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2015届高考限时阅读训练（28）

编制人：地四组一、完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

As educators, we often never know the influence we have on our students. It is always wonderful to have ___1___ students visit us and share the successes they have achieved. And those glorious moments, when we can instantly see the influence we have on a student, fuel us to continue making connections hoping to __2___ in the life of every child.

As a music teacher for twenty-seven years, I have always known that music ___3___ the soul. It can ___4___ all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the ___5___ for each child to find their light. I would like to share a story about it.

For a few years I was blessed with the opportunity to teach ___6___ students one afternoon a week. One of my most __7___ students was a five-year-old girl called V anessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We ___8___ sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was “John the Rabbit.” It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students ___9___ twice while singing the repeating phrase, “Oh, yes!” Vanessa liked to ___10__ her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. But she ___11__ said or sang a word.

One day late in the school year, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, looked me dead in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the word s “Oh, yes!” I opened my mouth in ___12___ and for that moment I was the one who could not speak. When my heart ___13___ started beating again, I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also ___14___. Through music, we had made an awesome connection.

Several years later, I passed Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big ___15___ on her face and then clapped her hands twice, imitating the song we had ___16___ so many times in our music class. This precious little girl, ___17___ her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the ___18___ to learn and grow. It is up to us as educators to ___19___ the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s __20___.

1. A. late B. former C. recent D. present

2. A. make it B. make sense C. make a mess D. make a difference

3 ．A. touches B. saves C. abandons D. feels

4．A. get across B. cut down C. take over D. break through

5．A. means B. direction C. process D. companion

6．A. disabled B. normal C. outgoing D. junior

7．A. awful B. elegant C. memorable D. sensitive

8．A. partly B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly

9．A. sang B. whispered C. yelled D. clapped

10．A. strike B. put C. hit D. shake

11．A. ever B. never C. still D. even

12．A. horror B. delight C. astonishment D. embarrassment

13．A. immediately B. completely C. slowly D. finally