Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 36 in high school.

37 , high school was different. In her 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 　38 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 　39 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 　40 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 　41 , 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 　42 . She moved on to English and history, and was 　43 to find that she didn't have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 　44 math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 　45 . Mrs. Biden wasn't as 　46 as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough 　47 for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 　48 and left. “Why is high school so 　49 ?” she sighed(叹息).

Later in 　50 class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problem that have given her so much 51 . By the end of class, she understood how to give them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 　52 at her new school. She wasn't sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 53 . High school was just as her mom said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 　54 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 　55 fish you can be.”

36. A. difficulties　　　　　 B. decisions　　　　　　　　 C. challenges　　　　　　　 D. exercises

37. A. Therefore　　　　　 B. However　　　　　　　　 C. Otherwise　　　　　　　 D. Besides

38. A. difficult　　　　　　　 B. easy　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. boring　　　　　　　　　　 D. interesting

39. A. editor　　　　　　　　 B. boss　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. professor　　　　　　　　 D. judge

40. A. jumped　　　　　　　 B. sank　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. stopped　　　　　　　　　 D. raced

41. A. strange　　　　　　　 B. happy　　　　　　　　　　　 C. awful　　　　　　　　　　　 D. lonely

42. A. struggling　　　　　 B. improving　　　　　　　　 C. working　　　　　　　　　 D. complaining

43. A. ashamed　　　　　　 B. disappointed　　　　　　 C. shocked　　　　　　　　　 D. happy

44. A. put up　　　　　　　　 B. prepare for　　　　　　　 C. worry about　　　　　　 D. give up

45. A. committee　　　　　 B. newspaper　　　　　　　 C. radio　　　　　　　　　　　 D. team

46. A. enthusiastic　　　　 B. artistic　　　　　　　　　　 C. energetic　　　　　　　　 D. realistic

47. A. speakers　　　　　　 B. readers　　　　　　　　　　 C. directors　　　　　　　　 D. writers

48. A. widely　　　　　　　 B. weakly　　　　　　　　　　 C. excitedly　　　　　　　　 D. brightly

49. A. similar　　　　　　　 B. ordinary　　　　　　　　　 C. different　　　　　　　　　 D. familiar

50. A. physics　　　　　　　 B. history　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. English　　　　　　　　　　 D. math

51. A. pleasure　　　　　　　　　　 B. hope　　　　　　　　　　　 C. trouble　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. sadness

52. A. fit in　　　　　　　　　 B. look out　　　　　　　　　 C. stay up　　　　　　　　　　 D. get around

53. A. swim　　　　　　　　 B. try　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. ask　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. escape

54. A. in return for　　　 B. in case of　　　　　　　　 C. in terms of　　　　　　　 D. instead of

55. A. liveliest　　　　　　　 B. smallest　　　　　　　　　 C. best　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. gentlest

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 46 ．All the kids had been working hard for some time, reviewing their 47 ．If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to 　 48 them in September．There were usually a few who 　 49　 , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them．She had worked hard all year, but she was working so hard that her mother 50　 her．She went to bed too late．The night before the big day, her mother 51 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill．She promised to 52　 her up in the morning．

Jane was too 53　 to fall asleep．Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject．At last, the　 54 did work．In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer　 55　 of the questions．Everyone 56 her was writing pages and pages． 57　 she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about．From time to time she looked at her 58 ．

Time was running　 59 ．There was only an hour to　 60 ．She started one question, wrote two sentences,　 61　 and tried another．With only half an hour left she wrote　 62　 two sentences．By this time she was so worried that she started　 63 ．Her whole body shook．It shook so much that she woke up．She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible　 64 ．A minute later,　 65　 called her name．

　 46. A．harvests　 B．exams　　　 C．reports　　 D．papers

　 47. A．exercises B．jobs　 C．books　　　 D．lessons

　 48. A．take B．write C．attend　　　 D．do

　 49. A．cheated　 B．succeeded C．passed　　 D．failed

　 50. A．cared for B．felt proud of　　 C．worried about　 D．thought highly of

　 51. A．insisted　 B．agreed　　 C．promised D．allowed

　 52. A．ring B．wake C．bring D．pick

　 53. A．sad　 B．tired C．happy　　　 D．nervous

　 54. A．dream　　 B．pill　　 C．suggestion　　　 D．music

　 55. A．all　 B．none C．any　 D．some

　 56. A．ahead of B．behind　　 C．in front of D．around

　 57. A．Unless　　 B．However　　　　 C．Though　　 D．As

　 58. A．watch　　 B．paper C．teacher　　 D．book

　 59. A．up　 B．down C．out　 D．over

　 60. A．run　 B．leave C．remain　　 D．go

　 61. A．gave out B．gave up　　 C．put off　　 D．put out

　 62. A．another　 B．more C．other D．the other

　 63. A．thinking　 B．dreaming　 C．crying　　 D．writing

　 64. A．exam　　　 B．dream　　　 C．story D．night

　 65. A．her mother　　 B．her teacher　　　　　　 C．a classmate　　　　　　 D．a friend