【题目】
My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I'd had so many specialists for my______35________ over the years. As l 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-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. 161've always liked 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 myself， 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. Claussen 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 not 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________0n her other students as she had on me. I like to think that she did. Her name was Mrs. Claussen and she______46_______. I'II 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
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