文章大意:本文是篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者小时候有阅读困难,不会读写。13岁时,他遇到了一位英语老师克里奇先生,在他的鼓励和帮助下,作者学会了读写,成为了一名作家。几十年后的一次偶然相遇,作者向老师表达了自己的感激之情。
10 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
My family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in the classrooms, but I wasn’t there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I tended 1 (hate)being who I was.
I had an English teacher who took so much 2 (responsible)for his job, Mr. Creech. He knew I couldn’t read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone 3 had a reading age below six had to stand up. Nervously, I stood up. At that time I had some doubt whether I could keep up with the other students. Later that day, Mr. Creech encouraged me and promised he would try his best to 4 (regular)help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading. I became more and more 5 (confidence).
Now I was 41 years old and my 6 (occupy)was an author. One day, I said to my wife, “According to my schedule, I must fly back to Texas to organize a meeting tomorrow.” She nodded and said, “Our son 7 (return)home tomorrow morning and I should take advantage 8 the opportunity to buy something nice for him to eat. ” On my way from the airport, it was so 9 (amaze)to see Mr. Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him, “Do I know you?” he asked at the sight of me. “Yes, sir, you do know me.” I answered excitedly, “My name is Anthony Hamilton, You taught me English many years ago.” The look on his face told me that he recognized the boy he’d once encouraged.
“I’m so glad that I have a chance to see you.” I said, “And Mr. Creech, I have great news to share with you.” To his relief, he knew I had had no trouble reading books and articles. I told him that I had worked very hard and finally my effort had paid 10 .