“Sixteen,” I said. I have forgotten the math question my second-grade teacher, Joyce Cooper asked that day, but I will never forget my _1_ . As soon as the number left my mouth, the whole class started _2_ . I felt like the silliest person in the world. Mrs. Cooper fixed them with a firm (严格的) look. Then she said: “We’re all here to _3_ .” Another time, Mrs. Cooper asked us to write a _4_ about what we hoped to do with our lives. I wrote: “I want to be a _5_ like Mrs. Cooper.” She wrote on my report, “You would make an outstanding(杰出的) teacher _6_ you are determined(坚定的) and you try hard.” I was to carry those _7_ in my heart for the next 27 years. After I graduated from high school, I got married and had children. We needed every penny just to get by. College – and teaching – was out of the question. Then one day I thought of my _8_ of how I wanted to help children. I talked it over with my family and _9_ to attend college classes in the mornings before work. And when I got home from work, I would _10_ . Finally after seven years, my dream had been realized and I became a teacher. Not long after I started _11_ , something happened that brought the _12_ rushing back to me. I had written a sentence with grammatical(语法的) mistakes on the blackboard. Then I asked students to come and _13_ the mistakes. One girl got halfway through, became confused(迷乱的) and stopped. As the other children laughed, _14_ rolled down her face. I gave her a hug and told her to get a drink of water. Then, remembering Mrs. Cooper, I fixed _15_ of the class with a firm look. “We’re all here to learn,” I said. 小题1: A．question B．answer C．result D．reaction 小题2: A．talking B．shouting C．discussing D．laughing 小题3: A．work B．learn C．play D．watch 小题4: A．letter B．song C．report D．story 小题5: A．teacher B．friend C．reporter D．parent 小题6: A．because B．unless C．until D．before 小题7: A．reports B．words C．teachers D．classmates 小题8: A．plan B．work C．dream D．idea 小题9: A．supposed B．promised C．decided D．agreed 小题10: A．sleep B．study C．rest D．play 小题11: A．studying B．writing C．thinking D．teaching 小题12: A．teacher B．life C．past D．feeling 小题13: A．correct B．prove C．check D．read 小题14: A．water B．tears C．sweat D．smiles 小题15: A．half B．most C．the whole D．the rest