题目内容：

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(啦啦队队员). 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 was8   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’m 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 mom 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．exercises       C．challenges D．decision

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

17.               A．fit in           B．get around      C．stay up    D．look out

 

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

 

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

 

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