BarditchHighSchooldecidedtoholdanAll-SchoolReunion.Over450peoplecametotheevent.ThereweretoursoftheoldschoolbuildingandapicnicatConfederatePark.Severalformerteacherswereonhandstotellstoriesabouttheold

　　BarditchHighSchooldecidedtoholdanAll-SchoolReunion.Over450peoplecametotheevent.ThereweretoursoftheoldschoolbuildingandapicnicatConfederatePark.Severalformerteacherswereonhandstotellstoriesabouttheolddays.Ms.MabelYatestheEnglishteacherforfiftyyearswaswheeledtothePark.

　　Someeyesrolledandtherewereafewlowgroans(嘟囔声)whenMs.Yateswasabouttospeak.Manystartedlookingattheirwatchesandcomingupwithexcusestobeanywhereinsteadofpreparingtolistentoalecturefromanoldwomanwhohadfewkindwordsforherstudentsandmadethemworkharderthanalltheotherteacherscombined.

　　ThenMs.Yatesstartedtospeak:

　　“Ican’ttellyouhowpleasedIamtobehere.Ihaven’tseenmanyofyousinceyourgraduationbutIhavefollowedyourcareersandenjoyedyourvictoriesaswellascryingforyourtragedies.Ihavealargecollectionofnewspaperphotographsofmystudents.AlthoughIhaven’tappearedinpersonIhaveattendedyourcollegegraduationsweddingsandeventhebirthyourchildreninmyimagination.”

　　Ms.Yatespausedandstartedcryingabit.Thenshecontinued:

　　“ItwasmybeliefthatifIpushedyouashardasIcouldsomeofyouwouldsucceedtopleasemeandotherswouldsucceedtoannoyme.RegardlessofourmotivesIcanseethatyouhaveallbeensuccessfulinyouchosenpath.”

　　“Thereisnogreatercomfortforaneducatorthantoseetheendresultofhisorheryearsofwork.YouhaveallbeenagreatsourceofpleasureandprideformeandIwantyoutoknowIloveyouallfromthebottomofmyheart.”

　　Therewasasilenceoverthecrowdforafewsecondsandthensomeonestartedclapping.Theclappingturnedintocheeringthenintoadeafeningroar(呼喊).LawyerstruckdriversbankersandmodelswererubbingtheireyesorcryingopenlywithnoshameallbecauseofthewordsfromalongforgottenEnglishteacherfromtheirhometown.

　　小题1:Whatactivitywasorganizedfortheschoolreunion?A．Sightseeinginthepark.B．Apicnicontheschoolplayground.C．Tellingstoriesaboutpastevents.D．Graduates’reportsintheoldbuilding.小题2:WhatcanbeinferredfromParagraph2? A．Somegr