It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I the shirt into the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are , aren’t you? I think I have a for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment（评论） made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle situations and never give up.
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A．spirit B．intention C．action D．attempt
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A．At B．During C．On D．With
A．worthless B．thoughtless C．hopeless D．helpless
A．challenging B．different C．dangerous D．strange
One day I decided to quit．I quitted my job, my relationship, myspirituality. I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the to have one last talk with God． "Can you give me one good not to quit?" His answer surprised me．
"Look around． Do you see the fern（蕨类植物） and the bamboo? When I planted their seeds, I took good care of them．The fern quickly grew from the earth． nothing came from the bamboo seed． During the following three years, the fern grew more plentiful． And, nothing came from the bamboo seed． But I did not quit on the bamboo． Then in the fifth year a sprout（新芽） emerged from the earth． Compared to the fern it was small and insignificant． But just 6 months later the bamboo to over 100 feet tall． It had spent the five years growing． Those roots made it strong and gave it it needed to survive． I wouldn’t give any of my creations a challenge it could not．”
He said to me． "All this time you have been struggling, you have been growing roots． I would not quit on the bamboo． will I ever quit on you． Don't yourself with others．The bamboo had a different from the fern． Yet they both make the forest beautiful． Your time will ． You will rise high! "
"How high should I rise?" I asked．
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked ．
"As high as it can?" I．
"Yes," He said． "Give me glory rising as high as you can．"
I left the forest and bring back this story． I hope it can help you see that God will never on you． Never regret a day in your life． Good days give you happiness． Bad days give you． Both are necessary to life．
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A．experiences B．strengths C．awards D．ambitions
A newly trained teacher named Mary went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to 21 the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from 22 homework.
They would stand there, silently, 23 to complete the task. Mary couldn’t figure it out. 24 she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she 25 hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.
What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the 26 ? Mary would wonder. No, 27 couldn’t be that. Finally she 28 the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a 29 lesson from her young 30 pupils about self-image and a(n) 31 of self-worth.
It seemed that the students 32 each other’s individuality and knew that 33 of them were capable of doing the problems. 34 at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would 35 if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the 36 . So they 37 to compete with each other in public.
Once she understood, Mary changed the system 38 she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense 39 his classmates. They all wanted to learn, 40 not at someone else’s expense.
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In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my , it was the same score.
Later that evening, I told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agreed that we knew our much better than an IQ (智商) test. We that Michael’s score must have been a and we should treat him as usual.
We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got grades in the school, especially biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.
Michael Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student. Soon afterwards, his teacher permitted him to take more courses than . In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.
On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say , “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the we had in him.
Interestingly, Michael then another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be .
Children often do as as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ,” and he may play the role of a foolish child.
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A．wise B．rude C．shy D．stupid
Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a puzzling and disappointing experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps the talk with slides, writing down important information on the blackboard, reading material and giving out . The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 19 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture notes which do not catch the main points and become hard even for the to understand. Most institutions provide courses which new students to develop the skills they need to be listeners and note-takers. these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which learners to practice these skills . In all cases it is important to the problem before actually starting your studies.
It is important to that most students have in acquiring the language skills in college study. One way of these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the year. Another basic is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identify difficulties, ideas and provide support.
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I was shoppingat mylocal supermarket, as I normally have for years.One particular day, Ihad doneabout 2 weeks worth of shopping and toward the register to pay for my groceries.After the cashier had scanned my itemsand I had bagged them up, she stated that the was $150.
I into my back right pocket to grab the money to pay and noticed that there was no money there. I started to get . I knew my pocket book was in the car and I was sure I had put the in my back right pocket. I looked at the cashier with wet eyes and a look not knowing what to do. There were people behind me on the line.She told me to speak with the courtesy counter (爱心柜台).I and said, “Really? It's , no one would hand that in!”But she me to. “You never know…” she said.
I decided that there was no in checking so I walked up toa woman behind the counter and said“I have to ask, did anyone cash by any chance?” She asked “How much?" My face then .“$200 in the form ofone hundred dollar bills.” I replied. She said, “ , yes, someone did!" I was so !“Who? I want to thank her.” She pointed to a younggirl about10 years old and says, “Shedid.”
I walked over to the mom and hugged her.She said, “It wasn't me, it was my ” . I said “Iknow, I wanted to thank you both, she found it ... it's because of you that Igot this back.”I was so happy, I was almost in tears.
The next day at work, a person in another department me tickets to the circus. He handed me 5 tickets.Almost that young girl’s face popped (突然出现) in my head. After work I went back to the supermarket and stopped at the courtesy counter and asked if she had any idea who that woman was. She smiled and said, “Yes, She is a friend of mine”.Then I asked her to do me a favor and pass along these 5 tickets to her.
She told me that the family of the little girl who found my money were not rich so they would really this. She also said that they had 3 children, so five was the number of tickets!
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