2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空02.docVIP

2014届东城区职教中心对口升学英语专题训练：完形填空02 It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wasnt all that funny. Walking over to the offender，I asked for the __1__. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited，all attention in the classroom on the quiet __2__ between the teacher and the student. When she finally __3__ it over she whispered，“ Okay，but I didnt draw it.” It was a hand-drawn __4__ of me, teeth blackened and the words “Im stupid” coming out of my mouth. I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, __5__ , was working angrily as I struggled not to __6__ . I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some __7__ to teach them a lesson，and maybe it was high time that I did it! Thankfully，I was able to keep myself __8__. When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how __9__ this was for me. I told them there must be a reason __10__ 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 __11__ the notes later，many of them said something like，“Ive got nothing against you，” or “Im sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “Were __12__ of you.” But two notes，from the girls who I __13__ were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too __14__ ，too strict... Reading those notes，I realized that over the course of this year，instead of __15__ my students，I had begun commanding them to __16__ . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was __17__ driving them away. I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one __18__ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for __19__. This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past，but it does enlarge the __20__. 作者