1 . One summer day, as I was heading to the teaching building, I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw Philip, a counselor at our college, standing with another young man. Philip introduced me to him, Stephen, and reminded me that Stephen would be taking one of my classes.
Stephen looked at me. With a somewhat painful expression, he asked if my class was going to be hard and if he would be able to pass. I introduced all the things that he would be expected to learn. As we talked, I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with fear.
I told him to do all of his assignments, and to hand them in on time. Rather than being overwhelmed(压倒) by all of the work, I told him the most successful students made a master calendar of all the assignments so they could plan their workload.
As the fall semester went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. It had taken him longer to finish the assignments than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him thathewasafailure.Buthekeptatitanddidn’ttakethemtoheart.Hetoldmethatbeforecomingto our college, no one believed he could manage it.
Stephen didn’t become an A student. However, he managed to pass most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignments on time and breaking down his studying into bite-sized parts. By passing course after course, he began to gain a measure of self-confidence.
On his graduation day, he walked up to me, and said,“Thank you.”
1. According to Stephen’s questions to the author, what do we know about Stephen?| A．He had never been an A student. | B．He didn’t want to attend the author’s class. |
| C．He wasn’t very confident about himself. | D．He couldn’t pass the author’s exam. |
| A．He helped Stephen get an A in his class. |
| B．He told Stephen how to deal with his studies. |
| C．He didn’t believe that Stephen could study in college. |
| D．He wouldn’t have met Stephen without the introduction of Philip. |
| A．He was an average student but hard-working. |
| B．He was a little stupid and didn’t do well at school. |
| C．He was far from a top student because of his failure. |
| D．He was an excellent student, but didn’t have self- confidence. |
| A．One bite at a time. | B．Look before you leap. |
| C．Haste makes waste. | D．A good beginning is half done. |
