It was her giggling that drew my attention.Note taking really wasn't all that funny.

Walking over to the offender, I asked for the__16__.Frozen, she refused to give it to me.I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet__17__between teacher and student.When she finally__18__it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn't draw it.”

It was a hand­drawn__19__of me, teeth blackened and the words “I'm stupid” coming out of my mouth.

 I managed to fold it up calmly.My mind，__20__， was working angrily as I struggled not to__21__.I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture.It would do them some__22__to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!

Thankfully, I was able to keep myself__23__.

When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture.They were all silent as I told them how__24__this was for me.I told them there must be a reason__25__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__26__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__27__of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I__28__were behind the picture, had a list of issues.I was too__29__， too strict…

Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of__30__my students, I had begun commanding them to__31__.Where I thought I was driving them to success I was__32__driving them away.

I had some apologizing to do.But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card.The one__33__by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke.The one from the girls asked for__34__.

This was a lesson for both the kids and me.Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the__35__.

16．A.note  B．advice  C．reason  D．help

17．A.battle  B．competition

C．argument  D．conversation

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

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

20．A.otherwise  B．however

C．therefore  D．besides

21．A.leave  B．cry  C．explain  D．argue

22．A.good  B．harm

C．favor  D．punishment

23．A.amused  B．controlled

C．uninterested  D．relaxed

24．A.meaningful  B．forgetful

C．regretful  D．hurtful

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

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

27．A.proud  B．fond  C．afraid  D．ashamed

28．A.figured  B．promised

C．concluded  D．confirmed

29．A.talkative  B．mean

C．clumsy  D．considerate

30．A.forcing  B．encouraging

C．comforting  D．teaching

31．A.appreciate  B．apologize

C．compromise  D．achieve

32．A.actually  B．normally

C．immediately  D．generally

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

34．A.thankfulness  B．forgiveness

C．compensation  D．communication

35．A.friendship  B．education

C．knowledge  D．future