题目内容：

It was her giggling (咯咯的笑) that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.

Walking over to the offender, I asked for the _________. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet _________ between teacher and student. When she finally _________ it over, she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”

It was a hand-drawn _________ of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.

I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, _________, was working angrily as I struggled not to _________. I figure I know the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture. It would do them some _________ to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!

Thankfully, I was able to keep myself _________.

When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how _________ this was for me. I told them there must be a reason __________ and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.

As I __________ the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re __________ of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I __________ were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too __________, too strict…

Reading those, I realize that over the course of this year, instead of __________ my students, I had begun commanding them to __________. Where I thought I was driving them to success, I was __________ driving them away.

I had some apology to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one __________ by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for __________.

This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the __________.

1.A. note    B. advice    C. reason    D. help

2.A. battle    B. competition    C. argument    D. conversation

3.A. took    B. thought    C. turned    D. handed

4.A. statue    B. graph    C. picture    D. poster

5.A. otherwise    B. however    C. therefore    D. besides

6.A. leave    B. cry    C. explain    D. argue

7.A. good    B. harm    C. favor    D. punishment

8.A. amused    B. controlled    C. uninterested    D. relaxed

9.A. meaningful    B. forgetful    C. regretful    D. hurtful

10.A. aside    B. above    C. beneath    D. behind

11.A. wrote    B. finished    C. read    D. collected

12.A. proud    B. fond    C. against    D. ashamed

13.A. figured    B. promised    C. concluded    D. saw

14.A. talkative    B. mean    C. clumsy    D. considerate

15.A. forcing    B. encouraging    C. comforting    D. teaching

16.A. appreciate    B. apologize    C. compromise    D. achieve

17.A. actually    B. normally    C. immediately    D. generally

18.A. decorated    B. offered    C. signed    D. bought

19.A. thankfulness    B. forgiveness    C. compensation    D. communication

20.A. friendship    B. education    C. knowledge    D. future