Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean 21at the t

Small moments sometimes last a very long time. And a few words—though they mean    21  at the time to the people who say them—can have great power.
I recently heard a story from Malcolm Dalkoff, who has been a professional   22 for the last twenty-four years, mostly in advertising.
As a boy, Dalkoff was terribly shy and    23  . He had few friends and no self-confidence. Then one day, his high-school English teacher, Ruth Brauch, asked the class to write their own chapter that would    24    the last chapter of the novel since they had been reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Dalkoff wrote his chapter and turned it in. Today he cannot recall anything special about the chapter he wrote, or what    25  Mrs. Brauch gave him.   26   , what he does remember is the four words in the paper: “This is good writing.” Four words. They    27  his life.
“Until I read those words, I had no idea of who I was or what I was or what I was going to be,” he said, “After reading her    28   ,I went home and wrote a short story,   29  I had always dreamed of doing but never believed I could do.”
Over the rest of that year in school, he wrote many short stories and always brought them to Mrs. Brauch for instruction. “She was    30  , helping and honest. She was just what I needed,” Dalkoff said. 
21
A. much
B. little
C. well
D. ill
22
A .report
B. designer
C. writer
D. teacher
23
A .weak
B. independent
C. troublesome
D. helpless
24
A. follow
B. change
C. connect
D. explain
25
A .help
B. encouragement
C. grade
D. words
26
A. Therefore
B. However
C. Meanwhile
D. Besides
27
A .improved
B. developed
C. changed
D. enriched
28
A. chapter
B. novel
C. note
D .explanation
29
A. everything
B. something
C. nothing
D. anything
30
A. encouraging
B. careful
C. strict
D. effective
21 – 25 BCDAC                26 – 30 BCCBA