Wearing traditional Chinese shoes, Diane Berthelot walked around her classroom to check and correct the students’ pronunciation

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问题     Wearing traditional Chinese shoes, Diane Berthelot walked around her classroom to check and correct the students’ pronunciation as they read English novels aloud in groups.
    Students in each group of three or four were asked to take【C1】________in reading a section of a popular book, be it Twilight, Jurassic Park or Danny Wallace’ s Hamish series, . and the others would listen and point out the mistakes in their classmates’ pronunciation.

    This is a typical scene in Berthelot’s class, an American who has been teaching English at the Hubei University of Technology in Wuhan, Central China’ s Hubei province, for over nine years.
    Berthelot believes in keeping learning simple. By looking at the teaching methods being used and talking with local teachers from various grades, she created a unique teaching methodology that enables students to learn faster by creating a strong【C2】________(found).
    "Mrs. Berthelot has corrected the mistakes in my pronunciation and changed some of my ideas. I’ m lucky to have a teacher like her who is【C3】________(competence) and easygoing," says Lin Ling, a freshman at the university.
    Back in her hometown in the United States, Berthelot used to work for a large insurance company and had always wanted to be a teacher and travel around the world.
    She first showed her talent for teaching English when she helped her Chinese sister-in-law overcome her difficulties while learning the English language. The latter encouraged her to go to China to pursue her dream.
    "Having the opportunity to come here and become a teacher is【C4】________my dream come true," says Berthelot.
    During the COVID-19 epidemic that had hit Wuhan hard, Berthelot decided to stay and moved her classes online. She says she did not panic at all because the university took good【C5】________of her.

    "I think the way China handled it (COVID-19) was to be commended. Everything was done in such a way【C6】________to make it the least difficult on the people," she comments.
    Over the years, she was most impressed by the rapid changes that have taken place in Wuhan and China as a whole. New buildings and streets have sprung up, and cities have turned greener.
    "I have never seen a country grow as quickly as China has," she says.
    China will build itself into a country strong in culture, education, talent and sports by 2035, according to a communique【C7】________(release) after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in late October.
    In Berthelot’ s eyes, the country is already in the process of realizing that goal. The changes are being felt through the improvement of students.
    " Just look at the students. Every【C8】ge________is getting better and better," says Berthelot.
    Berthelot’ s experience as a teacher has constantly brought her a strong sense of【C9】ach________. She still remembers when a student from her first year of teaching came back to visit her and told her that she had changed his life.
    "That made me feel so good," she says, smiling.
    After this term, Berthelot will go back and【C10】reu________with her family in the US state of Florida.
    She will bring back various traditional Chinese ornaments that she has always been fond of and tell her grandchildren stories about China and the Chinese people she met who have become her friends and family.
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答案competent

解析 该句的意思是“我很幸运能有一位像她这样有能力又平易近人的老师”。空白处位于be动词is后且与easying并列,所以填入形容词。根据所给单词线索,故填入competent。
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