2 . “I’m going to tell you a story,” I tell my class of high school seniors. “It’s a tale about love. And heart-break. And embarrassment.”
Their eyes widen. I ________ my throat. “In sixth grade,” I begin, “I fell madly in love. His name was David. He was tall, ________, kind of a bad boy—which I found fascinating. Unfortunately he had no interest in me at all. So it was Valentine’s Day. That day as I spilled my Valentine cards onto my desk, and among many small ________, I saw an enormous one, decorated beautifully. My mind ________:‘Who could it be from?’ With trembling hands, I ________ open the envelope and out fell an image of a queen, the heading of which ________, ‘To a Queen of a Valentine.’”
I give the class a ________ look. “I turned the valentine(情人卡) over, and at the bottom I saw the ________ and almost fainted: David. Then my eyes ________ up to the writing above his signature. It said, ‘To the Ugliest Girl in Our Class.’”
“Well, it ________ Valentine’s Day for me. It shook what little ________ I had in myself for a long time after. But I ________. And now I refuse to give up this holiday of love to the meanness of one ________ boy.” I smile. “And that’s why we’re going to have a party. A party that ________ kindness instead of cruelty.”
Their eyes ________. They are willing to let me take them ________ I am going. I hand out some paper so they can make cards. “Now please write something positive and sincere to everyone in the class. Even if it’s someone you ________ know, there’s always something nice to say.”
All these years, I’ve made it a routine in each of my class. After 20 years of teaching, I________few hopes that students will ________ all of the grammar or vocabulary I taught them. But if all a student ________ of one of my classes are the valentines they received one long-ago February, to me that makes it all worthwhile.
1. | A．cleaned | B．cleared | C．calculate | D．command |
2. | A．cute | B．mean | C．worthy | D．generous |
3. | A．cards | B．pockets | C．notes | D．envelopes |
4. | A．stopped | B．raced | C．jumped | D．thought |
5. | A．tore | B．spilled | C．scratched | D．intended |
6. | A．read | B．wrote | C．sang | D．decorated |
7. | A．excited | B．meaningful | C．shy | D．embarrassing |
8. | A．image | B．cover | C．envelope | D．signature |
9. | A．ran | B．floated | C．traveled | D．removed |
10. | A．made | B．ruined | C．lighted | D．became |
11. | A．love | B．faith | C．friendship | D．kindness |
12. | A．stood | B．survived | C．witnessed | D．upgraded |
13. | A．rotten | B．smart | C．imaginative | D．permanent |
14. | A．remains | B．receives | C．celebrates | D．congratulates |
15. | A．go up | B．narrow up | C．close up | D．light up |
16. | A．whether | B．however | C．whenever | D．wherever |
17. | A．barely | B．likely | C．nearly | D．narrowly |
18. | A．accept | B．enjoy | C．harbor | D．welcome |
19. | A．repeat | B．remind | C．remain | D．remember |
20. | A．informs | B．favors | C．recalls | D．engages |
