【Ronny'sBookRonnylookedlikeeveryotherkidinthefirst-gradeclassroomwhereIvolunteeredastheReadingMom．However，Ronnystoodapartfromhisclassmatesinotherways．Hehadaspeechproblemsohecouldn't（31）___likeotherkidsin】

　　Ronny'sBook

　　Ronnylookedlikeeveryotherkidinthefirst-gradeclassroomwhereIvolunteeredastheReadingMom．However，Ronnystoodapartfromhisclassmatesinotherways．Hehadaspeechproblemsohecouldn't （31）___likeotherkidsinhisgrade．

　　IworkedwithallthestudentsinRonny'sclassonebyonetoimprovetheirreadingskills．OnthedayswhenitwasRonny's （32）___，I'dgivehimasilentsmile，andhe'dflyoutofhischair．Hesatveryclosetomeandopenedthebookasifhewasopeningatreasurenobodyhadeverseen．

　　Iwatchedhisfingersmoveslowlyundereachletterashestruggled（努力） toreadout．Everytimehe （33）___toreadawordwithastrangepronunciation，thebiggestsmilewouldspreadacrosshisfaceandhiseyeswouldshinewith（34）___Itbrokemyhearteachandeverytime．

　　Afewweeksbeforetheschoolyearended，Iheldanawardsceremony（颁奖典礼）．I （35）___Ronnywithabook-oneofthoseLittleGoldenBooksthatonlycost5．Tears （眼泪）randownhisfaceasheheldthebookclosetohimandwentbacktohisseat．Istayedwiththeclassfortherestoftheday．Ronnyneverletgoofthe（36）___，notonce．Itneverlefthishands．

　　Afewdayslater，Ireturnedtotheschooltovisit．I （37）___Ronnyonachairneartheplayground，thebookopeninhislap．Histeachersaid，"Hehasn'tputthatbookdownsinceyougaveittohim．Doyouknowthat'shisfirstbookhe'severactuallyowned？"

　　Keepingbackmytears，IwalkedtowardsRonny，placedmyhandonhisshoulderandasked，"Willyoureadmeyourbook，Ronny？"Andthen，forthenextfewminutes，hereadtomemore （38）___thanI'deverthoughtpossiblefromhim．Thepageswerealreadydog-eared，likethebookhadbeenreadthousandsoftimesalready．Whenhefinishedreading，Ronnyclosedhisbookandsaidwithgreatsatisfaction，"（39）___book!"

　　Whatapowerfulcontribution （贡献）thewriterofthatLittleGoldenBookhadmadeinthelifeofadisadvantagedchild．Atthatmoment，IknewIwouldget（40）___aboutmyownwritinganddowhatthatwriterhaddone，andprobablystilldoes-careenoughtowriteastorythatchangesachild'slife，careenoughtomakeadifference．

　　31．A．readB．copyC．writeD．listen