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When I met Mr. Jim Lemon I was a seventeen-year-old freshman at Houston’s Jackson Junior High．The chances of my finishing high school were_1_____ I was a troubled teenager．

Mr. Lemon taught American history and was quite _2_____ from the other teachers I had known．Not only was he _3____, but also he was a great teacher．He pushed and never tolerated the mediocrity（平庸） that had become my standard．。

On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr. Lemon _4_____ me aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class and a D and F student in the _5____ of my classes． I passionately told him about my _6__ parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, the police---all of the evils I had been _7__ to．It was then that Mr. Lemon 8__ explained that the only person _9____ for my situation was me. And the only person with the 10____ to change my situation was me．He _11__ me that I was failing not because I was a failure． He inspired me to become a better student and he 12____ my life．

Ten years later I was preparing to graduate from a university when I spoke to him again．_13___I did get him on the telephone, I told him that I had been saving money that Ii could invite him to come to Hawaii at my 14___ to be a part of my graduation．

I’ll never forget his _15__．He said, “Who is this again?” I was just one of hundreds of the students whose life he changed_16___ he had no idea of his influence．

Mr. Lemon never came to my graduation, but his _17__ taught me another valuable lesson．His final lesson for me was that we will never know or understand the _18___ we have on other people’s lives．He taught me that we all have the _19__ to effect people’s lives for the _20___ …or for the worse．

1． A．near B．ready C．great D．slim

2． A．kind B．excellent C．different D．same

3． A．strict B．tough C．sympathetic D．warm-hearted

4． A．scolded B．called C．pushed D．dragged

5． A．rost B．most C．others D．all

6． A．qualified B．learned C．well-educated D．divorced

7． A．subjected B．addicted C．referred D．forced

8． A．nervously B．patiently C．strictly D．confidently

9． A．blamed B．capable C．struggling D．responsible

10． A．sense B．potential C．direction D．mood

11． A．persuaded B．pointed C．convinced D．confirmed

12． A．changed B．turned C．supported D．arranged．