4. A. encouraged 鼓励；B. warned 警告；C. forced 强制；D. begged 乞求。"She___4___me to consider journalism as a career"，consider journalism as a career将新闻业作为事业，根据语境分析，老师应该是鼓励作者选择新闻业作为人生的事业。故选A。

5. A. pass 通过；B. explain 解释；C. request 请求；D. invite 邀请。"Kathy Cloud,took the time to___5___math to me in a way I could ___6___understand"，根据in a way 及 I could understand可知，Kathy Cloud老师用我能理解方法给我解释数学题目。故选B。

6. A. usually 通常；B. suddenly 突然；C. actually 实际上；D. hardly几乎不。"I could ___6___understand"，根据前文Kathy Cloud,took the time to explain math to me in a way,可知Kathy Cloud用我能理解的方法教我数学。故选C。

7. A. chance 机会；B. confidence信心；C. courage 勇气；D. importance重要性。"She gave me the___7___to realize I could do it"，根据to realize I could do it可知，老师给了我做到这件事的信心。故选B。

8. A. doubt怀疑；B. respect 尊重；C. miss 错过；D. remember记住。"most people wouldn't___8___the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly"，根据后文"but Dryden has always been my___9___teacher"但是Dryden仍然是我的老师，根据连词but，可知前后两句是转折关系，可知前句讲述的是，大多数人已经不记得这个老师了。故选D。

9. A. favorite特别喜欢的人；B. terrible 糟糕的；C. serious 严肃的；D. curious好奇的。"Dryden has always been my___9___teacher"根据后文"I think I was her favorite,too"，可知与之相对应，前句应该是Dryden是我最喜爱的老师。故选A。

30. A. wasted 浪费；B. delayed 推迟；C. needed 需要；D. planned计划。"She thought I___10___another year to mature "根据前文"I was the youngest person in my class and very shy"，所以老师认为我还要再过一年才能成熟，故选C。

11. A. class 班级；B. family家庭；C. group 小组；D. grade年级。"before moving on to second___11___"根据前文"My first-grade"，可知此句讲述的是在升入下个年级之前。故选D。

12. A. stupid愚笨的；B. comfortable 令人舒服的；C. pleasant 高兴的； D. troublesome令人讨厌的。"She didn't make me feel___12___for having to repeat the grade"，由repeat the grade可知作者由于年龄小，又在一年级上了一年，但是老师没有让她感觉到自己（ ），故选A。

13. A. common 普通的；B. special特殊的； C. proud自豪的； D. sad伤心的。"Instead,he made me feel___11___"，根据前文"She didn't make me feel stupid for having to repeat the grade",可知老师没有让作者感到留级很自卑，却让她觉得很特别。故选B。