Bardithch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.

Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.

Then Ms. Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you how pleased I’m to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. ”

Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path.”

“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.

小题1:What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A．Sightseeing in the park

B．A picnic on the school playground

C．Telling stories about past events

D．Graduates’ reports in the old building小题2:What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech

B．Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching

C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities

D．Most people had little interest in the reunion小题3:We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _________.

A．kept track of her students’ progress

B．gave her students advice on their careers

C．attended her students’ college graduations

D．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies小题4:Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?

A．Reliable and devoted

B．Tough and generous

C．Proud but patient

D．Strict but caring

Goal chances came and goal chances went. But two of the world’s highest ranked teams—with some of football’s highest paid players—couldn’t get the ball into the net. And they were playing against sides that only just made it to the World Cup.

With two defeats, one draw and no goals, France collected its newest title since rising to the top of the game four years ago: The worst defending champion in World Cup history.

"I’m very disappointed, and it’s the end of a beautiful story," said a French striker David Trezeguet. "The story began in 1998 and ended today against Denmark. "

France won the 2000 European Championships and was ranked the best team on the planet before the World Cup.

Besides the goalposts and crossbars seeming to be against this unlucky team, France’s game plan has been the same for four years so opponents know it by heart.

Senegal, an African team playing in its first World Cup, surprised everyone by beating France in the opening World Cup match before entering the second round successfully. Uruguay and Denmark followed a similar strategy to stop France, creating a defensive barrier and launching many counter attacks.

Following France, Argentina became the second big name to take an early plane home from this year’s World Cup.

The South Americans were expected to become world champions for a third time. This was particularly because of an impressive display when they lost just one of their 18 qualifying matches.

The team’s 1-0 loss to England on June 7 was the beginning of a nightmare for the players. But even after this surprising defeat, they never thought that they would be going home so soon.

But a 1-1 draw in Argentina’s final group match against Sweden made the unexpected a reality.

Which of the following statements about the French team is NOT true（）

A．The French team won a great victory in 2000.

B．The French team improved their way to make goals.

C．The French team was the champion in the last World Cup.

D．In this World Cup, French team’s balls hit the goalposts and crossbars.