much than a ship.”
“Yes, but you can’t see much on a plane, while a sea trip can you happy because you can see the beautiful sea, islands and even big fish.”
“Will the trip cost a lot?” “Certainly. my father is a businessman. He has much money in the last three years. Thanks to him, we can go on our trip.”A. eat B. sleep C. travel
A. go B. is going C. goes
A. to B. with C. for
A. my B. mine C. me
A. How B. When C. What
A. dangerous B. interesting C. difficult
A. faster B. slower C. more expensive
A. give B. tell C. make
A. But B. Or C. So
A. lost B. found C. saved
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