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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new ___1___ in high school. ___2___, 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 ___3___ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the ___4___ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart ___5___ as the list ended without her name. Feeling ___6___, 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 ___7___. She moved on to English and history, and was ___8___ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ___9___ math for the time being. The next day, Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school ___10___. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as ___11___ as Jenna. “I am sorry, but we have enough ___12___ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled ___13___ and left. “ Why is high school so ___14___?” She sighed. Later in ___15___ class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much ___16___. 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 ___17___ at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ___18___. High school was just as her mother had said: “ You will feel like a small fish in a big pond ___19___ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the ___20___ fish you can be.”
1. A. processes B. decisions C. challenges D. exercises 2. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides 3. A. difficult B. easy C. boring D. interesting 4. A. editor B. boss C. candidate D. judge 5. A. jumped B. sank C. stopped D. raced 6. A. strange B. happy C. awful D. lonely 7. A. struggling B. improving C. working D. complaining 8. A. ashamed B. disappointed C. shocked D. relieved 9. A. put up B. prepare for C. worry about D. give up 10. A. committee B. newspaper C. radio D. team 11. A. enthusiastic B. artistic C. sympathetic D. realistic 12. A. speakers B. readers C. cheerleaders D. writers 13. A. widely B. weakly C. excitedly D. brightly 14. A. similar B. ordinary C. different D. familiar 15. A. physics B. history C. English D. math 16. A. pleasure B. hope C. trouble D. sorrow 17. A. fit in B. look out C. stay up D. get around 18. A. swim B. try C. ask D. escape 19. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of 20. A. slimmest B. smallest C. best D. gentlest
