题目内容：

I sat in my seat as my new grade six classmates found theirs. At the front of the class our new math teacher stood ____ us. The bell rang.

“Welcome to a new school year. I’m Mr. Stevens and I’m sure I’ll learn all your names in no time.” He walked around the class ____ math books. When he was done, he ____ to the front of the class and looked at us. “What are you waiting for? Get started?” he said.

We looked at him, ____. Wasn’t he going to teach us?

“Is there something wrong with your ____? You’re not all deaf, are you?”

A ____ boy at the back of the class asked what we all wanted to know. “Mr. Stevens, aren’t you going to teach us?”

Mr. Stevens ____, “You’re smart kids. Open your books and get down to it. If you have any ____ or any questions, raise your hand, and I’ll help you.”

We opened our books. Mr. Stevens helped anyone ____ had questions. He would stop to teach all the students _____ when we all had the same question. It was a ____ method of teaching, but it was very useful.

It was a ____ point in my life. Mr. Stevens made me____ I was good at math and also able to reach the____ of any class I attended. I studied with his help until I graduated from middle school.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus was a popular television show back then. The actors ____ the best British humor (幽默) into our Canadian lives. Mr. Stevens would often act out one of their funny scenes (场景) in front of the class. Some thought he was strange, and I guess he was, ____ he knew how to make a math lesson interesting.

I’ve carried his ____ with me all my life. Whenever I am faced with a new ____, I think of my first day in grade six math. ____ sitting and staring at the challenge, I just get ____ . Before I know it, the challenge has been settled.

1.A. waiting         B. watching     C. looking       D. revising

2.A. picking up     B. picking out  C. handing in    D. handing out

3.A. returned       B. waved         C. ran            D. jumped

4.A. frightened     B. bored         C. puzzled       D. excited

5.A. ears           B. hearts       C. eyes           D. body

6.A. clever          B. energetic    C. lucky          D. brave

7.A. doubted         B. replied      C. explained     D. agreed

8.A. instruction    B. trouble      C. promise        D. event

9.A. which           B. when        C. where         D. who

10.A. even           B. still        C. only          D. since

11.A. popular       B. strange       C. disappointing  D. scientific

12.A. turning        B. similar       C. moving        D. embarrassing

13.A. decide        B. realize       C. wonder        D. remember

14.A. top           B. bottom        C. strongest      D. busiest

15.A. reported       B. impressed    C. brought       D. admitted

16.A. but           B. however       C. so            D. and

17.A. dream         B. lesson        C. interest      D. discipline

18.A. chance         B. challenge     C. period         D. job

19.A. Besides       B. in other words C. as a result of D. instead of

20.A. amazed         B. encouraged    C. started       D. organized