Jenna,apopulargirlfrom Westwood MiddleSchool,hadgraduat...

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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 41  in high school.

42 , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be  43  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 44  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 45  as the list ended without her name. Feeling 46  , 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 47  . She moved on to English and history, and was 48  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 49  math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 50  . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 51  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough 52  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled 53  and left. “Why is high school so 54  ?” she sighed.

Later in 55  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 56  . 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 57  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 58  . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 59  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 60  fish you can be.”

41. A. processes                  B. decision                    C. challenges                D. exercises

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

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

44. A. editor                        B. boss                         C. candidate                  D. judge

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

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

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

48. A. ashamed                    B. disappointed              C. shocked                   D. relieved

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

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

51. A. enthusiastic                B. artistic                      C. sympathetic                     D. realistic

52. A. speakers                    B. readers                     C. cheerleaders             D. writers

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

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

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

56. A. pleasure                     B. hope                        C. trouble                            D. sorrow

57. A. settle in                      B. look out                    C. stay up                     D. get around

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

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

60. A. slimmest                    B. smallest                    C. best                         D. gentlest

【回答】

 41-45 CBADB                    46-50 CADCB

          51-55 ADBCD                    56-60 CABDC

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空