It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused to  1  for the start of the lesson. As an inexperienced teacher, I tried every means to get them to be  2 , but in vain. My  3  was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly. This was the  4  of my job as a music teacher, I thought — teaching was not for me. Then I had an idea. Hoping that no one would notice that I was  5  inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: “Put your heads on the desks and close your  6 ! We are going on a journey.”

    7 , the children fell silent. “Now what should I do?” I thought to myself. Reaching over to my collection of CDs, I  8  took one out, put it in the machine and played it.

   Obediently (˳´ÓµØ), my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and  9 . When the music started, the room as filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined. All the children were  10 . When the music finished, I asked them all to raise their  11  slowly so that we could share our musical journey.

   At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences, I began to learn how to  12 . The music allow me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles, the knowing and the  13  and, most of all, a(n)  14  of each other. This was the power that  15  in the classroom could have.

1.       A. learn                B. handle           C. settle                   D. solve

2.       A. glad             B. safe             C. kind                 D. quiet

3.       A. panic                B. anger            C. pain                 D. excitement

4.       A. end              B. aim              C. rule                 D. plan

5.       A. guessing         B. shaking          C. responding           D. laughing

6.       A. eyes             B. mouths           C. books                D. doors

7.       A. Punctually           B. Importantly      C. Amazingly            D. Obviously

8.       A. frequently       B. occasionally     C. deliberately         D. blindly

9.       A. slept                B. nodded           C. waited               D. continued

10.    A. talking         B. singing          C. dancing              D. listening

11.    A. legs             B. heads            C. arms                 D. shoulders

12.    A. teach                B. imagine          C. play                 D. understand

13.    A. unprepared       B. unspoken         C. unknown              D. unforgotten

14.    A. tolerance            B. understanding        C. awareness            D. honour

15.    A. games            B. music            C. tears                D. knowledge