第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Billy was still a child when his parents left their hometown in search of a better life in the North. I had the pleasure of meeting him in his early years in a public school in New York. I had to
21 a class of English language learners for a 22 in world history and geography.
What this boy needed was to know how he could succeed. I could have 23 him the textbook and idly (无所事事地) sat down, and he would have read the entire book within a week and 24 for another. And so, as he sat before me 25 to learn, I knew that he would be a
26 .
Towards the end of the 27 that year, he came to me with tears in his eyes to tell me he would have to move to another district, where there were few 28 for English language learners. In addition, the district 29 that he take the state test in June, 30 he had only completed three-quarters of the first year of a two-year course! It was then that I told him what I had 31 the very first day I met him.
“You will be 32 wherever you go. They could 33 you like Napoleon to some faraway island, and you would 34 find your way to greatness.” He looked at me and 35 . Needless to say, he passed the test with high marks. He graduated with 36 , and was the only student that year 37 to Harvard University on a full scholarship (奖学金).
This boy was like a Picasso. He was born to 38 . But even a Picasso needs a 39 . The public school system (系统) gives every child a chance to 40 , only if every teacher realizes that to educate a child is to open a world of possibilities — that to educate 
a child is to change the world.
21. A. find B. organize C. prepare D. monitor
22. A. homework B. test C. speech D. competition
23. A. handed B. left C. borrowed D. awarded
24. A. paid B. waited C. asked D. struggled
25. A. curious B. patient C. ready D. eager
26. A. star B. historian C. teacher D. geographer
27. A. meeting B. activity C. course D. class
28. A. services B. libraries C. foreigners D. friends
29. A. reminded B. insisted C. expected D. Remarked
30. A. now that B. as if C. in case D. even though
31. A. felt B. experienced C. wanted D. hoped
32. A. careful B. brave C. popular D. successful
33. A. lead B. treat C. drive D. follow
34. A. even B. yet C. ever D. still
35. A. cried B. smiled C. sighed D. trembled
36. A. courage B. honors C. praise D. warmth
37. A. admitted B. intended C. offered D. charged
38. A. poverty B. wealth C. hardship D. greatness
39. A. chance B. help C. support D. comfort
40. A. choose B. play C. achieve D. Think
