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I met Mrs. Neidl in the ninth grade on a stage-design team for a play and she was one of the directors.
Almost instantly I loved her. She had an
1 voice and a direct way of speaking, but she was encouraging and inspiring. For some reason, she was impressed with my work and me.
Mrs. Neidl would ask me for my
2 . She wanted to know how I thought we should
3 things. At first I had no idea how to answer because I knew nothing about stage design! But I slowly began to respond to her questions. It was cause and effect: She believed I had opinions, so I began to
4 them. She trusted me to complete things, so I completed them perfectly. She loved how reliable I was, so I began to paint
more and more. She believed in me, so I began to believe in myself.
Mrs. Neidl’s
5 that year was, “Try it. We can always paint over it later!” I began to take
6 . I
had been so afraid of failing but suddenly there was no failing--only things to be
7 . I learned to dip my brush into the paint and
8 create something.
The shy, quiet freshman achieved success that year. I was
9 in the program as “Student Art
Assistant” because of the time and effort I’d put in. It was that year that I
10 I wanted to spend the rest
of my life doing stage design.
Being on that stage-design team with Mrs. Neidl changed me completely. Not only was I stronger and
abler than I had thought, but I also
11 a world that I hadn’t known existed. She taught me not to
12 what people think I should do. She taught me to take chances and not to be
13 . Mrs. Neidl gave me
comfort when I was upset. Her
14 in me has inspired me to do things that I never imagined
15 .
( )1. A. unpleasant ( )2. A. impression ( )3. A. make ( )4. A. hold ( )5. A. message ( )6. A. steps ( )7. A. improved ( )8. A. easily ( )9. A. introduced ( )10. A. confirmed ( )11. A. developed ( )12. A. accept ( )13. A. bored ( )14. A. trust ( )15. A. comfortable |
B. excellent B. information B. keep B. follow B. motto B. controls B. acted B. carefully B. recognized B. decided B. discovered B. care B. lazy B. patience B. enjoyable |
C. interesting C. opinion C. change C. form C. saying C. turns C. looked C. confidently C. identified C. realized C. took C. judge C. sad C. curiosity C. possible |
D. uncertain D. intention D. handle D. invent D. suggestion D. risks[ D. reflected D. proudly D. considered D. suggested D. created D. wonder D. afraid D. interest D. favorable |