Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new
16 in high school.17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be
18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the
19 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart
20 as the list ended without her name. Feeling
21 , 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
22 . She moved on to English and history, and was
23 to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to
24 math for the time being.
The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school
25 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as
26 as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough
27 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled
28 and left. “Why is high school so
29 ?” she sighed.
Later in
30 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much
31 . 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
32 at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to
33 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond
34 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 35 fish you can be.”
| 小题1: | | A．processes | B．decision | C．challenges | D．exercises |
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| 小题2: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Otherwise | D．Besides |
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| 小题3: | | A．difficult | B．easy | C．boring | D．interesting |
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| 小题4: | | A．editor | B．boss | C．candidate | D．judge |
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| 小题5: | | A．jumped | B．sank | C．stopped | D．raced |
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| 小题6: | | A．strange | B．happy | C．awful | D．lonely |
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| 小题7: | | A．struggling | B．improving | C．working | D．complaining |
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| 小题8: | | A．ashamed | B．disappointed | C．shocked | D．relieved |
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| 小题9: | | A．put up | B．prepare for | C．worry about | D．give up |
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| 小题10: | | A．committee | B．newspaper | C．radio | D．team |
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| 小题11: | | A．enthusiastic | B．artistic | C．sympathetic | D．realistic |
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| 小题12: | | A．speakers | B．readers | C．cheerleaders | D．writers |
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| 小题13: | | A．widely | B．weakly | C．excitedly | D．brightly |
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| 小题14: | | A．similar | B．ordinary | C．different | D．familiar |
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| 小题15: | | A．physics | B．history | C．English | D．math |
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| 小题16: | | A．pleasure | B．hope | C．trouble | D．sorrow |
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| 小题17: | | A．fit in | B．look out | C．stay up | D．get around |
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| 小题19: | | A．in return for | B．in case of | C．in terms of | D．instead of |
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| 小题20: | | A．slimmest | B．smallest | C．best | D．gentlest |
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