So much English did I learn last year that even I , myself, couldn’t believe it. It was totally because of Ms. Ben and I truly   ____what she was doing. It might not seem as a big   _____to some, but to me it is. I have never met a woman so     _____and so determined to teach her students.

It seemed that English class never ___to me. I never knew how to study English and never understood some of the grammars. I can remember trying to ___get out of the classroom before Ms. Ben caught me and shouted across the     _____, “Winona, are you coming to extra class during ___?” It was a nightmare-she would always catch me with my one foot out of the door, and it never ___. Even then I just thought of it as a thing I had to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She would __ everyone to come every day, ___, we could complete our homework as scheduled with her help.

Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag(啰嗦), but inside they knew that she was right and     _____her. Many of her tests were hard at first, but as the year       _____, we all improved a lot. I knew that it was because of her.

Even outside class, she was caring as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my (and everyone else’s) life, and she was always looking for everyone’s best     _____.

Ms. Ben is also a ___woman with a sense of humor that you just have to laugh at. However, when exams were approaching, she was more ___than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her previous students scored high, and so she   ____the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom       ______lessons. When it was time for our big test, I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head   _____. I knew that I     _____and it’s Ms. Ben who had made me that way. I thanked all the hard work that she put into ___me and my fellow students.

I've spent most of my career as a traveling salesman. There's nothing _______ than eating meals in a coffee shop. One year，my five-year-old daughter Jeanine gave me a（n） ________.It was a soft toy penguin with a hand-painted card ___________ "I Love My Dad！"Tears came to my eyes ________ and，I gave it a special place on my desk.

Soon I had to leave on _________ business trip. This time when I was _________，I put the penguin in my suitcase. After that day，Jeanine __________ helped me with the penguin. Many years have _________ since then. And that little penguin has kept me ________ for hundreds of thousands of miles all across America and over to Europe. We have also made many friends along the way.

Late one night，after leaving my hotel，I _________ that the penguin was missing. Frantically（紧张慌乱地），I __________ the hotel. The clerk laughed，saying it hadn't been __________.But half an hour later，he called back to say that my penguin had been ___________.It was already ___________，but I still drove several hours to get my little friend，arriving near midnight.

It was waiting at the front desk. In the lobby，___________ business travelers looked at us-I thought with some ___________ that I had such a lovely friend. Someone came out to shake my hand. Another man told me that he had even ___________ to deliver it to me the very next day，which would have saved me the trip.

Jeanine is in college now and I don't travel as much anymore. The penguin spends most of its time sitting on my __________ — a reminder（提醒人的事物）that _________ is the best traveling companion. All those years on the road，it was the one thing I never left home __________.

I’m a wheelchair user. However, I’m not wheelchair-bound, or ___1___ to my wheelchair. My disability has not made me ____2____ or admirable, or deserving a pat on the head ___3___ you can reach it. As a matter of fact, I ___4____having my head patted.

I have total feeling in all limbs (四肢), so when you said, “You __　　5　　__ didn’t feel that”, rather than __　　6　　___ for kicking me, you were wrong. I don’t have __　　7　　__ shoulders from pushing a wheelchair: my shoulders were born weak for that very reason.

Waiting at bus stops, I’m a passive _　　8　　___ for those who incorrectly assume my experience with the health care system and create a(n) __　　9　　____ in your last doctor’s appointment, or what __　　10　　__ to the lady who lives down your street.

If given the __11__, I’m really good at putting people at ease. My communication with this able-bodied world depends on it. I can’t __　　12　　__ without the help of others, but it works best for everyone if I can ___13____ when and how it is offered. If you are not sure whether you are going to offer to help, just ask, and don’t be __14___ if the answer is no.

If I make you feel uncomfortable, please ___15____ that you would manage to live as I do. There is no other choice. Please don’t pass on your ____　　16　　___ to children by pushing them for staring, or wanting to touch and ____17____ my wheelchair.

I’m sorry if I don’t remember your name or the occasion we met — there are more ___　　18　　__ adults in my life than wheelchair users in your life. And the answers to the questions are: my ___　　19　　___ chores (家庭杂务) are done on my own; and yes I can, and I do, as often as opportunity __　　20　　____.