完形填空 I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of th

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完形填空 I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors.

Almost instantly I loved her. She had an 1 voice and a direct way of speaking, but she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.

Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my 2 . She wanted to know how I thought we should 3 things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew nothing about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her questions. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to 4 them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how reliable I was, so I began to paint

more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.

Mrs. Neidl’s 5 that year was, “Try it. We can always paint over it later!” I began to take 6 . I

had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be 7 . I learned to dip my brush into the paint and 8 create something.

The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was 9 in the program as “Student Art

Assistant” because of the time and effort I’d put in. It was that year that I 10 I wanted to spend the rest

of my life doing stage design.

Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and

abler than I had thought, but I also 11 a world that I hadn’t known existed. She taught me not to 12 what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not to be 13 . Mrs. Neidl gave me

comfort when I was upset. Her 14 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined 15 .

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( )4. A. hold

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( )7. A. improved

( )8. A. easily

( )9. A. introduced

( )10. A. confirmed

( )11. A. developed

( )12. A. accept

( )13. A. bored

( )14. A. trust

( )15. A. comfortable

B. excellent

B. information

B. keep

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B. motto

B. controls

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B. carefully

B. recognized

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B. care

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B. patience

B. enjoyable

C. interesting

C. opinion

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C. confidently

C. identified

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D. favorable