PERSONAL NOTE OF THE MONTH Name: Mr. Huy Role in others’ lives: A former bus driver known for encouraging teenagers in his neighbourhood Not...

PERSONAL NOTE OF THE MONTH

Name: Mr. Huy

Role in others’ lives: A former bus driver known for encouraging teenagers in his neighbourhood

Not everyone who shapes a dream does so in public. For many local students, Mr. Huy became that person quietly. After work, he often asked simple but serious questions about their plans, fears, and effort. His words were direct, thoughtful, and (7) __________ enough to point to exactly what each student needed to change. He believed that success depended less on sudden confidence and more on daily habit. (8) __________ family expectations, self-doubt, and repeated failure, several students said they kept going because he made progress feel possible. Some followed academic goals; (9) __________ chose music, design, or technical work. What mattered was that he pushed them to (10) __________ their own excuses for what they really were and face the real reason they were hesitating. Years later, many still speak of the quiet (11) __________ his guidance had on their choices. His story shows that motivation is not always a dramatic moment, but sometimes a lasting (12) __________ of strength.

Question 7: A. precise        B. restrained        C. lucid        D. refined

Question 8: A. Unlike        B. Beyond        C. Despite        D. Against

Question 9: A. every other        B. all others        C. others        D. the others

Question 10: A. brush aside        B. see through        C. fall back on        D. put up with

Question 11: A. pressure        B. leverage        C. authority        D. influence

Question 12: A. amount        B. source        C. number        D. portion