①Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher?I do,Her name was Mrs.White.
②I don\’t remember much about what we learned in her class,but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot.And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes.But no red corrections.And always a star.Sometimes even a Good!That worried my mother a lot,so one day she asked Mrs.White why she never corrected my mistakes:in spellings of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
③Mrs.White said,"The children are just beginning to get excited about using words,about forming sentences.I don\’t want to dampen that interest with red ink.Spelling and grammar can wait..."
④She is right!I did grow up learning to use words with loving confidence just like that.I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher-to restrain（限制） her red pen-to allow the joy,wonder and excitement of expression.
⑤I used to misspell"beautiful"a lot.I never could quite remember that the"e"went before the"a".It annoyed my teacher in high school endlessly.Eventually the"e"and"a"settled into their right places.I am glad I didn\’t wait on them though."Pretty"is easier to spell but it doesn\’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
⑥And thanks to Mrs.White I had no concerns about writing what I meant,even if I couldn\’t quite spell it out.After all,life isn\’t pretty.It\’s beautiful.
（1）Why was my mother so worried when"I"was in kindergarten? ______
A."I"failed in the exams too many times.
B."I"didn\’t get on well with my classmates.
C.Mrs.White didn\’t take good care of"me".
D.Mrs.White paid little attention to "my"mistakes.
（2）What does the underlined word"dampen"in Paragraph 3 mean? ______
A.reduce
B.improve
C.develop
D.change
（3）What can we learn from the fifth paragraph? ______
A."I" have no spelling problems any more.
B.The teacher in high school didn\’t like"me".
C."I" can correctly spell the word"beautiful"now.
D."I"liked the word"pretty"more than "beautiful".
（4）Which of the following can be used to describe Mrs.White? ______
A.Caring and wise.
B.Honest and brave.
C.Humorous and kind.
D.Friendly and careful.