“Imagine you are walking along the road. Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into laughter. You feel very  1  and think the world is laughing at you. But in fact, five minutes later, they have  2  it ever happened.” The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn’t agree with the _ 3   . He thinks the best thing to do in this kind of situation is to pretend nothing has happened, and so avoid   4   trouble.  I admit that we should keep   5     because “Your tears will only remind others of what happened, while your   6   can let them forget it.” But this is far from satisfactory. We should do everything to make things better.

I used to be a(n)    7   girl and not very good at math. Our new math teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head in  8   when I couldn’t answer it. “If you don’t know the answer, just tell me.” the teacher said, “If you don’t, how can I know whether you know the answer or not?” All of my classmates burst into laughter. My face turned red but the teacher  9  me to go to the blackboard and  10  what I knew. If I had  11   the words in the article, I would have given up. But I tried my best. And to everyone’s   12 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said, “Well done! I   13   you could do it!” Since then, I have become active in math as well as in other subjects. I used to think doing math exercises was a waste of time. But now, I know whatever I do can make things better. Everyone is the  14   of his own fate.

If we make mistakes, we should take on an active  15  . Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

1. A. nervous       B. excited          C. afraid                D. embarrassed

2. A. realized       B. recognized       C. forgotten          D. remembered

3. A. speaker       B. reader           C. announcer         D. author

4. A. ordinary      B. extra            C. necessary          D. usual

5. A. confident     B. smart            C. calm              D. strong

6. A. smile         B. worry            C. courage           D. satisfaction

7. A. shy           B. energetic         C. happy             D. clever

8. A. joy           B. pride             C. shame            D. surprise

9. A. forced        B. invited            C. asked         D. pushed

10. A. bring up      B. put down         C. think about        D. show off

11. A. obeyed       B. suspected         C. rejected           D. understood

12. A. expectation    B. disappointment    C. delight           D. surprise

13. A. hoped        B. knew             C. doubted          D. regretted

14. A. architect      B. owner            C. host              D. inspector

15. A. position       B. attitude           C. value            D. response

“Imagine you are walking along the road． Suddenly you fall over and all the passers-by burst into laughter．You feel very  1  and think the world is laughing at you．But in fact, five minutes later, they have  2  it ever happened．” The other day when I came across these words in an article, I didn’t agree with the 3   ．

The author thinks the best thing to do in this kind of  4  is to pretend nothing has happened, and so avoid  5  trouble．

I admit that we should keep  6  because “Your tears will only remind others of what happened, while your  7  can let them forget it．” But this is far from satisfactory．We should do  8  to make things better．

I used to be a（n） 9  girl and not very good at maths．Our new maths teacher asked me a question and I still remember how I hung my head in  10  when I couldn’t answer it．

“If you don’t know the answer, just tell me．” the teacher said, “If you don’t, how can I know  11  you know the answer or not?” All of my classmates burst into laughter． My face turned red but the teacher  12  me to go to the blackboard and  13  what I knew． If I had  14  the words in the article, I would have given up． But I tried my best． And to everyone’s  15 , I succeeded! The teacher smiled and said, “Well done! I  16  you could do it!”

Since then, I have become active in maths as  17  as in other subjects． I used to think doing maths exercises was a waste of time． But now, I know  18 I do can make things better． Everyone is the  19 of his own fate．

If we make mistakes, we should take on an active  20．Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone．

1． A． nervous           B． excited        C． afraid                  D． embarrassed

2． A． realized          B． recognized      C． forgotten         D． remembered

3． A． speaker          B． reader          C． author            D． announcer

4． A． environment     B． surrounding     C． condition          D． situation

5． A． ordinary          B． extra           C． common          D． usual

6． A． confident        B． smart              C． calm             D． strong

7． A． smile            B． worry          C． courage          D． satisfaction

8． A． anything        B． something       C． nothing           D． everything,

9． A． shy               B． energetic           C． happy            D． clever

10． A． joy            B． pride            C． shame            D． surprise

11． A． what           B． that               C． when            D． whether

12． A． forced         B． invited            C． asked                 D． pushed

13． A． bring up        B． put down       C． think about          D． show off

14． A． obeyed           B． suspected       C． rejected            D． understood

15． A． expectation   B． disappointment   C． surprise            D． delight

16． A． hoped            B． knew         C． doubted            D． regretted

17． A． long            B． far                 C． soon             D． well

18． A． whoever       B． whenever       C． wherever                 D． whatever

19． A． architect        B． owner          C． host                   D． inspector

20． A． position        B． attitude         C． value              D． response