完形填空，阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　My stutter(口吃)had always been much of a problem．I'd had so many specialists for my 　　1　　 over the years．As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful(痛苦的)being a kid who stutters had been．It 　　2　　 hurt．

　　“Hello! I'm Mrs．Claussen．I hear you're from Texas! "

　　“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet．I really blew that

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　　“Well, " she said with a 　　4　　 Smile．161've always liked Texas．"

　　She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who

　　told me to clap my hands while speaking．She was 　　5　　．She spent the first several weeks just talking to me-asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings．And she 　　6　　．She then began to teach me about the speech．Not just about my speech, but about everybody's．

　　I 　　7　　 in my old school and was a pretty good tenor(男高音), but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up．It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well-and I could do it

　　　　8　　 stuttering．Somehow Mrs．Claussen finally got me in the group．I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student．

　　During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better-except with her．When I was in college, things got worse．I once even wondered if I would ever be able to 　　9　　 ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone．When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs．Claussen had told me whether I could 　　10　　 my speech was all up to me．She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech．She was right about that．I finally improved my speech greatly．

　　Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much 　　11　　 0n her other students as she had on me．I like to think that she did．Her name was Mrs．Claussen．．．and she 　　12　　．I'II never forget her．

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阅读理解

　　Big Ben is not the name of a man．It is the name of a big clock in London．London is the capital of England．This clock has four faces．So,no matter where you stand,you can read the time on the face of Big Ben．Each face is the size of a bus．The hands are about four metres long．It is about the size of two people standing on top of each other．If you go to London,you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament．In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the Houses of Parliament．You will probably hear it and see it．The big clock makes such a loud noise．“Ding dong,ding dong．”It goes every quarter of an hour．The name of Big Ben comes from a big builder．

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完形填空。

　　There　　1　　four people in　　2　　family-my father, my mother, my sister and　　3　　．My 　　4　　food is bananas．I am　　5　　Class 4, Grade 7．My fa-ther　　6　　a driver．My mother is a teacher．Today is Sunday．They　　7　　at home now．　　8　　is my sister? Oh, she's playing basketball with her classmates．　　9　　favourite sport is basketball．My name is Amy．We look　　10　　my father．

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