Many parents have probably felt at one time or another that one of their child’s teachers is a “miracle worker”, a teacher who somehow gets results where other teachers have failed. Although the idea of a miracle worker has entered common parlance (用语), the expression     1     (was invented, had invented) by Mark Twain to describe one person in particular. That person was Anne Sullivan, the teacher of Helen Keller.

Anne Sullivan, who     2     (has been, had been) blind for much of the first part of her life, was first employed to teach blind and deaf Helen in 1887, at the age of 20. Educated at Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Sullivan     3     (has recovered, had recovered) part of her eyesight by the time she traveled to Alabama to begin her job as Helen Keller’s governess.

Undoubtedly, Sullivan’s own partial blindness     4     (gave, has given) her an understanding of the little girl’s closed-off world. As the 1957 play The Miracle Worker so effectively described it, Sullivan’s breakthrough with Keller came soon after she    5     (spelled, has spelled) words out on Helen’s open palm to make her understand that things had words attached to them. Sullivan     6    (placed, has placed) one of Keller’s hands under running water and on the other, she spelled “w-a-t-e-r.” Soon, Keller could express herself far beyond the series of simple signs that    7     (have been, had been) her only means of communication before.

Sullivan suggested Keller’s family send her to Perkins School for the Blind, and from that point on, she had been Keller’s companion until her death in 1936. Helen Keller lived a long life as a successful and inspiring writer, lecturer, and activist. None of this would have been possible if Keller     8     (did not meet, had not met) Anne Sullivan, the woman we remember as the “miracle worker”.

There are some teachers we never forget. They may teach us in our favourite subject or help us gain a    1     to university. For many of us, good relationships with our teachers are why we want to get into teaching in the first place.

Research tells us that when students are in an environment where they feel supported and    2     (持续不断地) cared for, they are more likely to succeed. In fact, according to a study by Marzano Research Laboratory, good relationships between teachers and students are among the most commonly mentioned reasons related to     3     (effect) instruction.

If we are teachers one day, we should build an environment of mutual (相互的) respect and set the whole classroom up for success. Treat students the way we want to be treated, never    4     (主宰) the relationship. All relationships are built on mutual respect for one another and this same     5     (原则) applies in the classroom. Of course, as teachers, our patience will be tested    6     (偶尔) but take a second to breathe. Our students will understand us as we can now understand our teachers.

Most people know Emily Blunt as a well-known film and stage actress. However, between the ages of 7 and 14 she developed a crippling stutter (严重的口吃) that had her struggling to even hold a simple conversation. “I     1     (曾经是) a smart kid and had a lot to say, but later I just couldn’t say it,” she said in an interview. “I could     2     (几乎不) think I’d be able to sit and talk to someone like I’m talking to you right now.”

For Blunt, it was one junior high teacher in particular that helped her     3     (处理) the problem of speaking by encouraging her to try out for the school play. At first, Blunt did not like the idea, but the teacher wouldn’t give up on her and     4     (真诚地) encouraged her to take acting lessons and experiment with different accents and character voices to help express herself. In the end, those efforts paid off for her. In addition to her    5     (难以置信的) career as an actress, she also became a member of the board of directors for the American Institute for Stuttering.

Cristiano Ronaldo grew up in a household that     1     (几乎不) made ends meet. As a child, he had to share a room with three of his siblings (兄弟姐妹) due to their poor family’s financial situation. There were even times when they didn’t have enough money to buy a soccer ball to play in the streets. But Ronaldo did not     2     (责怪) his environment. Instead, he tried to find ways to play the sport he loved even without a ball. He used bottles or pretty much anything he could find to make a makeshift ball. Eventually, he got so good at soccer that he was ready to make the     3     (最终的) sacrifice at the age of 11 of moving over 500 miles away from his family to train with a(n)     4     (杰出的) soccer academy. By doing so, he put himself on track to eventually become one of the best players in history.

Now Cristiano Ronaldo is known as the greatest Portuguese (葡萄牙的) player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation. A    5     f    6     this, he is the first soccer player ever to earn over one       7     (十亿) dollars.

If you know the news that the flood is coming, don’t hesitate to run away.     1    (你最好尽可能地快跑。)     2    (当洪水爆发时，你必须尽量保持冷静). Try to save yourself     3    (在等待政府的救援时). Try to move at once to higher land and turn off all pieces of electrical equipment. Do stay outside the house surrounded by the flood.     4    (如果你不得不在水里行走，一定要拿根棍子). You mustn’t walk in moving water.     5    (不要触碰任何电子设备) if you are wet or standing in water.

When I was at senior high school, my family moved around a lot. As a result, I had to go to     1     (schools) and meet     2     (people). I believe those     3     (experiences) gave me     4     (social skills). I find them     5     (useful) in life. I often take part in     6     (activities). And now I run a social club with     7     (friends)， which raises     8     (money) for homeless people. Certainly, I use     9     (skills)     10     (well) there. I like communicating with homeless people, giving them hope and love.