There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life.  

Fall, 1959, the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin. “Who”, I asked a senior, “is Mrs. McNamara, my 10^th grade English teacher?” He just  31  and said something about my being in  32 . Soon, I understood what he meant. Mrs. McNamara had a pattern of  33  that she repeated again and again. We would have a literature reading task for  34 . The next day, when we came to class, there would be two or three topics on the blackboard  35  to the homework reading. We were  36  to write an in-class essay about one of the topics. The following day, she would  37  the corrected and graded essays and each person would be called  38  to stand in front of the class and to  39  his/her essay. The class were required to criticize （評(píng)論） that essay,  40  the grade of everyone in class would be reduced.  

The first time that I  41  her read-write-criticize method, I had not  42 to do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant.  43  the extreme embarrassment I suffered, standing before my classmates,  44  myself. No one laughed at me; no one would be  45  enough, or foolish enough, to do that in Mrs. McNamara’s class. The embarrassment came from  46  and along with it came a strong  47  not to let it happen again.  

Mrs. McNamara kept all of our written work in files; it was easy to see the  48  in writing that had occurred. What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken place, at least for me. What Mrs. McNamara  49  me to do was to see myself as others see me and, having done that, I could improve myself. And I  50 . Thank you, Mrs. McNamara.  

His efforts to raise money for his program were ______ because, no one showed any intention to take a cent out of their pockets.  

A. in place      B. in sight          C. in effect         D. in vain  

You’d sound a lot more polite if you make a request ______ a question.  

A. in search of                      B. in the form of  

C. in need of                        D. in the direction of  

The questionnaire takes ______ ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.  

A. mainly       B. punctually       C. approximately    D. precisely  

As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ______ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.  

In our class, when the bell rang and the teacher closed his book, it was a ______ for everyone to stand up.

A. signal        B. chance          C. mark            D. measure

Hiking by oneself can be fun and good for health. It may also be good for ______ building.

A. respect       B. friendship        C. reputation        D. character

Some parents are just too protective. They want to ______ their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.

A. spot         B. dismiss          C. shelter           D. distinguish

The loss has not yet been ______ accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.

A. calculated    B. considered       C. completed       D. controlled

During the war there was a serious lack of food. It was not unusual that even the wealthy families had to ______ bread for days.

A. eat up        B. give away       C. do without       D. deal with