It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A
came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to
that shirt away, but gave it to her
.”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I
the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her
, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s
was something greater.
The next morning she
with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to
a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are __
, aren’t you? I think I have a
for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of
.” Mom accepted the opportunity very
.
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling
. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal
__ _ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you
the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard – working
over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you
be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there.
her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the
comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle
situations and never give up.
小题1: | A.noise | B.voice | C.sound | D.tune |
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小题2: | A.get | B.take | C.carry | D.throw |
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小题3: | A.otherwise | B.anyhow | C.instead | D.actually |
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小题4: | A.settled | B.pushed | C.stored | D.stuck |
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小题5: | A.teacher | B.employer | C.director | D.adviser |
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小题6: | A.purpose | B.encouragement | C.achievement | D.victory |
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小题7: | A.went | B.met | C.worked | D.stayed |
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小题8: | A.visit | B.continue | C.attend | D.prepare |
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小题9: | A.serious | B.fortunate | C.careful | D.responsible |
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小题10: | A.career | B.duty | C.position | D.part |
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小题11: | A.learning | B.judging | C.obeying | D.imagining |
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小题12: | A.patiently | B.eagerly | C.successfully | D.skillfully |
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小题13: | A.upset | B.frightened | C.guilty | D.ashamed |
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小题14: | A.looked up | B.went up | C.took up | D.showed up |
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小题15: | A.believe | B.protect | C.treat | D.receive |
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小题16: | A.spirit | B.intention | C.action | D.attempt |
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小题17: | A.must | B.would | C.might | D.should |
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小题19: | A.worthless | B.thoughtless | C.hopeless | D.helpless |
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小题20: | A.challenging | B.different | C.dangerous | D.strange |
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