题目内容：

    I woke with a racing heart. Today would be my ______ parent-teacher meeting.

Akif was a happy, good-natured boy. He was ______ to his classmates and he didn’t misbehave. His _______however, was always late. i gave him effort grades when I could, but the problem was getting ______. By November, despite messages left on the home answering machine, it was time to meet the ______. Akif’s work was ______ in most subjects, so other teachers joined the meeting. I was grateful I wouldn’t be ______.

Akif’s father entered the classroom uncertainly. His blue sweater, oversized and misshapen, hung on his ______ body. He walked in nervously, quickly sitting in one of the empty desks we’d arranged in a circle for the ______ .

We welcomed him and were beginning introductions when his thin hand went into the air to ______ us. In a shaky voice, he asked to ______ first. He poured out his ______. Akif was his youngest child. He worked two full-time jobs to ______ his family. The more he spoke, the more I understood what he was trying to say: He ______ himself for Akif’s struggles.

He said, “I can’t give him the ______ he deserves. I keep telling him he must ask his teachers for _______with his schoolwork.”

Then he stopped. He covered his face with his hands. “I would be forever ______ if you could give Akif help,” he said as tears rolled down his cheeks.

I forgot all about being a first-year teacher. I ______ Akif’s father that we would help his son succeed. For the first time, I saw his face relax with ______ . Then he bowed his head and thanked me deeply. That parent-teacher meeting ______ me in powerful ways, not only as a teacher, but also as a person and eventually a parent.

1.A.last B.first C.next D.extra

2.A.equal B.similar C.kind D.strange

3.A.schoolwork B.message C.payment D.growth

4.A.worse B.better C.easier D.rarer

5.A.students B.teachers C.neighbours D.parents

6.A.useful B.accurate C.incomplete D.impossible

7.A.awake B.alone C.away D.alive

8.A.large B.real C.perfect D.thin

9.A.debate B.meeting C.performance D.lecture

10.A.greet B.teach C.stop D.follow

11.A.play B.leave C.finish D.speak

12.A.story B.plan C.anger D.wisdom

13.A.visit B.find C.support D.join

14.A.blamed B.excused C.thanked D.asked

15.A.respect B.attention C.freedom D.praise

16.A.love B.power C.credit D.help

17.A.proud B.curious C.grateful D.careful

18.A.promised B.advised C.reminded D.warned

19.A.worry B.pity C.humour D.relief

20.A.troubled B.changed C.witnessed D.controlled