The first week is always a bit hard in my writing classes. I’m unfamiliar 21 the students, most of them trying to 22 themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer 23 me 
a question on the second day, I was 24 for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.
Her writing wasn’t perfect, 25 her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to 26 , which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t 27 then how much she would also teach me.
One Friday afternoon, Jennifer 28 after class. She wasn’t asking a question about a paper I’d returne
d. 29 , she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, 30 . “It was just a virus (病毒). I’m fine now,” she 31 me. Then she was gone.
Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be 32 a few classes. She had been in hospital with meningitis (脑膜炎). I 33 him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was 34 frightened when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and 35 in my classroom.
A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to 36 . “I’ll be back,” she said. “I have no 37 ,” I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “school 38 everything to Jenny.”
Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. She 39 all of her missed homework, completed with thought and excellence. The 40 of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.
21. A. for B. to C. with D. among
22. A. concentrate B. adapt C. replace D. adopt
23. A. provided B. bothered C. challenged D. asked
24. A. thankful B. prepared C. disappointed D. embarrassed
25. A. so B. or C. and D. but
26. A. receive B. contact C. learn D. give
27. A. realize B. argue C. care D. admit
28. A. went ahead B. broke into C. stopped by D. took off
29. A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
30. A. shy B. astonished C. delighted D. excited
31. A. impressed B. supported C. attracted D. comforted
32. A. expecting B. imitating C. missing D. taking
33. A. heard from B. came across C. looked for D. called on
34. A. hardly B. mainly C. truly D. frequently
35. A. fear B. sadness C. shyness D. warmth
36. A. rec
overy B. success C. school D. attitude
37. A. idea B. doubt C. opinion D. influence
38. A. shares B. means C. creates D. exchanges
39. A. gave up B. put up C. left out D. handed in
40. A. strength B. information C . comprehension D. achievement