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2: |
| A．impression |
B．opinion |
C．information |
D．advice |
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| 小题3: |
| A．anything |
B．something |
C．everything |
D．nothing |
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| 小题4: |
| A．questions |
B．words |
C．explanations |
D．ideas |
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| 小题5: |
| A．again |
B．more |
C．instead |
D．later |
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| 小题6: |
| A．easily |
B．carefully |
C．confidently |
D．proudly |
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| 小题7: |
| A．introduced |
B．recognized |
C．placed |
D．considered |
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| 小题8: |
| A．proved |
B．decided |
C．accepted |
D．realized |
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| 小题9: |
| A．discovered |
B．developed |
C．took |
D．encouraged |
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| 小题10: |
| A．accept |
B．decide |
C．care |
D．wonder |
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| 小题11: |
| A．afraid |
B．lazy |
C．sad |
D．bored |
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| 小题12: |
| A．successful |
B．possible |
C．enjoyable |
D．agreeable |
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