Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new
1 in high school.
2 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be
3 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the
4 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart
5 as the list ended without her name. Feeling
6 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was
7 . She moved on to English and history, and was
8 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to
9 math for the time being.
The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school
10 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as
11 as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough
12 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled
13 and left. “Why is high school so
14 ?” she sighed.
Later in
15 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much
16 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to
17 at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to
18 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond
19 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the
20 fish you can be.”
| 小题1: | | A．processes | B．exercises | C．challenges | D．decision |
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| 小题2: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Otherwise | D．However |
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| 小题3: | | A．difficult | B．interesting | C．boring | D．easy |
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| 小题4: | | A．editor | B．judge | C．candidate | D．boss |
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| 小题5: | | A．jumped | B．raced | C．stopped | D．sank |
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| 小题6: | | A．strange | B．lonely | C．awful | D．happy |
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| 小题7: | | A．struggling | B．complaining | C．working | D．improving |
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| 小题8: | | A．ashamed | B．relieved | C．shocked | D．disappointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．put up | B．give up | C．worry about | D．prepare for |
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| 小题10: | | A．committee | B．team | C．radio | D．newspaper |
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| 小题11: | | A．enthusiastic | B．realistic | C．sympathetic | D．artistic |
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| 小题12: | | A．speakers | B．writers | C．cheerleaders | D．readers |
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| 小题13: | | A．widely | B．brightly | C．excitedly | D．weakly |
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| 小题14: | | A．similar | B．familiar | C．different | D．ordinary |
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| 小题15: | | A．physics | B．math | C．English | D．history |
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| 小题16: | | A．pleasure | B．sorrow | C．trouble | D．hope |
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| 小题17: | | A．fit in | B．get around | C．stay up | D．look out |
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| 小题19: | | A．in return for | B．instead of | C．in terms of | D．in case of |
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| 小题20: | | A．slimmest | B．gentlest | C．best | D．smallest |
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