Theotherday,Ireceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…ItwassignedMargaretLeibfried,whowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoap

　　Theotherday,Ireceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…

　　ItwassignedMargaretLeibfried,whowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoappearedatavital(关键)pointinmylifeandhelpedmebelievethatIcouldbecomeawriter.

　　Thirtyyearsago,Ienteredhighschoolasanintrovert(性格内向的人)madeallthemoreshybecauseIwastheschool’sonlynonwhitestudent.Ialwaysfeltindangerofbeingsweptawaybyaseaoftallwhiteathletes.Ispentalotoftimealone,readingandwritingstories,hopingtoescapebeingteased.

　　Ms.LeibfriedtaughtAmericanliteratureandcompositiongrammar,whichinvolvedtheusualmemorizingvocabulary,butalso,thrillingly,readingnovels.

　　Thrillingtome,thatis.Manyofmyclassmatesexpresseddislikefornovelsbecausetheywere“notreal.”Foronce,Ididn’tcarewhattheythought.Ms.Leibfriedseemedtonoticemyinterestinbothreadingandwriting,andshetookthetimetomakemefeellessshy;sheevenofferedmereadingsuggestions,likeoneofherfavoritenovels,“TheBellJar.”

　　Thatyear’sbigprojectwasabookreport,tobereadaloudtotheclass.However,Ms.LeibfriedsuggestedIdosomething“alittledifferent.”Insteadofareport,Ichoseapassagefrom“TheBellJar”thatIconsideredasthebesttorecite.

　　Themorningofthepresentations,IremembermyhandssweatingsobadlyasIwalkedtothefrontoftheclassthatIkeptmyhandscrossed,soIwouldn’twipethemonmyblouse.

　　WhenIfinished,tomysurprise,theclassapplauded.“Mariehaspickedoutaparticularlysensitivepieceofwritinganddelivereditbeautifully,”Ms.Leibfriedsaid,smiling.Ifelt,maybeforthefirsttime,confident.

　　小题1:Whatwastheauthor’shighschoollifelikebeforeshemetMs.Leibfried?A．Lonely.B．Exciting.C．Wild.D．Busy小题2:InParagraph5,theauthormainlytellsus .A．howshecaredwhatherclassmatesthoughtB．whenshebecameinterestedin“TheBellJar”C．whymanyofherclassmatesdislikednovelsD．howMs.Leibfriedhelpedandencouragedher小题