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UNIT 4　单元仿真验收性评价
(时间：100分钟，满分：120分。选择题请在答题区内作答，主观题请在题后作答)
第一部分：阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
In a city like Pittsburgh that is full of universities, libraries and theatres, celebrating National Poetry Month is easy.Stop by any of the following events to learn more about poetry, present your own poetry, or hear readings of famous poems.
Poetry Exchange Workshop
Brentwood Public Library
Start National Poetry Month off right by heading to this monthly poetry workshop to listen to poets read their works, have your works critiqued and learn some new poetry writing skills.A small $2 donation to the library is encouraged.If you are bringing some of your poems to share with other poets, bring multiple copies.
Whitman Poetry Readings
Coffee Tree Roasters
The Whitman Poetry Readings hosts a monthly poetry reading by a famous American poet followed by a discussion about the poet's works.The event is free like Poetry Exchange Workshop and is held in a quiet private back room at Coffee Tree Roasters.
Word Circus
Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery
This event at Chatham University is hosted by the MFA Creative Writing Program every Friday night.Free to students and the general public, this event showcases student writers as they present their works and encourages attendees to step up to the open area and share as many as three of their own poems with the crowd.
CMU Poetry Discussion Group
Carnegie Library
Join this monthly poetry discussion group，which bills (标榜) itself as a lively conversation about well-loved poets.For Poetry Month，Rita Dove's works will be discussed.Dove served as the youngest and first African-American Poet Laureate of the United States and was the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner in 1987.Admission to this event is free but registration is encouraged.
1．Which event will a lover of poetry attend to improve his or her writing skills
A．Poetry Exchange Workshop.
B．Whitman Poetry Readings.
C．Word Circus.
D．CMU Poetry Discussion Group.
2．What do these poetry events have in common
A．Required registration.　　　 B．Free entrance.
C．Featuring American poets. D．Lively discussion.
3．Where is this text probably taken from
A．An autobiography. B．A local newspaper.
C．A course plan. D．A poetry textbook.
B
One part of the oath (誓言) taken by physicians requires us to “remember that there is art to medicine, and that warmth, sympathy and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.” When I, along with my medical school class, recited that oath at my white coat ceremony a year ago, I admit that I was more focused on the biomedical aspects than the “art”．
Actually, medical professionals can get too easily caught up in treating to remember there is still space for healing.As doctors learn to communicate with patients beyond the restricted language of physical indicators, drug protocols and surgical interventions that may go against healing, they are reaching for new tools — poetry.
One clinical trial studied the effect of music or poetry on the pain, depression, and hope scores of 65 adult patients under cancer treatment.They found that both types of art therapy (疗法) produced similar improvements in pain and depression scores.Only poetry, however, increased hope scores.Researchers assumed that poetry can break the so-called law of silence, according to which talking about one's perception of illness is taboo.After listening to poetry, one participant said, “I feel calmer when I hear those words.They show me that I'm not alone.”
Insights like these are already making their way into the clinic.Sarah Friebert runs a care center where children are visited by a writer who helps them create poems and stories for publication.Eric Elshtain uses poetry on the wards to teach children the power of self-expression.He's found that many of his patients write haikus about things like sports or their favorite stuffed animal, rather than their experience in a hospital bed.Poetry, as he said, is a way to both accept the hospital encounter and escape from it.
While a poem a day won't cure, it might help relieve.I've decided that I'll learn how to meet my patients beyond the chart documents; that I'll encourage them to write their own stories; that I will heal as well as treat.In other words, I'll honor each and every word in the oath I took last year.
4．According to the text, what is the author probably
A．A young poet. B．A clinical expert.
C．A medical student. D．An experienced physician.
5．What insight can we gain from the clinical trial in paragraph 3
A．Music works better in reducing depression.
B．Poetry makes people open about their illness.
C．Patients are likely to lose hope without poems.
D．Art therapy is the key to cancer treatment.
