先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Before I was in Grade Six,I was always the worst student in my class.Then it
1.That's all because a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to my school.
One day after class,she found that I was staying alone during the lunch break.
2she came to me and began to talk to me.After that day, she gave me
particular attention(特别的关注).I started to work hard because she gave me the
3that someone believed me.Her encouragement helped me a lot.At the end of my first term in Grade Six.I came second in my class.
But later we seemed to get less
4.Every time I came to talk with her, she just put on a cold,stony face.I didn't know
5.By the time I was in Grade Seven,we hardly ever talked with each other.When I left middle school,I was out of touch (联系)with her.She
6answered the phone when I called her.
Several years later, I went to a good university.One day, I
7her at a party.I could not help asking her,“Why did you stop talking to me?”
“You are a(n)
8 boy.I wanted you to be able to stand on your own two feet and not have to
9others. Now here you are and I feel proud(骄傲的)of you,”she said.I could not say
10 , but I smiled.I'll always thank her.