2 . It was her giggling that draw my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the
_______Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet
_______between teacher and student. When she finally
_______it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”
It was a hand-drawn
_______of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.
I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind,
_______, was working angrily as I struggled not to
_______I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some
_______to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself
_______When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how
_______this was for me. I told them there must be a reason behind and now was their
________to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently
________I sniffed in the back of the classroom.
As I
________the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you.” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re afraid of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I
________were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too
________, too strict …
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of
________my student, I had begun commanding them to
________Where I thought I was driving them to success I was
________driving them away.
I had some apology to do. But the next day I the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one
________by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for
________This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the
________1. | A．note | B．advice | C．reason | D．help |
2. | A．battle | B．competition | C．argument | D．conversation |
3. | A．took | B．passed | C．turned | D．handed |
4. | A．statue | B．graph | C．picture | D．poster |
5. | A．otherwise | B．however | C．therefore | D．besides |
6. | A．leave | B．cry | C．explain | D．argue |
7. | A．good | B．harm | C．favor | D．punishment |
8. | A．amused | B．controlled | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
9. | A．meaningful | B．forgetful | C．regretful | D．hurtful |
10. | A．turn | B．chance | C．honour | D．attempt |
11. | A．when | B．before | C．after | D．while |
12. | A．wrote | B．finished | C．read | D．collected |
13. | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．confirmed |
14. | A．talkative | B．mean | C．secure | D．terrible |
15. | A．forcing | B．encouraging | C．comforting | D．teaching |
16. | A．appreciate | B．apologize | C．master | D．achieve |
17. | A．actually | B．normally | C．immediately | D．generally |
18. | A．decorated | B．offered | C．signed | D．bought |
19. | A．thankfulness | B．forgiveness | C．communication | D．happiness |
20. | A．friendship | B．education | C．knowledge | D．future |
