My stutter（口吃） had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my ____35____ over the years. As I 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 ____36____ hurt.
       "Hello! I'm Mrs Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
       "Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes 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 ____37____ .
       "Well, " she said with a ____38____ smile. "I've always like 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 ____39____ She spent the first several weeks just talking to me — asking me all kinds of questions about my self, especially my feelings. And she ____40____ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
       I ____41____ 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 ____42____ stuttering. Somehow Mrs Clauseen 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 ____43____ ！ 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 ____44____ my speech was all up to me. She had told me 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 ____45____  on her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs Claussen... and she ____46____. I'll never forget her.
35. A. speech                     B. study                     C. dream                    D. fear
36. A. maybe                     B. even                     C. still                      D. never
37. A. instruction                  B. description          C. introduction         D. presentation
38. A. shy                      B. cold                     C. weak                     D. kind
39. A. silent                     B. simple                    C. direct                    D. different
40. A. cried                     B. listened                   C. waited                    D. stopped
41. A. sang                     B. spoke                    C. played                    D. clapped
42. A. against                    B. besides                C. beyond                   D. without
43. A. practise                    B. communicate         C. report                    D. reply
44. A. train                      B. share                     C. change                    D. follow
45. A. advice                     B. influence           C. dependence         D. action
46. A. continued           B. taught                    C. agreed                    D. cared



參考答案：
35. A 根據(jù)文章開頭告知作者存在的問題”口吃”和第五段第一句話中的speech specialist可知答案為speech
36. C 根據(jù)第二段可知，目前問題還沒有解決，所以這種痛苦仍然困擾我
37. C 根據(jù)本段開頭引號(hào)中的話可知，那是一段自我介紹
38. D 根據(jù)第五段對這個(gè)老師的描述”best”可知，作者認(rèn)可了這個(gè)老師，所以語意一定是積極向上且贊揚(yáng)的
39. D 根據(jù)上一句”not like those...”可知這個(gè)老師狀況和其他老師不一樣
40. B 根據(jù)前文and可知表順承關(guān)系，根據(jù)上一句她一直問我不同的問題，然后聽我回答
41. A 根據(jù)本段第一句后的”tenor（男高音）”和”singing group”可知答案為唱歌
42. D 根據(jù)前文”I could do it well”可知作者在唱歌這件事情上可以不口吃
43. B 根據(jù)本段前兩句話可知，作者一開始說話還是不利索，甚至一度懷疑自己無法交流
44. C 根據(jù)本段最后一句話可知，最后作者的語言能力有了一個(gè)較大的提升，對比之前語法能力不好，可知我的語言老師告訴我是否我能改變語言能力完全取決于我
45. B 根據(jù)本空前后”as...as”短語和前文中這個(gè)老師對我所起的積極影響可知答案
46. D 根據(jù)全文可知，作者一直強(qiáng)調(diào)他的老師十分在意她教授的學(xué)生，可知填care

        My stutter（口吃） had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my ____35____ over the years. As I 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 ____36____ hurt.
       "Hello! I'm Mrs Claussen. I hear you're from Texas!"
       "Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes 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 ____37____ .
       "Well, " she said with a ____38____ smile. "I've always like 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 ____39____ She spent the first several weeks just talking to me — asking me all kinds of questions about my self, especially my feelings. And she ____40____ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody's.
       I ____41____ 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 ____42____ stuttering. Somehow Mrs Clauseen 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 ____43____ ！ 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 ____44____ my speech was all up to me. She had told me 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 ____45____  on her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs Claussen... and she ____46____. I'll never forget her.
35. A. speech                     B. study                     C. dream                    D. fear
36. A. maybe                     B. even                     C. still                      D. never
37. A. instruction                  B. description          C. introduction         D. presentation
38. A. shy                      B. cold                     C. weak                     D. kind
39. A. silent                     B. simple                    C. direct                    D. different
40. A. cried                     B. listened                   C. waited                    D. stopped
41. A. sang                     B. spoke                    C. played                    D. clapped
42. A. against                    B. besides                C. beyond                   D. without
43. A. practise                    B. communicate         C. report                    D. reply
44. A. train                      B. share                     C. change                    D. follow
45. A. advice                     B. influence           C. dependence         D. action
46. A. continued           B. taught                    C. agreed                    D. cared



參考答案：
35. A 根據(jù)文章開頭告知作者存在的問題”口吃”和第五段第一句話中的speech specialist可知答案為speech
36. C 根據(jù)第二段可知，目前問題還沒有解決，所以這種痛苦仍然困擾我
37. C 根據(jù)本段開頭引號(hào)中的話可知，那是一段自我介紹
38. D 根據(jù)第五段對這個(gè)老師的描述”best”可知，作者認(rèn)可了這個(gè)老師，所以語意一定是積極向上且贊揚(yáng)的
39. D 根據(jù)上一句”not like those...”可知這個(gè)老師狀況和其他老師不一樣
40. B 根據(jù)前文and可知表順承關(guān)系，根據(jù)上一句她一直問我不同的問題，然后聽我回答
41. A 根據(jù)本段第一句后的”tenor（男高音）”和”singing group”可知答案為唱歌
42. D 根據(jù)前文”I could do it well”可知作者在唱歌這件事情上可以不口吃
43. B 根據(jù)本段前兩句話可知，作者一開始說話還是不利索，甚至一度懷疑自己無法交流
44. C 根據(jù)本段最后一句話可知，最后作者的語言能力有了一個(gè)較大的提升，對比之前語法能力不好，可知我的語言老師告訴我是否我能改變語言能力完全取決于我
45. B 根據(jù)本空前后”as...as”短語和前文中這個(gè)老師對我所起的積極影響可知答案
46. D 根據(jù)全文可知，作者一直強(qiáng)調(diào)他的老師十分在意她教授的學(xué)生，可知填care