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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

36—40 CBADB                                                 41—45 CADCB                  46—50 ADBCD           51—55 CABDC

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