6．What can we infer about the author according to the last paragraph
A．He will change his career path.
B．He will well remember the oath.
C．He begins to take his work seriously.
D．He has better understood his job.
7．Where is the text taken from
A．A news report. B．A research paper.
C．A public speech. D．An application letter.
C
People_seldom_feel_neutral_about_poetry. Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitute for food, shelter, and love.It isn't.Words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent (等价的) for life itself and its human experiences.Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing.That's not true either.It is easy to become frustrated by words — in poetry or in life — but when words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important.Poetry is an experience of words, and those who know how to read poetry can easily extend their experience of life, their sense of what other people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human feelings.
One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings.Poetry is often full of ideas, too, and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind, but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think.Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry's most outstanding values involves its attempt to express the inexpressible.How can anyone, for example, put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about Poetry tries, and it often captures (俘获) exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader.No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, “Yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well.”Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.
8．What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean
A．Many people think that poetry is neutral.
B．People always differ in their views about poetry.
C．People rarely take a biased opinion about poetry.
D．People generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless.
9．According to the author, poetry ________.
A．is more than just words
B．is the poets' feelings about words
C．is anything but patterns of lines
D．is an experiment on the use of words
10．What does poetry try to express
A．What love and death mean.
B．What people think about themselves.
C．What people feel but find it hard to describe.
D．How people go through life.
11．What is this passage mainly about
A．The structure of poetry.
B．The nature and importance of poetry.
C．The components of poetry.
D．The appreciation of poetry.
D
A master of words, a literary genius and a philosopher, Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is known by many as the greatest writer of all time.Even today, over 110 years after his death, his two greatest masterpieces, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, continue to be widely read, appreciated and highly influential.
“If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy，” the Russian author Isaak Babel once said.Tolstoy's realistic fiction is famous for its powers of observation and ability to mine the depths of human consciousness, such as the psychological exploration of a married woman in Anna Karenina.In War and Peace, Tolstoy also describes Russia's national soul and expresses public unity through his many characters.His characters feel alive; they grow, they change and they stick in the minds of readers long after the final page is turned.
Tolstoy's influence on literature is without comparison.Authors regularly mention his novels as their highest ambition, works that they could only dream of writing themselves.American writer Francis Scott called Tolstoy the “greatest of all novelists” in his essay.He wrote，“from his first words, we can be sure of one thing at any rate — here is a man who sees what we see, who proceeds, too, as we are accustomed to proceeding, not from the outside inwards but from the inside outwards.”
“He defends fundamental values such as love, friendship and family relations.He gives positive answers to the questions mankind is asking.In this sense he gives more hope，”Tolstoy's great-great grandson, Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy, said.
Tolstoy's message of peace has even had an effect on the real world.He inspired the leader of India's independence movement, Mahatma Ghandi, and his philosophy of non-violence over the course of a year in which they wrote letters to each other.
12．What does the second paragraph intend to tell us
A．The writing style of Tolstoy.
B．Tolstoy's influence on other authors.
C．The characters in Tolstoy's works.
D．The introduction to the greatest works of Tolstoy.
13．Which words can best describe Tolstoy according to the passage
A．Humorous and caring.
B．Determined and optimistic.
C．Productive and hard-working.
D．Insightful and peace-loving.
14．How does the author introduce Tolstoy in this passage
A．By contrasting with other authors.
B．By analyzing characteristics of his works.
C．By quoting comments and opinions.
D．By describing his deeds in life.
15．What can be the best title for the passage
A．Tolstoy and His Works
B．Tolstoy's Life and Achievements
C．War and Peace: A Great Masterpiece
D．Tolstoy: A Writer Beyond Comparison
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
“I wonder by my troth, what thou and I did, till we loved？”， those are the first words of a poem by John Donne that I learned at school and I still know the whole thing today.It's just one of many poems I've stored in my memory, ready to recite and relish whenever I please.
