第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Billy was still a child when his parents left their hometown in search of a better life in the North. I had the pleasure of meeting him in his early years in a public school in New York. I had to
21   a class of English language learners for a   22  in world history and geography.
What this boy needed was to know how he could succeed. I could have   23  him the textbook and idly (无所事事地) sat down, and he would have read the entire book within a week and   24   for another. And so, as he sat before me   25  to learn, I knew that he would be a
26  .
Towards the end of the   27  that year, he came to me with tears in his eyes to tell me he would have to move to another district, where there were few   28   for English language learners. In addition, the district   29  that he take the state test in June,   30  he had only completed three-quarters of the first year of a two-year course! It was then that I told him what I had   31  the very first day I met him.
“You will be   32  wherever you go. They could   33   you like Napoleon to some faraway island, and you would   34  find your way to greatness.” He looked at me and   35  . Needless to say, he passed the test with high marks. He graduated with   36 , and was the only student that year   37  to Harvard University on a full scholarship (奖学金).
This boy was like a Picasso. He was born to   38 . But even a Picasso needs a   39  . The public school system (系统) gives every child a chance to   40  , only if every teacher realizes that to educate a child is to open a world of possibilities — that to educate a child is to change the world.
21. A. find                    B. organize            C. prepare             D. monitor
22. A. homework          B. test                  C. speech              D. competition
23. A. handed                  B. left                  C. borrowed          D. awarded
24. A. paid                   B. waited              C. asked                      D. struggled
25. A. curious               B. patient                     C. ready                D. eager
26. A. star                    B. historian           C. teacher             D. geographer
27. A. meeting                     B. activity             C. course              D. class
28. A. services              B. libraries            C. foreigners         D. friends
29. A. reminded           B. insisted             C. expected           D. Remarked
30. A. now that             B. as if                  C. in case                     D. even though
31. A. felt                            B. experienced              C. wanted              D. hoped
32. A. careful                B. brave                C. popular            D. successful
33. A. lead                   B. treat                 C. drive                 D. follow
34. A. even                   B. yet                    C. ever                  D. still
35. A. cried                  B. smiled              C. sighed              D. trembled
36. A. courage                     B. honors              C. praise                D. warmth
37. A. admitted             B. intended            C. offered                 D. charged
38. A. poverty              B. wealth              C. hardship           D. greatness
39. A. chance                      B. help                  C. support             D. comfort
40. A. choose                B. play                 C. achieve             D. Think