完形填空"Are you listening, Simon?" Mrs. Jacobs asked.
Simon hardly ever listened in class. 1 was so much better. He wanted to be heard!
"2 you listen, you'll learn something." Mrs. Jacobs said. She tried every day, but 3 never paid attention (集中注意).
That evening, Simon started to feel a little sick (生病的).
The next 4 , when he opened his mouth to say, "Good morning," words didn't come out.
Simon's mother looked at him. "Honey, you've lost your voice (声音)."
"Can I stay at home?" He tried to ask his mother, but 5 came out. Instead (相反), his mother sent him to school.
When he got to school, Mrs. Jacobs said, "6 ," to him, but he just nodded (点头).
Penny raised (举起) her hand. "Mrs. Jacobs, 7 isn't Simon talking?"
"I'm sick. I can't talk." Simon tried to say 8 but no one could understand. He wrote it down instead.
Everyone started talking at once. They were excited, worried, and surprised.
Simon sat in class and felt 9 . Because he couldn't talk to his neighbors. He 10 them talk to each other, but he couldn't even do that. In math class he could hold up fingers (手指) if the 11 was less than 10, but that wasn't fun. He 12 to try to pay attention. It wasn't that bad. He could do his homework that night. It gave him extra (额外的) TV time and game time 13 he finished all his work.
The next day, even though his voice was coming back, he stayed 14 again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he didn't interrupt (插话). He listened and raised his hand to speak.
What a 15 that one day made.