It seems that poetry learning has gone out of fashion, but I'm still a fan because it doesn't just breed a lifelong love of poetry.__16__ So why not dig out a poem you love and use it to exercise and enrich your recall
Step 1: Know that poems are designed to stick in your mind.__17__ See how they leave you with memory — arousing images and how they surprise you by breaking the rules, and control your senses and emotions.These are all great ways to make information more memorable.
Step 2: __18__ When you're learning a poem, try linking the last word of one line to the first word of the next.In my John Donne poem, one line ends with “see”， and the next starts with “which”， so I pictured a “sea witch”．Making links like these can also help with learning names, and many other kinds of information.
Step 3: Put in a performance.When you're practising a poem, read it aloud, as dramatically and emotionally as you can.__19__
Step 4: Enjoy yourself.Learning poems gives your memory a workout, which improves your mood and gets you into good learning habits.So reap the rewards! Have fun putting rhymes into your shopping list, using rhythm to learn names, or “performing” revision notes before an exam.
__20__ And, in the process, you'll be making your memory stronger for everything.
A．Learn through links since memory relies on connections.
B．It also boosts confidence and builds lasting memory skills.
C．So identify the tricks poets use — rhythm, rhyme and repetition.
D．Thus, short poems are good options because they are easily memorized.
E．Follow these steps to appreciate poems and enjoy them wherever you are.
F．Memory experts believe poetry learning can even cultivate an interest in study.
G．Adding gestures and moving around the room can also strengthen your learning.
第二部分：语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Two hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, a poem that was inspired when he came across a field of daffodils (水仙花)．It __21__ a basic spirit of early English Romanticism (浪漫主义)．
What makes this poem a(n) __22__ of Romantic thinking It isn't that Wordsworth __23__ to write about a natural scene; it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human __24__.For him, nature is not only a neutral (无感彩的) __25__ of scenery, colors, plants, rocks, soil, water and air.It is a (n) __26__ force that feels joy and sadness and even tries to educate us human beings and show us the beauty of life.
Wordsworth's home is now one of the most popular __27__ in the Lake District.You can go on a tour of the garden where wild flowers still __28__ now regardless of the change of the time.The place, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake.When you are walking in the __29__ of William from two centuries ago, the first group of daffodils appear, but they aren't tall yellow trumpets (小号状的花) __30__ swinging in the gentle wind as described in Wordsworth's __31__.They are just tiny wild daffodils grouped around individual trees rather than __32__ together.But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak tree, you realize this is what __33__ Wordsworth: group after group of daffodils, spread out to left and right but coming together in your sight so that they __34__ a beautiful, pale yellow carpet.What you're seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and __35__.
21．A.expresses　　　　　　　　 B．raises
C．breaks D．compares
22．A.cause B．series
C．example D．proposal
23．A.volunteers B．chooses
C．refuses D．hesitates
24．A.identities B．emotions
C．appearances D．characters
25．A.balance B．shape
C．pattern D．mixture
26．A.violent B．economic
C．physical D．living
27．A.masterpieces B．destinations
C．activities D．performances
28．A.shake B．escape
C．survive D．respond
29．A.footprints B．directions
C．possessions D．charges
30．A.proudly B．casually
C．sharply D．regularly
31．A.sight B．mind
C．memory D．poem
32．A.floating B．waiting
C．collecting D．trembling
33．A.confused B．delighted
C．persuaded D．confirmed
34．A.form B．decorate
C．destroy D．change
35．A.capability B．flexibility
C．expectation D．imagination
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Du Fu was a Chinese poet and politician of the Tang Dynasty.Along with Li Bai, he is 36.__________ (frequent) called the greatest of the Chinese poets.37.__________ (bear) into a scholarly family, Du Fu received a 38.__________ (tradition) Confucian education but failed in the imperial examinations of 735.As a result, he 39.__________ (spend) much of his youth traveling.During his travels he was recognized as a poet and met other poets of the period, 40.__________ (include) the great Li Bai.He had a strong 41.__________ (admire) for this older, freewheeling contemporary.
