early? "

　　Once again she struggled to　11　the ill-fitting boots. He then calmly added, "They're my brother's boots. My mom made me 　12　them. " She began to realize how close she was to stripping her gears as she 　13　with the boots yet again.

　　When they were finally　14　, she said, "Now, where are your mittens? "

　　"I　15　them in the toes of my boots, " he said.

　　She may have been the same teacher who once commented about a 　16　difficult child in her class, "Not only is he my worst behaved child this year, 　17　he has a perfect attendance record. "

　　A Dutch proverb　18　, "A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. " I may 　19　have to worry about having a bushel of brains, but I can sometimes muster a handful of 　20　. And that should be enough.

【文章大意】本文是记叙文。讲述一个幼儿园的老师很费劲地给自己的一个学生穿靴子的经历, 启示我们做任何事情都要有耐心。

1. A. toy 　　 B. motor　　 C. bike 　　 D. mind

【解析】选B。根据上一句Patience is the ability to idle your motor when. . . 可知答案为B项。

2. A. university B. school

C. club D. kindergarten