Mr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didn’t look that bad, but somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.
Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that he might have suffered a lot in his life. I was one of those ‘few’.
One day I gathered up my courage and headed towards the school garden. He was, as usual, sitting on a bench alone. I breathed heavily a few times and then walked towards him.
“How are you?” I asked with my voice crackling.

He managed to say, “Fine.”
“Well, good to know,” I tried to be happy.
“Hmmm…” was all I heard.
“What’s up with you?” then seeing a puzzled look on his face, I tried to be more formal and respectful. “I mean, why aren’t you like all other people in the school? Why are you always so quiet and sad? Why…”
“No dear, some things are better left unsaid,” he said gloomily.

“Oh no sir, nothing is better left unsaid. If you want to share your feelings with me and reduce the pain of your heart, you are free to do so. I promise I will never ever tell anyone.”
“With you? You are just a little girl; what will you understand?”
I was somehow offended but still I managed to persuade him, “So what, Sir? You see, if you tell me your problem, you will have a light heart and you will have the feeling that someone somewhere cares about you.”
“Oh okay, that was a very nice belief indeed; let’s take a walk and I will let you know everything.”
Soon after our little talk, there was a visible change on his face. Later that day in the class, there was a smile on his face.
【小题1】From the text, we can know about Mr. Patrick that he       .

On the first day of the new term, I met my new headmaster at the school gate. “Follow me, please!” he said. He had a quiet, kind voice. He took me into my new classroom and left. In front of me, thirty pairs of eyes looked at me. I knew he had told the students that I was blind. I could almost feel the question behind their eyes: Blind? I felt the answer too: If she’s blind, this should be good! I heard quiet voices in a corner of the classroom. For a moment, I felt afraid. I knew at once that I had to be strong.
“Class,” I said as loudly as I could. “I may be blind. But I am not foolish. Take those naughty smiles off your faces, and stop talking, please!” Of course, I could not see their faces; I just guessed that some of them were smiling. The class were quiet. They were very surprised. I knew that I had done the right thing.
As the days went by, the students had more surprises. I could smell when the children were eating sweets. I could easily hear combs going through hair, students passing messages, and so on. Once I found a girl passing a message to a friend. I took the message to the teachers’ room. A teacher read it to me. On one side it said, “Do you think she can see?” on the other it said, “I think so. She always knows what we’re doing.”
Soon the students stopped being naughty, and started to work hard. Before long, they brought in photos of their families for me to look at; I knew then they were my friends. I also knew they had forgotten that I could not see.

1. 1.

   In Paragraph(段) 1 the writer said she must be strong because        .

   1. A.
      she was too weak
   2. B.
      the students laughed at her
   3. C.
      the headmaster left her alone
   4. D.
      she felt the students were not friendly to her
2. 2.

   The students were surprised for the first time because          .

   1. A.
      the teacher seemed to know everything
   2. B.
      the teacher caught them smiling
   3. C.
      the teacher caught them talking
   4. D.
      the teacher was not foolish
3. 3.

   In the new teacher’s class the students often          .

   1. A.
      exchanged sweets
   2. B.
      combed their hair
   3. C.
      wrote letters
   4. D.
      read letters
4. 4.

   The students brought their photos for the writer to look at        .

   1. A.
      to interest her
   2. B.
      to cure her illness
   3. C.
      to make friends with her
   4. D.
      to show their friendliness

Mr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didn’t look that bad, but somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.
Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that he might have suffered a lot in his life. I was one of those ‘few’.
One day I gathered up my courage and headed towards the school garden. He was, as usual, sitting on a bench alone. I breathed heavily a few times and then walked towards him.
“How are you?” I asked with my voice crackling.

He managed to say, “Fine.”
“Well, good to know,” I tried to be happy.
“Hmmm…” was all I heard.
“What’s up with you?” then seeing a puzzled look on his face, I tried to be more formal and respectful. “I mean, why aren’t you like all other people in the school? Why are you always so quiet and sad? Why…”
“No dear, some things are better left unsaid,” he said gloomily.

“Oh no sir, nothing is better left unsaid. If you want to share your feelings with me and reduce the pain of your heart, you are free to do so. I promise I will never ever tell anyone.”
“With you? You are just a little girl; what will you understand?”
I was somehow offended but still I managed to persuade him, “So what, Sir? You see, if you tell me your problem, you will have a light heart and you will have the feeling that someone somewhere cares about you.”
“Oh okay, that was a very nice belief indeed; let’s take a walk and I will let you know everything.”
Soon after our little talk, there was a visible change on his face. Later that day in the class, there was a smile on his face

1. 1.

   From the text, we can know about Mr. Patrick that he _______.

