In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class down the hall.
I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class — just another student who did okay work. I don’t recall any one special bit of wisdom she passed on. Yet I cannot forget her for language, for ideas and for her students. I now, many years later, that she is the perfect example of a teacher. I’d like to say something to her, I say, but I don’t want to her from a class. Nonsense, he says, she’ll be to see you.
The drama teacher Miss Roberts into the hallway where stands this 32-year-old man she last saw at 18. “I’m Mark Medoff,” I tell her. “You were my 12th-grade English teacher in 1958.” She her head to one side and looks at me, as if this angle might remember me in her . And then, though armed with a message I want to in many words, I can’t think up anything more memorable than this: “I want you to know,” I say, “you were to me.”
And there in the hallway, this lovely woman, now nearing age, this teacher who doesn’t remember me, begins to weep; and she encircles me in her arms.
this moment, I begin to sense that everything I will ever know, everything I will ever pass to my students, is an inseparable part of a legacy(遗产) of our ancestors.
Irene Roberts holds me in her arms and through her tears whispers my cheek, “Thank you.” And then, with the briefest of looks into my forgotten face, she back into her classroom, to what she has done thousands of days through all the years of my .
On reflection, maybe those were, , just the right words to say to Irene Roberts. Maybe they are the very words I would like to speak to all those teachers through my life, the very words I would like spoken to me one day by some returning student: “I want you to know you were important to me.”
小题1:A．thatB．ifC．asD．when
小题2:A．justB．almostC．nearlyD．about
小题3:A．kindnessB．respectC．friendshipD．love
小题4:A．knowB．learnC．realizeD．believe
小题5:A．selfishB．self-confidentC．self-consciousD．selfless
小题6:A．callB．dragC．pushD．pull
小题7:A．upsetB．delightedC．interestedD．annoyed
小题8:A．bringsB．takesC．fetchesD．introduces
小题9:A．bowsB．raisesC．risesD．puts
小题10:A．thoughtB．brainC．attentionD．memory
小题11:A．announceB．speakC．deliverD．tell
小题12:A．usefulB．importantC．hopefulD．beneficial
小题13:A．retirementB．enjoymentC．employmentD．happiness
小题14:A．RemindingB．ExplainingC．RememberingD．Forgetting
小题15:A．happilyB．straightC．calmlyD．briefly
小题16:A．againstB．withC．offD．beyond
小题17:A．escapesB．gathersC．disappearsD．fails
小题18:A．longsB．continuesC．goesD．returns
小题19:A．absenceB．classC．workD．task
小题20:A．or ratherB．in additionC．as usualD．after all
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6: D
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:D
解析
试题分析：这是一篇夹叙夹议的情感文章。这是作者在回母校作报告时，去看望自己以前的老师，老师仅仅是轻轻地拥抱，又回到自己的教室。作者的这句：“你对我来说很重要”就是对老师爱的表达。
小题1:B 连辨析。句意：之后，我向戏剧班的老师打听，这里是否还有以前教过我的英语老师。If是否，引导asked的宾语从句。
小题2:A 副词辨析。just恰恰，正是；almost几乎；nearly几乎，将近；about关于，大约。句意：他告诉我，伊伦?罗伯茨老师现在就在礼堂下面的教室里上。
小题3:B 上下文串联。kindness好意；respect尊重，尊敬；friendship友谊；love爱。根据空前的作者对这位老师的敬重，和空后的for后宾语进行判断。
小题4:C 动词辨析。A知道；B学会；C意识到；D相信。很多年后的现在，我意识到她是一个典型的无私的老师。
小题5:D 上下文串联。A自私的；B自信的；C有自我意识的， 自觉的；D无私的。根据上文作者对这位老师的高度评价，特别是关键词perfect，判断选D。
小题6:D 上下文串联。句意：“我想跟她说些什么，但并不想耽误她上课”。pull sb from把某人从在……中拉出来，pull sb from a class耽误某人上课。此处指老师正在上课，作者不想打扰她。
小题7:B 上下文串联。delighted高兴；upset不安的；interested有趣的；annoyed心烦的。be delighted to do sth很高兴做某事。此处描述的是老师见到以前的学生，当然是非常高兴的。故选B。
小题8:A 动词辨析。A带来；B带走；C去取回；D介绍。句意：这位戏剧老师把罗伯特小姐带进走廊，32岁的我站在那里，这是当年我18岁时最后一次看到她的地方。bring sb into sp把某人带入某处。
小题9:B 上下文串联。句意：她翘首看着我，仿佛这位天使会从记忆里想起我似的。A鞠躬；B抬头，举起；C升起，不及物动词；D放置。raise one’s head抬头，翘首。
小题10:D 名词辨析。A想法；B大脑；C注意；D记忆，储存器。in one’s memory在某人的记忆中。
小题11:C 动词辨析。句意：尽管我心中仿佛充满滔滔江河般的话，却最终汇成让人难忘的这句话。deliver发表（讲话），作（讲座）。如：The president will deliver a speech about schools.总统将就学校问题发表讲话。
小题12:B 上下文串联。根据文章的最后一句话I want you to know you were important to me判断选B。
小题13:A 上下文串联。作者是在有成就后来校作报告，去看望自己原来的老师。从1958年在校求学，到现在1972年来作报告来判断老师到了退休年龄。retirement age退休年龄。
小题14:C 动词辨析。A提醒；B解释；C记得，想到；D忘记。句意：每次想起这个时刻，我就开始意识到我所知道的一切，我所传授给学生的一切，教给我的孩子的所有东西，都是祖先流传下来的奇迹和永恒的希望不可分割的一部分。此处是现在分词短语作状语。
小题15:D 副词辨析。A幸福地；B直接；C平静地；D轻轻地，短暂地；句意：伊伦?罗伯茨轻轻地拥抱着我，满含泪水，声音细微地对我说：“谢谢你。”此处用briefly体现教师对学生的那份爱。如：He smiled briefly...他微微笑了笑。
小题16:A 词义辨析。A紧靠，靠着，反对；B和，本身带有；C离开；D超过，在那边。根据前面的whisper判断选against。
小题17:C 动词辨析。A逃脱；B聚集；C消失，不见；D失败，不及格。这时老师已经走进教室，对于作者来说就是“disappear”。
小题18:D 动词辨析。A渴望；B继续；C去；D回到。老师已经回到了作者这么多年不在的教室，继续面对自己现在的学生。
小题19:A 名词辨析。A缺乏，离席，不在；B班级；C工作；D任务。此处是老师回到了我多年不在的教室，继续上课。故选A。
小题20:D 短语辨析。A更确实地，更确切地说；B除此之外；C和平常一样；D毕竟，终究。句意：每次回想起，终究，那些只是我对伊伦?罗伯茨说的恰当言辞了。