It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

I the shirt into the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s was something greater.

The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are , aren’t you? I think I have a for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you be the teacher of this class.”

My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment(評論) made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle situations and never give up.

1.A. noise B. voiceC. sound D. tune

2.A. get B. take C. carryD. throw

3.A. otherwise B. anyhowC. instead D. actually

4.A. settled B. pushedC. stored D. put

5.A. teacher B. employerC. director D. adviser

6.A. purpose B. encouragement C. achievementD. victory

7.A. went B. met C. workedD. stayed

8.A. visit B. continueC. attend D. prepare

9.A. seriousB. fortunateC. careful D. responsible

10.A. careerB. dutyC. positionD. part

11.A. learningB. judging C. obeying D. imagining

12.A. patientlyB. eagerlyC. successfullyD. skillfully

13.A. upsetB. frightened C. guilty D. ashamed

14.A. looked upB. went upC. took up D. showed up

15.A. believeB. protect C. treatD. receive

16.A. spiritB. intentionC. action D. attempt

17.A. must B. would C. might D. should

18.A. AtB. DuringC. On D. With

19.A. worthless B. thoughtless C. hopeless D. helpless

20.A. challengingB. differentC. dangerous D. strange

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.B

19.B

20.A

【解析】

試題分析:作者因穿了一件母親的雇主給的衣服而在學校受到嘲笑,驕傲自尊的母親毅然辭掉自己的工作,為了當一名教師而去接受大學教育,然后經(jīng)過她自己的努力,憑借著她的愛心母親從一名助理教師成為了一名真正的教師,母親自強不息的精神給了作者很大的鼓勵。

1.A.噪音;B. 嗓音;C. 聲音(自然界的一切聲音);D. 音調(diào)。根據(jù)空后內(nèi)容Then another voice said,判斷是有人說話,選B。

2.Get sth away“拿走”,take sth away“帶走”;carry sth away“搬走”;throw sth away “扔掉”根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知作者非常尷尬,由此判斷她穿了別人要扔掉的衣服,選D。

3.

4.…..into the back of the closet判斷作者把衣服放了起來,選D。

5.“I will no longer work for your family,”可知作者的母親是給自己的雇主打電話,選B。

6.

7.

8.Attend a university “上大學”,根據(jù)上文可知母親因沒有受過大學教育而求職被拒,所以她決定去上大學,選C。

9.

10.……as a teacher’s assistant可知母親去求職而得到了一個做老師助理的職位,選C。

11.

12.

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20.

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