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题组层级快练(三十六) Ⅰ.完形填空 I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new ___1___, and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. ___2___ he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his ___3___. So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely ___4___ for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,?she said, surprising me beyond speech. ___5___ me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of howe he ___6___ me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had ___7___ spent an afternoon at a friend抯 house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the ___8___ I had nurtured( 培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left. I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, ___9___ what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without ___10___ knowing it? What I finally came to ___11___ was one day, several months before, when some students were ___12___ reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke ___13___, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the ___14___ one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the ___15___ of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, ___16___ more, and became happy. And it was all because he ___17___ to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed ___18___ was the one who took the last seat that day. | 
