Rarely do teachers know whether they make permanent impressions on students. I know because it __1__ to my mother, a retired teacher, when she turned on the __2__ one morning in 2003.
The story began in the mid1960s. My mom was teaching __3__ at Burlingame Junior High. I knew little about her job at the time except for the __4__ redhead, Tamara, who was __5__ writing stories as a seventhgrader in my mom’s class.
I was visiting her in 2003 when my mom came out of her room with a __6__ look on her face. She’d been listening to the radio, and she had __7__ an interview with a bestselling French author, Tamara Pierce—the same name as that of the redhead my mom had taught nearly four __8__ before. My mother __9__：Could it be the same person?
I __10__ the Internet and quickly found the website for the author. My heart began to beat rapidly when I __11__ it at the bottom—here was __12__ that my mother had taught a nowfamous writer!
“I should __13__ my writing career to my English teacher. (Bless you, Mrs. Jacobsen！)”
My mother’s name was Mary Jacobsen.
My mother’s immediate response to this __14__ was quiet. She was always kind and extremely __15__. I mention this story not only because it’s a wonderful __16__ of the influence teachers can have without being __17__ of it. It also makes me see my mom __18__. This story makes me consider how nice it would be if we all let our favorite __19__ teachers know their work __20__．
1．A.fell B．appealed
C．happened D．applied
2．A.radio B．television
C．computer D．heat
3．A.French B．Spanish
C．Italian D．English
4．A.amazed B．excited
C．gifted D．bored
5．A.respectful of B．skilled at
C．uninterested in D．surprised at
6．A.puzzled B．worried
C．tired D．satisfied
7．A.conducted B．arranged
C．received D．heard
8．A.years B．decades
C．months D．weeks
9．A.shouted B．repeated
C．wondered D．sighed
10．A.went into B．looked into
C．checked D．searched
11．A.spotted B．recorded
C．seized D．realized
12．A.possibility B．evidence
C．news D．knowledge
13．A.return B．adapt
C．owe D．show
14．A.doubt B．creation
C．event D．discovery
15．A.modest B．outgoing
C．sympathetic D．faithful
16．A.victory B．example
C．topic D．stage
17．A.worthy B．certain
C．aware D．proud
18．A.averagely B．differently
C．normally D．patiently
19．A.lost B．separate
C．present D．former
20．A.mattered B．disappeared
C．approached D．continued
