In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “ (B)oom (开花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of( (D)rothy. I got to know( (D)rothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching (E)rly( (C)ildhood( (D)velopment through a program with Union( (C)llege in( (B)rbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program.( (D)rothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
(D)rothy taught in a school In Harlan( (C)unty, Kentucky, (A)palachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at( (D)rothy’s classroom. I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects.( (D)rothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
(D)rothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her( (C)ild( (D)velopment (A)sociate( (C)rtification,( (D)rothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. (A)terward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.( (D) degree. (A)ter the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things. (360 words)
【題組】63. Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by __________.
(A) a warm welcome (B) the sight of poke greens
(C)Drothy’s latest projects (D) a big dinner made for her
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