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第十五单元
晨读完形真题——完形语篇是最具发掘价值的语料库
In 1973, I was teaching elementary school.__1__That was the name students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too dull.
Freddy was an average student,_but not an average person.He had the rare balance of fun and compassion (同情).__2__
Before the school year ended,_I gave the kids a special gift,Tshirts with the words “Verbs Are Your Friends” on them.__3__
Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide updates on old classmates.I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before.Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck.__4__
Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door.A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope.__5__Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a note from Freddy’s mother.“Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving.He wanted you to have this.”