江苏省2014届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练九.docVIP

江苏省2014届准高三英语 完形+阅读 暑假限时训练9 I. 完形 One day in 11th grade, I went into a classroom to wait for a friend. When I went into the room, the teacher, Mr Washington, asked me to go to the board to___1___something out. I told him I was not one of his students. He said, “It doesn’t matter. Go to the board.” I was embarrassed. I said, “I can’t do it. I have learning___2___.” He looked at me and said, “Don’t ever say that again. Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your___3___.” It was a(n)___4___moment for me. On one hand, I was___5___because the other students laughed at me. They knew that I was in Special Education. But on the other, I felt liberated. Mr Washington had showed me I did not have to live by another person’s___6___of me. I was __7__as having learning difficulties in the fifth grade and put back into the fourth grade. I had ___8___ all my life. But Mr Washington ___9___ this. One day, he gave a speech to the school. “You have greatness within you. You have something___10___. If you can see for one moment a larger vision of yourself, of who you really are, then in a historical context, the world will___11___be the same again.” Afterwards, I caught up to him and said, “Mr Washington, is there greatness within me?” He said, “Yes, Mr Brown.” “But I failed English and math and history. I’m___12___than most kids.” “That just means that you have to work harder. Your grades don’t ___13___who you are or what you can__14____in your life.” Mr Washington became my teacher. Normally, special education students don’t___15___Speech and Drama, but they made___16___for me to be with him. I began to do well__17____. For the first time in my life I made the honor roll; I wanted to take part in a trip with the drama department and you had to be on the honor roll for it. That was a__18__ for me! Mr Washington___19___my picture of who I am. He gave me a larger vision of myself, ___20___my learning difficulties. 1. A. read B. work C. count D. pick 2. A. worries