(一)

　　As a teaching student, I was sent on my first practice at a high school.During my practice, I __1__realized high school hadn't changed since I was there and still an awful place of Cliques(派系).

　　Jess, a Year 8 student, always respected her classmates, __2__the lack of respect she usually received in return.Kids constantly__3__her behind her back.As a teacher, my instinct(本能) was to __4__students like Jess, but I soon realized that there's only so much I can actually do.

　　Tyson was at the__5__end of the scale (等級(jí)).A handsome Year 12 student, and always surrounded by mates, it was clear that he was a confident and__6__young man.

　　When Jess asked to perform a solo act(獨(dú)唱) in the school talent show, I __7__to allow her to take the stage, fearing that she might face teasing.However, I knew that it would be __8__to say no on these grounds, __9__her name made it onto the list of__10__.

　　The day of the show, the whole school__11__in the auditorium(禮堂).Shortly after the acts began, it was Jess' __12__.Smiling, she stepped onto stage.The music started and, to my horror, she__13__ the first line of the song.She became__14__， sang in the wrong key and forgot her lyrics (歌詞).As she struggled__15__the song, kids whispered and laughed.

　　Jess looked__16__and was about to give up when the sound of somebody clapping along to the__17__of the song began to rise above the crowd.It was Tyson.

　　He was clapping proudly and urged his friends to __18__and, surprisingly, they did.

　　Slowly, from Tyson's group to the rest of Year 12, finally throughout the auditorium, the claps__19__.

　　The smile on Jess' face that day is one that I'll never forget.Tyson changed my life by restoring my__20__ in the goodness of youth.

　　1.A.excitedly B.disappointedly

　　C.gratefully D.curiously

　　2.A.in spite of B.owing to

　　C.apart from D.in addition to

　　3.A.laughed at B.came across

　　C.spied on D.talked about

　　4.A.dislike B.praise

　　C.forgive D.protect

　　5.A.same B.right

　　C.opposite D.general

　　6.A.popular B.rough

　　C.desperate D.aggressive

　　7.A.agreed B.decided

　　C.hesitated D.demanded

　　8.A.dangerous B.impolite

　　C.useless D.unfair

　　9.A.but B.so

　　C.unless D.if

　　10.A.teachers B.classmates

　　C.performers D.partners

　　11.A.watched B.collected

　　C.marched D.celebrated

　　12.A.turn B.role

　　C.step D.choice

　　13.A.passed B.sang

　　C.remembered D.missed

　　14.A.confused B.calm

　　C.ambitious D.unsatisfied

　　15.A.up B.on

　　C.with D.through

　　16.A.hopeless B.guilty

　　C.bored D.unprepared

　　17.A.sound B.meaning

　　C.beat D.ring

　　18.A.join in B.leave out

　　C.settle down D.turn up

　　19.A.stopped B.spread

　　C.appeared D.survived

　　20.A.touch B.power

　　C.faith D.strength