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As a music teacher, I have always known that music touches the soul.  It can   __1__ all kinds of
barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the __2__ for each child to find their light.  I
would like to __3__ a story about it.
For a few years I was __4__ with the opportunity to teach disabled students. One of my most __5__
students was a fiveyearold girl called Vanessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We
__6__ sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to __7__ on my lap(大腿). One of her
favorite songs wasJohntheRabbit. It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the
students __8__  twice while singing the repeating phrase," Oh, yes !" Vanessa liked to __9__   her hands
together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and
I clapping together. But she__10__said or sang a word.
One day, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around,__11__ me in the eye, clapped her
tiny hands twice and said the words "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 met Vanessa on the street in town. She waved 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.
The 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 to __19__ the way to reach each and every one
of our students. We all must find each child's __20__.

(     )1. A. get across     (     )2. A. means       (     )3. A. add           (     )4. A. blessed       (     )5. A. troublesome   (     )6. A. most           (     )7. A. stand         (     )8. A. sang           (     )9. A. strike         (     )10. A. ever         (     )11. A. looked       (     )12. A. horror       (     )13. A. immediately   (     )14. A. happy         (     )15. A. greeting     (     )16. A. performed     (     )17. A. upon         (     )18. A. standard     (     )19. A. discover     (     )20. A. virtue

B. put away     B. direction   B. talk         B. tired       B. hardworking B. almost       B. sit         B. said         B. put         B. never       B. saw         B. delight     B. fortunately B. grateful     B. smile       B. operated     B. through     B. ability     B. invent       B. dream

C. take over       C. process       C. share           C. covered         C. memorable       C. nearly         C. lie             C. followed       C. give           C. still           C. glared         C. astonishment   C. slowly         C. speechless     C. expression     C. trained         C. from           C. plan           C. test           C. light

D. break through     D. effort           D. write             D. filled           D. sensitive         D. mostly           D. jump             D. clapped           D. shake             D. even             D. noticed           D. embarrassment     D. finally           D. hopeless         D. sign             D. organized         D. beyond           D. necessity         D. make             D. rhythm

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