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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　　David received a parrot for his birthday.The parrot had a poor vocabulary(词汇量)，and many were not polite.David tried hard to 1 the bird's words and was often 2 ndline　 polite words，playing soft music，trying anything he could 3 ndline　 to set a good example.But nothing 4 ndline　 .He shouted at the bird and the bird just got angry and became even 5 ndline.Finally，with-out any hope，David put the 6　 in the freezer.For a few moments he heard the bird kick(踢) and cry loudly in it.Then suddenly it was 7 ndline　 梟ot a sound for half a minute.David was 8 ndline　 that he might have hurt the bird and quickly 9　 the freezer door.The parrot quietly 10　 out onto David's arm and said，“I 11 that I may have made you angry 12 me about my impolite language and actions.I will try my best at once to be polite.I am 13 sorry and beg your pardon.”

　　David was surprised at the bird's change，and he was just 14 ndline　 what had made such a surprising change when the parrot 15 ndline　

saying，“May I ask what the chicken in the freezer did?”

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　　After years of experience, Brenda was faced with a challenge in Sunday School．However, she just didn't know how to 　　1　　 it in a good way．She had never been asked to teach a child quite like Cindy!

　　Cindy, you see, was different．She came from a broken home．And although she was really 　　2　　 , she thought she was so bad that she could not be successful．In fact, Cindy needed care, and most of all, Cindy needed love! There just had to be a way of 　　3　　 her．Day after day, Brenda would pray for Cindy, yet Sunday would come and go and she saw little, if any change．

　　Then one day Brenda asked Cindy if she could 　　4　　 a role in a Christmas programme the children were planning to do．Cindy's answer was, “Don't you think you can find someone better than me? ”

　　“Better than you? ” came Brenda's 　　5　　．“What makes you think there is 　　6　　 better than you? ”

　　“Well, I’ve 　　7　　 been asked to do anything before because I'm not good．I won't get the part 　　8　　 and then everyone will be mad at me for messing up(弄糟)their 　　9　　 , ” came Cindy's answer．

　　“Oh, Cindy, ” said Brenda in a 　　10　　 voice．“I am so 　　11　　 that you think that, but you are so wrong．Don't you realize how clever you are? ”

　　“No, ” Cindy replied in a low voice because she was now in 　　12　　．

　　“But Cindy, in my eyes, you are special and you can also do something well like others, ” Brenda said．

　　Cindy was very happy, and she decided to have a try．

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