When I was in my ninth grade, I was on a stage-design team for a play and Mrs. Reagan was my director. Almost immediately I loved her. She had an unpleasant voice and a direct way of speaking, __1__ she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me. Mrs. Reagan would ask me for my __2__. She wanted to know how I thought we should deal with things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew __3__ about stage design! But I slowly tried to answer her __4__. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to make them and I completed them perfectly. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself. Mrs. Reagan 's motto that year was, 'Try it. We can achieve it __5__!' I began to take the chances. I had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing. I learned to create something __6__. The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was __7__ in the program as 'Student Art Assistant' because of the time and effort I'd put in. It was that year that I __8__ I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing stage design. Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Reagan changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and more experienced than I had thought, but I also __9_ a strong interest and a world I hadn't known. She taught me not to __10__ what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not be __11_. Mrs. Reagan was the person who gave me confidence when I was upset. Her trust in me has encouraged me to do things that I never imagined __12__. 小题1: A．and B．so C．yet D．for 小题2: A．impression B．opinion C．information D．advice 小题3: A．anything B．something C．everything D．nothing 小题4: A．questions B．words C．explanations D．ideas 小题5: A．again B．more C．instead D．later 小题6: A．easily B．carefully C．confidently D．proudly 小题7: A．introduced B．recognized C．placed D．considered 小题8: A．proved B．decided C．accepted D．realized 小题9: A．discovered B．developed C．took D．encouraged 小题10: A．accept B．decide C．care D．wonder 小题11: A．afraid B．lazy C．sad D．bored 小题12: A．successful B．possible C．enjoyable D．agreeable