Forgiveness won’t change the past, but it can make a difference to the future. In my teaching life I have __ this and will never forget one thing happened in my class.
As the students were doing the task, I heard“her”laughter in my class. Note-taking couldn’t be that __
So I walked over to the student and asked for her __. Unexpectedly, she refused to give it to me. I just __
Finally, the girl handed it over, she __ her voice, “Hmm..okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn picture of me, __ blackened and the words “ I am stupid”coming out of my mouth.
I felt really angry and embarrassed, but I tried to keep __. I wondered who had drawn the picture. I would do something to__ him a lesson.
__, I was able to control myself then.
I showed the class the picture. All the students were in silence as I told them ___this hurt me. I told them there must be a __ behind, and now I would give them a chance to write down anything they ___to tell me.
Later, I read all the notes. Many of them said something like“I’ve got nothing against you”or “I am sorry you were hurt.”But only one note said: “We are always____because you are so strict, and you get mad too easily…”
I suddenly realized that over the course of this year, I had never ___my students.
I had some apology to do. But the next day in the classroom, a girl handed me a card. On it, she expressed her regret for the ugly__.
I kept the card till now. And this was a lesson for both the kids and me.
1.A. taught B. understood C. learnt D. remembered
2.A. interesting B. funny C. sad D. boring
3.A. picture B. name C. note D. excuse
4.A. rested B. shouted C. searched D. waited
5.A. dropped B. changed C. raised D. lost
6.A. teeth B. hair C. eyes D. nose
7.A. fit B. calm C. still D. quiet
8.A. increase B. tell C. teach D. give
9.A. Suddenly B. Naturally C. Thankfully D. Carefully
10.A. where B. when C. why D. how
11.A. reason B. story C. trouble D. fact
12.A. dared B. promised C. pretended D. needed
13.A. embarrassed B. nervous C. pleased D. active
14.A. encouraged B. bothered C. helped D. protected
15.A. word B. joke C. laughter D. answer
- Did the kids like the presents?
- You can’t imagine _____ when they received those nice presents.
A. how they were excited B. how excited were they
C. how excited they were D. they were how excited
—Have you read through the two books I lent you last week?
—No, of them is easy to read.
A. neither B. either C. both D. none
- What will we do?
- We'll have to decide not to climb the mountains because it is raining _______.
A. badly B. hardly C. strongly D. heavily
- What's the news?
-The sports meeting has been ______till next week because of the weather.
A. turned off B. put off C. taken off D. set off
-You’ve given us a wonderful Chinese dinner, Mr. Li.
-____________.
A. Oh, don't say so B. I'm glad you enjoyed it
C. Come again when you're free D. I'd love to