Du Fu's early poetry celebrated the beauty of the natural world and bemoaned (惋惜) the passage of time.He soon began to write about war — as in Bingchexing.And with hidden satire (讽刺), he wrote Lirenxing, 42.__________ speaks of the luxury (奢侈) of the court.As he matured, and especially during 43.__________ chaotic period of 755 to 759, his poems began to sound a note of sympathy for humanity caught in the senseless war.
Du Fu's irreplaceable position in the history of Chinese literature 44.__________ (rest) on his superb classicism.He was an expert 45.__________ all poetic styles current in his day, and his mastery was at its height in the lǜshi, or “regulated verse”．
第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)(建议教师批阅)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华，在外教Mrs Green的指导下获得了你校举办的英文诗歌朗诵大赛的一等奖。请你根据以下要点提示，给她写一封感谢信，内容包括：1.分享获奖的喜悦；　2.回顾外教的指导；　3.感谢外教的付出。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；　2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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第二节(满分25分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
As a child, I grew up in a modest neighborhood where access to books was limited. My parents installed in me a love for reading, and I longed for more knowledge. That's when Mrs Henderson, a retired teacher with a passion for books, decided to establish a little library in our community.
The library was a small wooden structure, almost like a dollhouse, situated at the end of our street. Mrs Henderson filled it with a variety of books, from children's stories to classics and non-fiction. The library was free for anyone in the neighborhood to use, and it quickly became a hub for the curious minds of our community, myself included.
I vividly remember the first time I stepped into that tiny library. The shelves were packed with books of all kinds. I felt like I had entered a treasure trove (宝库). I started borrowing books regularly, and the more I read, the more I thirsted for knowledge.
It wasn't just the books that made this library special; it was Mrs Henderson herself. She would spend hours talking to each child, helping them choose books that matched their interests. She made learning fun and accessible, and she inspired us to dream big.
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；　2.请按如下格式作答。
As I continued to visit the library, my horizons expanded. ____________________________
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Every time I entered the library, I could always see Mrs Henderson busy with the books. She knew us by name, our favorite genres, and our wildest dreams. _____________________________
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UNIT 4　单元仿真验收性评价
第一部分
[A]
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了匹兹堡市地方媒体的诗歌活动。
1．选A　推理判断题。根据Poetry Exchange Workshop中“have your works critiqued and learn some new poetry writing skills”可知，诗歌爱好者可以参加Poetry Exchange Workshop来提高自己的写作技能。
2．选B　细节理解题。四个活动都提到了入场免费，其中第一个活动的免费信息出现在第二个活动的介绍中。
3．选B　文章出处题。根据第一段第一句可知，在一座像匹兹堡这样充满大学、图书馆与剧院的城市，庆祝全国诗歌月是一件容易的事情。由此可推知，本文最可能出自匹兹堡市的当地地方媒体。
[B]
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章通过作者自身的经历说明诗歌在治疗疾病的过程中起着重要作用。
