Mrs. Barrow, room 501, I repeated to myself as I was looking for the room number. It was my first day of
grade and I was really
.
Stepping into the room, I felt
. I tried to keep calm, but Mrs. Barrow saw through me. “Good morning, Courtni. You may pick your
.”
I glanced round the room and took a(n)
seat near a girl named Wendy. Soon, Wendy and I became good friends. I felt no closeness to Mrs. Barrow,
.
Mrs. Barrow had us write a paper
what we wanted to be when we grew up. She said that when her
students graduated, she liked them to come back and
their fifth-grade dreams together, as a memory of their childhood. I decided right then that I liked Mrs. Barrow.
A month later, my grandmother died of cancer.
her was so painful for me that I
__ some school.
At the funeral(葬礼), I was sitting feeling sorry for myself when I looked
and saw Mrs. Barrow standing there. She
my hand and comforted me by reminding me that Grandma had no more pain or
.
had never occurred to me that it was better for my grandma this way.
After the funeral, we went home to see the flowers that had been sent. My mom
me a pretty ivy(常春藤) plant. The attached card
:
Courtni,
I’m sorry about your grandma. Never forget, I love you.
With love,
Mrs. Barrow
I wanted to
. I took the plant home, watered it and put it in my grandma’s old room. I am in eighth grade now and I
have that plant. I never thought a teacher could
that much about her students: now I know.
| 小题1: | | A．first | B．third | C．fifth | D．eighth |
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| 小题2: | | A．nervous | B．sad | C．angry | D．surprised |
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| 小题3: | | A．out of order | B．out of mind | C．out of control | D．out of place |
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| 小题4: | | A．chair | B．seat | C．desk | D．book |
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| 小题5: | | A．good | B．clean | C．empty | D．pretty |
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| 小题6: | | A．though | B．although | C．if | D．while |
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| 小题8: | | A．perfect | B．former | C．slow | D．ordinary |
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| 小题9: | | A．spare | B．bring | C．share | D．handle |
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| 小题10: | | A．Thinking | B．Having | C．Attending | D．Losing |
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| 小题11: | | A．missed | B．forgot | C．left | D．lacked |
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| 小题13: | | A．shook | B．waved | C．gave | D．held |
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| 小题14: | | A．delight | B．surprise | C．suffering | D．disappointment |
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| 小题16: | | A．dropped | B．handed | C．presented | D．provided |
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| 小题17: | | A．read | B．told | C．wrote | D．informed |
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| 小题20: | | A．learn | B．care | C．serve | D．offer |
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