“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper, asked that day, but I will never forget my 36 . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started 37 . I felt like the 38 person in the world.. Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm look. Then she said: “We’re all here to 39 .” Once Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a 40 about what we hoped to do in the future. I wrote: “I want to be a 41 like Mrs. Cooper. She wrote on my report, “You would 42 an outstanding teacher 43 you are determined and you try hard.” I was to carry those 44  in my heart for the 27 years. After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children. We needed every penny just to 45 . College and teaching were out of the question. Then one day I thought of my 46 of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and 47 to attend college classes in the 48 before work. And when I got home from work, I would 49 . Finally, after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher. Not long after I started 50 , something happened that brought the 51 rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical errors on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and 52 the mistakes. One girl got halfway through, became 53 and stopped. As the other children laughed, 54 rolled down her cheeks. I gave her a hug and told her to have a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed 55 of the class with a firm look. “We are all here to learn,” I said. 小题1: A．question B．answer C．result D．reaction 小题2: A．talking B．shouting C．discussing D．laughing 小题3: A．stupidest B．happiest C．least amusing D．most important 小题4: A．work B．learn C．play D．watch 小题5: A．letter B．song C．report D．story 小题6: A．teacher B．friend C．reporter D．parent 小题7: A．develop B．change C．return D．make 小题8: A．because B．unless C．until D．before 小题9: A．reports B．words C．teachers D．classmates 小题10: A．get by B．get past C．go by D．go ahead 小题11: A．plan B．work C．dream D．idea 小题12: A．supposed B．promised C．decided D．agreed 小题13: A．evenings B．mornings C．afternoons D．nights 小题14: A．sleep B．study C．rest D．play 小题15: A．studying B．writing C．thinking D．teaching 小题16: A．teacher B．life C．past D．feeling 小题17: A．correct B．prove C．check D．read 小题18: A．mad B．excited C．confused D．confident 小题19: A．water B．tears C．seat D．smiles 小题20: A．half B．most C．the whole D．the rest