39. What does the author mainly want to say?

A. Your second-choice college may actually by your best fit.

B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools.

C. You should try your best to attend your dream school.

D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame.

B

People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental conditional that can be cured. I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability. It’s something we are born with and something we carry with us in our entire lives. There are too many people, however, who seem to be determined to find some way of doing away with their shyness. In my opinion, it’s a waste of time. I don’t mean that we should do nothing about it; quite the contrary, I think we need to separate the basis fact of our shyness from our ability to take part in a social environment.

Look at one of the most famous shy people of them all, Johnny Carson. This man is painfully shy, yet for decades he made a living talking and associating(交往)with different people every night, in front of a national audience. Carson has never done away with his shyness, but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be, not just a talk show host, but a legend(传奇)among talk show hosts. Look also at Sally Fields, who has recently admitted her problem with shyness. This is a woman who has appeared in many films, TV shows and interviews, yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.

I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity(不安全感)and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do. As we grow up and become adults, we allow our social skills to grow and develop. But we are still stuck in kindergarten or elementary school or wherever our shyness took root in our soul.

38. In Paragraph 5, “offered me a full ride” can be replaced by “____________”.

A. would pay for transport to the school

B. would show me around the campus

C. would offer free meals at all events

D. would charge me nothing for tuition

37. We can learn from the passage that the parents were ____________ .

A. honest　　　　 B. strict　　　　 C. supportive　　　　 D. decisive

36. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter?

A. He was full of joy.　　　　　　　 B. He was lost in his dream.

C. He was worried about the money.

D. He was uncertain which school to go to.

34. A. honor　　　　　　　　　　 B. sense　　　　　　　　　　　 C. happiness　　　　　　　　　 D. pride

33. A. forgot　　　　　　　　　 B. recognized　　　　　　　 C. considered　　　　　　　　 D. regretted

32. A. ugly　　　　　　　　　　　 B. lasting　　　　　　　　　　 C. serious　　　　　　　　　　　 D. frightening

31. A. pointed　　　　　　　　 B. showed　　　　　　　　　 C. wiped　　　　　　　　　　　 D. touched

30. A. helpless　　　　　　　　 B. hopeless　　　　　　　　 C. senseless　　　　　　　　　 D. useless