In1972IreturnedtoMiamiBeachHighSchooltogiveaspeechtoadanceclass.Afterthe1IaskedthedanceteacherifanyofmyEnglishteacherswasstillthere.HetoldmethatIreneRobertswasintheclassjustdownthehall.Iwa

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In 1972 I returned to Miami Beach High School to give a speech to a dance class. After the 1        I asked the dance teacher if any of my English teachers was still there. He told me that Irene Roberts was in the class just down the hall.

I was no one 2        in Miss Roberts' class—just another sport fan who didn't do very well in Eng?lish. Yet I can't forget her respect for ideas and for her students. I realise now many 3        later that she is one of the best 4        I have ever had. I told the dance teacher that I'd like to say something to her but I was afraid to 5        her right now. The dance teacher told me that Miss Roberts would be 6        to see me.

The dance teacher brought Miss Roberts into the hallway where stood this 32-year-old man she last 7        at the age of 18. "I'm Mark Medoff " 1 told her. "You were my 12th grade 8       teacher in 1958. "She looked at me carefully for some time

9       didn't seem to remember who I was. At that moment I got so many things to say to her but what I 10        said was: "Miss Roberts I want you to know you were so important to me.”Hearing this. Miss Roberts began to weep and held me in her arms.

(   ) 1. A. meeting   B. speech

   C. conversation   D. discussion

(   ) 2. A. happy   B. silly

   C. lazy   D. special

(   ) 3. A. years   B. months

   C. weeks   D. days

(   ) 4. A. friends   B. neighbours

   C. teachers   D. classmates

(   ) 5. A. change   B. hurt

   C. push   D. trouble

(   ) 6. A. patient   B. afraid

   C. pleased   D. angry

(   ) 7. A. saw   B. found

   C. visited   D. missed

(   ) 8. A. maths   B. English

   C. chemistry   D. music

(   ) 9. A. and   B. or

   C. but   D. so

(   ) 10. A. nearly   B. probably

   C. hardly   D. finally

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