TheotherdayIreceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…ItwassignedMargaretLeibfriedwhowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoa
TheotherdayIreceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…
ItwassignedMargaretLeibfriedwhowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoappearedatavital(关键)pointinmylifeandhelpedmebelievethatIcouldbecomeawriter.
ThirtyyearsagoIenteredhighschoolasanintrovert(性格内向的人)madeallthemoreshybecauseIwastheschool’sonlynonwhitestudent.Ialwaysfeltindangerofbeingsweptawaybyaseaoftallwhiteathletes.Ispentalotoftimealonereadingandwritingstorieshopingtoescapebeingteased.
Ms.LeibfriedtaughtAmericanliteratureandcompositiongrammarwhichinvolvedtheusualmemorizingvocabularybutalsothrillinglyreadingnovels.
Thrillingtomethatis.Manyofmyclassmatesexpresseddislikefornovelsbecausetheywere“notreal.”ForonceIdidn’tcarewhattheythought.Ms.Leibfriedseemedtonoticemyinterestinbothreadingandwritingandshetookthetimetomakemefeellessshy;sheevenofferedmereadingsuggestionslikeoneofherfavoritenovels“TheBellJar.”
Thatyear’sbigprojectwasabookreporttobereadaloudtotheclass.HoweverMs.LeibfriedsuggestedIdosomething“alittledifferent.”InsteadofareportIchoseapassagefrom“TheBellJar”thatIconsideredasthebesttorecite.
ThemorningofthepresentationsIremembermyhandssweatingsobadlyasIwalkedtothefrontoftheclassthatIkeptmyhandscrossedsoIwouldn’twipethemonmyblouse.
WhenIfinishedtomysurprisetheclassapplauded.“Mariehaspickedoutaparticularlysensitivepieceofwritinganddelivereditbeautifully”Ms.Leibfriedsaidsmiling.Ifeltmaybeforthefirsttimeconfident.
1.Whatwastheauthor’shighschoollifelikebeforeshemetMs.Leibfried?
A.Lonely.
B.Exciting.
C.Wild.
D.Busy
2.InParagraph5theauthormainlytellsus .
A.howshecaredwhatherclassmatesthought
B.whenshebecameinterestedin“TheBellJar”
C.whymanyofherclassmatesdislikednovels
D.howMs.Leibfriedhelpedandencouragedher
3.WhydidMs.Leibfriedasktheauthortoreciteapassageinfrontoftheclass?