   1. A.
      once acted a character in a horror movie
   2. B.
      scared his students with his looks
   3. C.
      often punished the students for bad marks
   4. D.
      did better in teaching than others in the school
2. 2.

   Mr. Patrick was thought by the author to _______.

   1. A.
      be a murderer or a ghost
   2. B.
      be mad
   3. C.
      have suffered a lot
   4. D.
      have a special personality
3. 3.

   While walking towards Mr. Patrick in the school garden, the author felt _______.

   1. A.
      excited
   2. B.
      nervous
   3. C.
      worried
   4. D.
      happy

I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack．About a week after his death, she    some of her thoughts with a classroom of students．As the late afternoon sunlight shone    the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she    a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.

    With a    look on her face，she paused and said，“   class is over，I’d like to share with all of you a deep    which I feel is very important．Each of us is put here on    to learn，share，love，appreciate and give of ourselves．   of us knows when this fantastic experience will   ．It can be taken away at any moment．Perhaps this is the God’s    of telling us that we must make the     of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to   ，but she went on，“So I would like you all to make me a   ：From now on，on your way to school，or on your way home，find something beautiful to   ．It doesn't have to be something you see．It could be a    of freshly baked  bread  floating  out  of  someone’s house，  or  it  could  be  the  sound  of  the soft    rustling(沙沙作响)the leaves in the trees…．Please look for these things， and     them，for at anytime it can all be taken away．’’

The class was completely   ．We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently．That   ，I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual．

Remember：Life is not    by the number of breaths we take，but by the moments that take our breath away．

1.A．learned        B．shared             C．argued                D．discussed

2.A．onto              B．into                   C．across                D．through

3.A．moved          B．brushed            C．swept                  D．pulled

4.A．surprised              B．worried            C．gentle                 D．strange

5.A．After             B．Unless      C．Before                D．If

6.A．feeling          B．understanding    C．love                     D．memory

7.A．business       B．time                 C．duty                     D．earth

8.A．None            B．All                     C．Each                    D．Neither

9.A．happen        B．begin     C．end            D．gain

10.A．way                      B．signal     C．plan                     D．joke

11.A．least           B．worst     C．lowest                 D．most

12.A．ache           B．water     C．shine                   D．dry

13.A．promise              B．choice              C．wish                     D．rule

14.A．buy                      B．enjoy     C．take                     D．learn

15.A．smell          B．gift                    C．taste                    D．sight

16.A．wind           B．hand       C．light                     D．color

17.A．get                       B．appreciate         C．hide                     D．follow’

18.A．puzzled     B．excited            C．quiet                   D．anxious

19.A．morning              B．night                  C．noon                   D．afternoon

20.A．wasted       B．measured          C．saved                  D．lost

I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack. About a week after his death, she  1  some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shone  2  the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she  3  a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down.

With a   4  look on her face, she paused and said, “  5  class in over, I’d like to share with all of you a deep  6  which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on  7  to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves.   8  of us knows when this fantastic experience will   9  . It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the God’s   10  of telling us that we must make the  11  of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to  12  , but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a   13  : From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to  14  . It doesn’t have to be something you see. It could be a   15  of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the soft  16  rustling （使发出沙沙声）the leaves in the trees…Please look for these things, and  17  them, for at anytime they can all be taken away…”

The class was completely   18  .We all picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That   19  , I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.

Remember: Life is not  20  by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

1．A．learned                  B．shared                 C．argued                D．discussed

2．A．onto                     B．into                     C．across                 D．through

3．A．removed               B．brushed               C．swept                 D．pulled

4．A．surprised               B．worried               C．gentle                  D．strange

5．A．After                    B．Unless                 C．Before                 D．If

6．A．feeling                  B．understanding      C．love                    D．memory

7．A．business                B．time                    C．duty                    D．earth

8．A．None                    B．All                      C．Each                   D．Neither

9．A．happen                  B．begin                   C．end                     D．gain

10．A．way                    B．singal                  C．plan                    D．arrangement

11．A．least                    B．worst                  C．lowest                 D．most

12．A．ache                   B．water                  C．shine                   D．dry

13．A．promise               B．choice                 C．wish                   D．rule

14．A．buy                     B．enjoy                   C．take                    D．learn

15．A．smell                   B．gift                     C．taste                   D．sight

16．A．wind                   B．hand                   C．light                    D．color

17．A．get                      B．appreciate            C．hide                    D．follow

18．A．puzzled               B．excited                C．quiet                   D．anxious

19．A．morning              B．night                   C．noon                   D．afternoon

20．A．wasted                B．measured             C．saved                  D．lost