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I grew to be a tall girl but I tried to be as ordinary (平常) as possible. At school, I always chose a _____ in the back of the room, and never put up my hand in class. In my last year in high school, we were _____ that a new English teacher, Oliver Bascom, was going to _____ us.

Oliver Bascom! The girls laughed as we imagined a short and bald (秃头) man. But this was in fact not _____, because this man would teach us for the whole year. _____, after we opened the door, there in front of the blackboard, we _____ a young and handsome man.

All at once the seventeen-year-old girls flew to get to the _____ seats in the classroom. And I managed to _____ a front and center desk. I really wanted to make a good impression (印象) on my new teacher, _____ I usually kept quiet.

One Friday Mr. Oliver Bascom asked us to write an essay (文章) as our first writing homework, which I was good at. And then I worked the whole weekend ______ the essay and waited nervously for Mr. Bascom’s evaluation (评价).

Three days later, he arrived in class holding the papers that he had ______. “I’ve chosen the ten best essays for class discussion.” he said.

Twenty minutes later, I was most ______ when he got to the last essay. I didn’t hear my name.

“These are all great essays,” Mr. Bascom continued, “However, I am now going to read you the most successful of all….” We were all surprised as I was the writer of this unusual ______!

A ______ girl walked out of the classroom that day. I knew that I had a new set of standards to follow and that thing was possible in the future. Finally, I raised my ______.