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Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful. At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me. The story goes downhill from here.

The first grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn’t do it. The second grade was not much better. I still struggled with the inability to read. It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years.

It was in the fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel defeated. On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be. And that is just what I did.

For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield’s influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone. I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year. I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.

1.The writer ______ when he was in the third grade.

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

3.What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

 Once a man came to a wise man’s house and said, “I have many bad habits. Which of them should I __46___first?” The wise man said, “Never tell lies __47___always speak the truth.” The man___48__ to do so and went home.

At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he __49__for a moment about the promise he made to the wise man. “If he asks me where I have been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out__50__?” No, I cannot say that, but nor can I __51__. If I tell the truth, everyone will start __52__me and call me a thief. I would be __53__ for stealing.” So the man __54__ not to steal that night, and gave up this __55__ habit.

Next day, he __56__ to drink wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the wise man __57__he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie.” And so he gave up the __58__ of drinking wine.

In this __59__, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he __60___ his promise to tell the truth at all times. __61___, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very __62__ person.

Telling the truth is a very good __63___. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of __64___ and become a person whom everyone __65__ and favors.

Make a promise: I shall always speak the truth.

—Sorry to have interrupted you. Please go on.

—where was I?

—You ____ you didn’t like your father’s job.

—Is there anything wrong, Bob? You look sad.

—Oh, nothing much. In fact, I _____ of my friends back home.

 Sandstorms in Asia seem _____ in recent years as a result of desertification.

 If you don’t like the drink you _____, just leave it and try a different one.

You don’t need to describe her. I _____ her several times.

—Oh, it’s you, I _____ recognize you!

—I’ve just had my hair cut. And I _____ my glasses.

—Nancy is not coming tonight.

—But she _____!

His father, a famous university professor, who is said to have started his teaching career in Australia, _____ in Nanjing University for more than twenty years.