In1973，Iwasteachingelementaryschool．Eachday，27kids（41）___"TheThinkingLaboratory．"Thatwasthe（42）___studentsvotedforafterdecidingthat"Room104"wastoo（43）___．Freddywasanaverage（44）___
In1973，I was teaching elementary school．Each day，27kids（41）___"The Thinking Laboratory．"That was the （42）___students voted for after deciding that"Room 104"was too（43）___．
Freddy was an average（44）___，but not an average person．He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）．He would（45）___ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone's（46）___．
Before the school year（47）___，I gave the kids a special （48）___，T-shirts with the words"Verbs Are Your（49）___"on them．I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull，most of the（50）___things they do throughout their lives will be verbs．
Through the years，I'd run into former students who would provide（51）___ on old classmates．Ilearned that Freddy did several jobs after his（52）___ from high school and remained the same（53）___ person I met forty years before．Once，while working overnight at a store，he let a homeless man（54）___in his truck．Another time，he（55）___a friend money to buy a house．
Just last year，I was（56）___ a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door．A woman（57）___ the interruption and handed me an envelope．I stopped teaching and （58）___it up．Inside were the"Verbs"shirt and a （59）___ from Freddy's monther．"Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving．He wanted you to have this．"
I told the story to the class．As sad as it was，I couldn't help smiling．Although Freddy was taken from us，we all（60）___something from Freddy．
41．A．builtB．enteredC．decoratedD．ran42．A．nameB．ruleC．brandD．plan43．A．smallB．darkC．strangeD．dull44．A．scholarB．studentC．citizenD．worker45．A．speakB．singC．questionD．laugh46．A．misfortuneB．disbeliefC．dishonesty
