Question

Tina was a seventeen-year-old girl who always wore a bright smile. She had a disease and had to use a walker most of the time. Maybe it was because she looked ______ and people didn’t know how to come near to her. Tina usually broke the ice with people she met with a big “Hi”.

In one class, I gave the students an assignment (作業(yè)) to recite (背誦) a poem. I only made the assignment worth a very small part of their total grade since I knew most of my ______ would not do it anyway. In the class, one by one each student _____ to correctly recite the poem. Finally, angry and half joking, I said that the next student who _____ recite the poem had to do three push-ups (俯臥撐). To my _____, Tina was next. She used her walker to move to the front of the class. _____ she recited, she made a mistake. Before I could say a word, she _____ her walker and started doing push-ups. I wanted to say, “Tina, I was just joking!” But she stood up, continued the poem and she finished the rest perfectly.

When she finished, a student asked, “Tina, why did you do that? It’s not an _____ assignment!”

“Because I want to be like you guys! To be normal (正常的),” Tina said.

Silence fell on the whole room when another student cried out, “Tina, we’re not normal! We are

teenagers! We get in ____ all the time.”

“I know,” Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.

Tina got only a few ______ that day, but she got the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was

worth a lot more than a grade.

1.A. different B. strong C. short D. young

2.A. friends B. students C. teachers D. parents

3.A. started B. planned C. continued D. failed

4.A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. needn’t D. wouldn’t

5.A. surprise B. surprised C. excitement D. excited

6.A. Because B. When C. After D. Though

7.A. raised B. changed C. threw D. checked

8.A. active B. useful C. important D. exciting

9.A. attention B. thought C. touch D. trouble

10.A. points B. chances C. mistakes D. successes

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