4．选C　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句以及后文的“When I, along with my medical school class, recited that oath at my white coat ceremony a year ago”可知，作者的身份是一名学医的学生。
5．选B　推理判断题。根据第三段倒数第二句可知，诗歌能使人们对自己的疾病敞开心扉。
6．选D　推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可知，刚毕业时，作者并不认为自己的工作与艺术有什么关系；根据最后一段中“While a poem a day won't cure, it might help relieve.”可知，后来作者通过临床的实验以及研究最终明白了诗歌有助于缓解压力，艺术与医学是相关的，即作者对自己的工作有了更深入的了解。
7．选C　文章出处题。通读全文特别是最后一段中“I've decided that I'll ...; that I'll ... that I will ... In other words, I'll ...”的语言风格可推断，本文出自一篇演讲稿。
[C]
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。文章主要论述了诗歌的本质及其重要性。
8．选D　句意理解题。画线句是第一段的主题句，由下文所陈述的人们对诗歌的态度可知，一般来说，人们要么认为诗歌非常重要，要么认为诗歌完全无用。
9．选A　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，诗歌不仅是一种语言，通过读诗还可以收获很多。
10．选C　推理判断题。根据第二段第三句中的“to express the inexpressible”可知，诗歌可以表达难以表达的感情。
11．选B　主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，文章主要讲述了诗歌的本质及其重要性。
[D]]
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要通过引用一些人对托尔斯泰的评价，说明了他的成就和影响力。
12．选A　推理判断题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，两处均提到了托尔斯泰作品的写作风格：现实主义和民族精神。所以本段主要想告诉我们托尔斯泰作品的写作风格。
13．选D　推理判断题。根据第二段第二句可知，托尔斯泰是一个极具洞察力的人；根据最后一段第一句可知，托尔斯泰是一个具有和平信念的人。
14．选C　推理判断题。本文主要通过引用其他人对托尔斯泰的评价来说明他的影响。
15．选D　标题归纳题。 文章主要说明了托尔斯泰的成就和巨大影响力。文学大师、文学天才和哲学家是对他的成就及影响力的肯定。故D项最适合作文章标题。
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了背诵诗歌的步骤和方法。
16．选B　根据前一句中的“it doesn't just breed a lifelong love of poetry”可知，B项中的“It also”与之呼应，故B项“它也能增强自信，锻炼长时记忆技巧”符合语境。
17．选C　上文提到诗歌需要记忆，下文提到了如何记忆诗歌，故C项“辨明诗人常用的技巧：节奏、韵律和重复”承上启下，符合语境。下文的“they”指代C项中的“rhythm, rhyme and repetition”。
18．选A　根据后文的“linking” “making links”可知，本段介绍了联想记忆的方法。故A项“通过事物之间的联系来学习诗歌，因为记忆需要依靠联系”能概括本段内容。
19．选G　根据前文可知，可以在记忆诗歌中加入表演，故G项“增加手势和在房间移动也可以加强学习效果”承接上文，符合语境。
20．选E　本段是对文章的总结，结合后一句可知，E项“按照这些步骤来赏析诗歌，并且随时随地欣赏诗歌”是对前文的总结，符合语境。
第二部分
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英国著名诗人威廉·华兹华斯的诗歌风格以及他的故居鸽子农舍的景色。
21．选A　根据后文“a basic spirit of early English Romanticism”可知，此处指这首诗歌中表达的精神是早期英国浪漫主义。
22．选C　上文提到《我像一朵云一样孤独地漫游》表达了早期英国浪漫主义的基本精神，说明这首诗是一个浪漫主义思想的范例。
23．选B　根据后文“to write about a natural scene; it is the way he describes the scene”可知，这首诗之所以可以成为浪漫主义思想的范例，不在于华兹华斯选择写一个自然的场景，而是他描述场景的方式。
24．选B　根据后文“feels joy and sadness and even tries to educate us human beings”可知，华兹华斯诗歌中的大自然有人类的情感。
25．选D　根据后文“of scenery, colors, plants, rocks, soil, water and air”可知，大自然不仅仅是风景、色彩、植物、岩石、土壤、水和空气的中性混合物。
26．选D　根据后文“feels joy and sadness”可知，能感受到快乐和悲伤是生命的力量。living force表示“生命力”。
27．选B　根据上文“Wordsworth's home is now one of the most popular”可知，华兹华斯是著名诗人，所以他的故居现在是湖区最受欢迎的景点之一。
28．选C　根据上文“You can go on a tour of the garden where wild flowers still”以及后文提到了去看水仙花可知，尽管时代变迁，野花仍然存活着。
29．选A　根据上文“When you are walking”可知，与行走对应的是足迹。
30．选A　根据后文“They are just tiny wild daffodils”描述了水仙花真正的样子可推知，水仙花不是在微风中骄傲地摆动的高大的黄色喇叭。
31．选D　结合第一段“Two hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, a poem that was inspired when he came across a field of daffodils.”可知，此处指在他的诗歌中。
32．选C　根据上文“grouped around individual trees”可知，水仙花是一簇簇生长，而不是聚在一起的。
33．选B　根据后文“group after group of daffodils, spread out to left and right but coming together in your sight”可知，华兹华斯当时看到一簇簇水仙花，从左到右展开，但在人的视线中汇聚在一起，这一场景让他高兴，所以写下了著名的诗歌。
