When I was six, I went to a public school. In the school I was  1  the other kids because of my speech and reading problems. All the kids would say, "You are a fool (傻瓜), you are a fool," and so on. I thought they were  2  because all my grades (成绩) show it. I had no  3.

   During the first  4  years of the public school, I was small and clumsy (笨拙的). In the sixth grade, I became interested in  5  . The class had its own sports day every year. Each class would have its own  6  to play against each other. I went out for all of the teams, I was not the best  7  I was not bad. The only thing that I could do was to run  8  . This surprised the other kids  9   I was so clumsy, and then came a lot of more nicknames (绰号) from the kids. I didn't know why they were doing this, and it really  10  me.

   Between the seventh and eighth grade, I started to  11  . In three months, I grew seven inches. At the start of eighth grade, I began to play  12 . I was much bigger than everybody else. I was  13  than most of the backs (后为) we played against. The other team would not run the ball towards me because of my great speed. It was the  14  time that I was really good at  15  and knew it in my life. It was a new feeling of pride.                               

1. A. before       B. between       C. behind        D. among

2. A. wrong       B. right          C. silly          D. noisy

3. A. surprise      B. friendship     C. interest       D. confidence

4. A. five         B. six           C. seven         D. eight

5. A. studies      B. music         C. programs      D. sports

6. A. books       B. singers        C. teams         D. players

7. A. and         B. or            C. but           D. then

8. A. slowly      B. fast           C. hard          D. quietly

9. A. if           B. though        C. because       D. when

10. A. hurt         B. filled         C. frightened     D. encouraged

11. A. fight        B. play          C. grow         D. sing

12.A. ping-pong    B. football       C. volleyball     D. yo-yo

13. A. taller        B. harder        C. cleverer       D. faster

14. A. first         B. second        C. third          D. last

15. A. everything    B. something     C. anything      D. nothing