55.A.corrected B.supported C.amazed D.refreshed
答案
36.B 37.A 38.C 39.C 40.D 41.D 42.B 43.A 44.D 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.B 50.D 51.A 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.D
Passage 6
(08·天津)
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 next 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.”