When I was in primary school, I was actually a little shy. One thing that really frightened me was speaking in front of many people, whether strangers or acquaintances (熟人). It was my sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Bamick, who helped me get past that. That year we had to make four oral (口头的) book reports in front of the class. Some of the kids were even glad to do it, but I was scared to death. Mr. Bamick recognized my fear, so be told me to do a report on a book that was about something that really interested me. So I did the first report on baseball.

When it came time for me to present it to the class, Mr. Bamick cut me some slack and let me read the report rather than give it from memory. Some of my classmates laughed at me, but Mr. Bamick defended (为……辩解) me. By the end of the year I had completed all four of the oral book reports. It wasn’t easy or comfortable for me, but I did it.

Years later I realized that Mr. Bamick did me a great favor in sixth grade. One of the chances I got when I won a tennis tournament (锦标赛) was to make comments to the fans who attended the match. Some of those were carried live on television and all of them were before thousands of people. It was still not one of my favorite things to do, but, with Mr. Bamick’s help, I got through it from time to time. Before long, I was asked to bring my favorite childhood teacher to a national event in Dallas. 1 was excited when Mr. Bamick joined me for the event. It meant a lot to me that he was there.

Mr. Bamick believed in me and helped me to believe in myself. It was he who helped me build the person I became.

【小题1】In what aspect (方面) did Mr. Bamick help the writer?

A．Improving her learning skills.

B．Encouraging her to read more books.

C．Winning her classmates’ recognition.

D．Overcoming her fear of public speaking.

【小题2】What does the underlined part “cut me some slack” mean in paragraph 2?

A．Played a funny joke on the writer.

B．Gave the writer a feeling of pride.

C．Made the task a little easier for the writer.

D．Asked the writer to take part in a competition.

【小题3】What do we know about the writer?

A．She was a tennis player.

B．She wanted to be a teacher.

C．She liked public speaking best.

D．She enjoyed commenting on books.

【小题4】In the writer’s mind, what kind of teacher is Mr. Bamick?

A．Strict.	B．Curious.
C．Encouraging.	D．Frightening.