Jane is a good English teacher in M. T. School．The students like her and her  36 very much．Now，summer is coming．The weather is very  37 ．The students are often sleepy（困倦的），and don’t like to listen to  38 classes．

“  39 can I make the students listen to my classes?”Jane asks herself．One day，she  40 some riddles（謎語(yǔ)）in a book．“It can be a  41 way．The students may like to answer riddles．”Jane thinks．

Next afternoon，she asks a riddle  42 class，“It has got two hands and a face， 43 no feet．What is it?”

The students are happy about the riddle．One of the students  44 and says，“It’s a clock（時(shí)鐘）．”

“Yes，you’re   45 ．”Jane says．She’s happy that the students are not sleepy now．

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Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked 36  at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37  was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38 , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.
Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was 39  work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40  practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41 . Perhaps she learned something from her 42 . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43  about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.
Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .
In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.