【Therewasaveryspecialteacherwhomadeafar-reachingdifferenceinmylife.Fall1959thefirstdayofclassatBethesdaChevyChaseHighSchoolwasabouttobegin.“Who”Iaskedasenior“isMrs.McNamaramy10thgrade】
Therewasaveryspecialteacherwhomadeafar-reachingdifferenceinmylife.
Fall1959thefirstdayofclassatBethesdaChevyChaseHighSchoolwasabouttobegin.“Who”Iaskedasenior“isMrs.McNamaramy10thgradeEnglishteacher?”Hejust1andsaidsomethingaboutmybeingin2.SoonIunderstoodwhathemeant.Mrs.McNamarahadapatternof3thatsherepeatedagainandagain.Wewouldhavealiteraturereadingtaskfor4.Thenextdaywhenwecametoclasstherewouldbetwoorthreetopicsontheblackboard5tothehomeworkreading.Wewere6towriteanin-classessayaboutoneofthetopics.Thefollowingdayshewould7thecorrectedandgradedessaysandeachpersonwouldbecalled8tostandinfrontoftheclassandto9his/heressay.Theclasswererequiredtocriticize（评论）thatessay10thegradeofeveryoneinclasswouldbereduced.
ThefirsttimethatI11herread-write-criticizemethodIhadnot12todothehomeworkandhadwrittensomethingwithoutknowingwhatitmeant.13theextremeembarrassmentIsufferedstandingbeforemyclassmates14myself.Noonelaughedatme;noonewouldbe15enoughorfoolishenoughtodothatinMrs.McNamara’sclass.Theembarrassmentcamefrom16andalongwithitcameastrong17nottoletithappenagain.
Mrs.McNamarakeptallofourwrittenworkinfiles;itwaseasytoseethe18inwritingthathadoccurred.Whatwasnotsoeasytoseewastheinnertransformationthathadtakenplaceatleastforme.WhatMrs.McNamara19metodowastoseemyselfasothersseemeandhavingdonethatIcouldimprovemyself.AndI20.ThankyouMrs.McNamara.
难易度：难
1..A.noddedB.laughed C.apologized D.shouted
2.A.trouble B.sorrow C.danger D.anger
3.A.behaviourB.evaluation C.activityD.thought
4.A.reviewB.performance C.practiceD.homework
5.A.addedB.relatedC.contributedD.compared
6.A.expectedB.persuaded C.allowed D.advised
7.A.collect B.return C.sendD.receive
8.A.onpurpose B.atfirst C.bychanceD.inturn
9.A.talkthroughB.handover C.readoutD.showoff
10.A.soB.and C.but D.or
11.A.tried B.adoptedC.examined D.experienced
12.A.undertaken B.attemptedC.botheredD.hesitated