Lucky to have him When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I never had a father, though in my neighborhood that's not__ 1 __. I know some kids just like me. You have to __ 2 __ yourself. There are fights and killings all the time. I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant. I could have ended up that way, too, __ 3 __ Mr. Clark and my mom wouldn't let that happen. Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, I did so well that in sixth grade, I entered the __ 4 __ class, and Mr. Clark was the teacher. I felt so __ 5 __ to have him for a second year! He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera . Before the show, he __ 6 __ us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We didn't want to let him __ 7 __,so we listened to him attentively. __ 8 __ of us were surprised when Mr. Clark was selected as Disney's 2000 Teacher of the Year. When he learned he'd won, he said he would __ 9 __ three names out of a hat; he would go to Los Angeles to get the __ 10 __ with those students. But __ 11 __ it came time to draw names, Mr. Clark said, 'You're all going.' He got __ 12 __ to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton. People were __ 13 __,but Mr. Clark really cared about us. There's no way I can __ 14 __ most teachers doing that. No way. But he saw something in us that nobody else saw. On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn't want his class to __ 15 __. In the new school year, we were all happy when Mr. Clark __ 16 __ in our class once again. He's been a __ 17 __ in our lives. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to __ 18 __ school supplies and visit orphanages. It was the most amazing __ 19 __ of my life. It's now my __ 20 __ to one day start a group of women's clubs, helping people from all backgrounds. (     )1. A. common (     )2. A. encourage (     )3. A. but (     )4. A. local (     )5. A.sudden (     )6. A. treated (     )7. A. off (     )8. A. Some (     )9. A. give (     )10. A. reward (     )11. A. after (     )12. A. donations (     )13. A. excited (     )14. A. suggest (     )15. A. end (     )16. A. picked up (     )17. A. colleague (     )18. A. deliver (     )19. A. adventure (     )20. A. turn B. normal B. watch B. therefore B. general B. lucky B. directed B. out B. Any B. draw B. bonus B. when B. suggestions B. satisfied B. advocate B. start B. showed up B. sponsor B. collect B. experience B. conclusion C. real C. comfort C. otherwise C. gifted C. annoyed C. showed C. up C. None C. enter C. diploma C. before C. requests C. ashamed C. imagine C. continue C. rang up C. success C. display C. vacation C. dream D. unusual D. tolerate D. or D. sacred D. anxious D. swapped D. down D. Many D. register D. award D. since D. messages D. amazed D. complain D. last D. packed up D. constant D. recommend D. interview D. demand