34．选A　根据后文“a beautiful, pale yellow carpet”可知，此处指水仙花形成一块美丽的淡黄色地毯。
35．选D　根据上文的“they ________ a beautiful, pale yellow carpet”可知，人们最终看到的自然是经过人类视觉和想象力改造的。
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国唐代诗人杜甫。
36．frequently　考查副词。修饰动词called应用副词，故填frequently。
37．Born　考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，此处应用非谓语动词。be born into意为“出生于……”，为固定搭配，因此空处应用过去分词作状语；且空处位于句首，首字母应大写，故填Born。
38．traditional　考查形容词。空后是名词短语“Confucian education”，应用形容词修饰，故填traditional。
39．spent　考查时态。空处描述过去发生的事情，需用一般过去时，故填spent。
40．including　考查介词。空后接名词短语，所以需用介词，故填including。
41．admiration　考查名词。空前是冠词和形容词，空处应用名词，故填admiration。
42．which　考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导非限制性定语从句，先行词为Lirenxing，指物，且设空处在从句中作主语，故用关系代词which。
43．the　考查冠词。the period of 表示“一段时期”，此处特指755年至759年，所以用定冠词the。
44．rests　考查动词时态和主谓一致。本句的主语是Du Fu's irreplaceable position，中心词是名词position，此处为可数名词单数作主语，谓语动词应该用第三人称单数形式；此处是介绍杜甫在中国文学史上的地位，应用一般现在时，故填rests。
45．in/at/on　考查介词。此处表示他是所有诗歌体裁的专家。an expert in/at/on ...表示“……方面的专家”，为固定搭配，故填in/at/on。
第三部分
第一节
参考范文：
Dear Mrs Green，
I am writing to inform you that I won the first prize in the English Poetry Recitation Contest held in our school last Thursday.Thanks for your help.Without your patient guidance and continuous encouragement, I could not have made it.
Scenes of reciting one of Shakespeare's poems before hundreds of students and six serious－looking judges still appear vividly before me.It was kind of you to set aside half an hour every day from your busy schedule to help me with everything from choosing the right poem to correcting my pronunciation.
Thanks again for your generous help.
Yours，
Li Hua
第二节
参考范文：
As I continued to visit the library, my horizons expanded. I read about places I had never seen, met characters with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and learned about different cultures and perspectives. It was like traveling to distant lands and experiencing new worlds without leaving my neighborhood. The little library inspired me to work hard in school. I eventually became the first person in my family to attend college. This little library and Mrs Henderson's dedication to education transformed not only my life but the lives of many in our community. It's a reminder that education is a powerful force that can break down barriers and open doors to new opportunities.
Every time I entered the library, I could always see Mrs Henderson busy with the books. She knew us by name, our favorite genres, and our wildest dreams. One day Mrs Henderson approached me with a book she had carefully selected. It was a biography of a scientist who had overcome tremendous difficulties to pursue their passion for discovery. Little did she know, that book would ignite a spark within me that would shape my future. I read the book, and was attracted by the story of perseverance and the pursuit of knowledge. Mrs Henderson's guidance opened my eyes to genres I had never considered, broadening my horizons and fostering a love for learning that went beyond the pages of any book.
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