Aunt Myrtle The teacher who
did the most to 1 me was, as it
happened, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother’s brother
Bill. She taught in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New
Jersey. During my 2 and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every
3 of my potential, without regard for what was considered
practical possible for black females. I liked to sing;she listened to my
4 and pronounced it good. I couldn’t
dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre-not
just children’s theatre 5 adult
comedies and dramas-and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not
disappointed. My aunt also took down books from her extensive
6 and shared them with me. I had books
at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong
liking for humor, and I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis’s
Archy ＆ Mehitabel through her. Most important, perhaps, Aunt
Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself
for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a "youth
columnist". My column, begun when I was fourteen, was
7 to cover teenage social activities-and it did-but it also
gave me the freedom to write on many 8 subjects as well as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of
meeting 9 , and, after graduation from
college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried
my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs. Today
Aunt Myrtle is still an 10 supporter of
her "favourite niece". Like a diamond, she has reflected a bright,
multifaceted(多面的)image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her
path. A. many B.
deadlines C. but D. while
E. other F.
library G. supposed H. voice
I. encourage J.
enthusiastic K. childhood L.
aspect