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(拉拉队队员)．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 nest 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．”
You are travelling on an ocean ship when, suddenly a giant wave causes the ship to overturn．Hundreds of people die 1 , but you and several others 2 in the ballroom．Would you stay there and 3 for help? Or would you try, 4 the danger, to find your way out of the ship?
This is the 5 faced by the characters in the film “Poseidon”．
Trapped in the ballroom of the overturned ship, the 6 orders the surviving guests to wait for help．A small group of people 7 to accept this fate．They try to escape, knowing that there will be no way back 8 the captain locks the doors behind them．
At the time of the disaster, each of the characters is trying to overcome personal problems in their own lives．All must face their 9 and make life and death decisions．
Architect Richard Nelson is preparing to kill himself when the wave hits．He feels depressed over the 10 of his relationship with his partner．But he is forced to fight 11 his life, and learns to want to live again．He realizes he must 12 the past and not think too much about the bad．
Robert Ramsey, a fireman, decides to 13 his own life so that his daughter, Jen, 14 live．He swims to the ship’s control room 15 he must press a switch to change the direction of the ship．
He knows he will likely 16 in the process, but just as surely, he knows that it’s the only way his friends can escape．His actions give the others a chance to reach 17 ．They escape from the ship just before it 18 , killing all those waiting inside and Jen’s father as well．All the characters who survive feel 19 to be alive, but they are also aware that their own 20 , bravery and determination saved their own lives．
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