题目内容：

My Boxing Experience

This year I joined boxing class. My friend Lea and I were the only ________ in the class.     We got to throw our first punches (拳击) and learned how we should stand. I still didn’t know how to do it well, but I felt that choosing the boxing class was the right decision. Mr. Vernon, our boxing teacher, made us work hard and sweat. The boxing pads (拳击护具) were my favorite, but my punches weren’t ________ enough.

After participating in more practices, we had learned how to punch in six different ways. The boys were improving a lot on their strength, and Lea with her speed, and me? Well, I had a hard time seeing the ________. Mr. Vernon would always tell me that practice would make me stronger, and this is what helped motivate me to ________.

Each practice there was at least one boy who would ________ me and say, “Oh you’re too short to box. Mr. Vernon has to ________ down when you are on the boxing pads; oh you’re not strong enough; you punch like a mouse.”

I know those comments were not to ________ me, but just to have fun. It’s true, I’m a small and short person and I did lack confidence; but hearing those comments can either bring you ________, or make you feel motivated to show them they are ________. In my case, they started to discourage me. I didn’t have the strength to think they were wrong, and a part of me thought that they were speaking the ________. I hid it inside my heart because I thought that showing that I was ________ myself would make it worse.

I remember one particular practice where I was mad and angry, and my punches suddenly felt stronger and faster. I was ________, yet I had a feeling in me that it was there all along. I just didn’t have that ________ in me. After practice, Mr. Vernon pointed out that I was getting stronger and better, which really made me feel more ________ and showed me that what the others were saying about me was wrong. I had ________ found the strength I needed. The following practices, Mr. Vernon was impressed with my hooks and uppercuts, because they were getting ________.

This experience taught me that boxing requires a lot of work and effort, but it also taught me not to feel ________ about what people say. If you focus on your strong points and improve on your ________ ones, there is no reason for you to feel disappointed. Boxing taught me how to fight, and defend myself physically and mentally, and show that short girls can do anything if they have the ________ to prove people wrong. Being short doesn’t ________ me and definitely does not limit me from doing things that tall or stronger people can do.

1.A.girls B.boys C.teenagers D.adults

2.A.large B.strong C.accurate D.quick

3.A.difference B.grade C.point D.judgement

4.A.relax B.change C.return D.continue

5.A.wave goodbye to B.take advantage of C.pay attention to D.make fun of

6.A.look B.sit C.bend D.turn

7.A.teach B.hurt C.amuse D.warn

8.A.down B.back C.along D.in

9.A.rude B.wrong C.funny D.simple

10.A.result B.word C.truth D.reason

11.A.fooling B.doubting C.convincing D.criticizing

12.A.surprised B.worried C.moved D.disappointed

13.A.relief B.fear C.anger D.interest

14.A.regretful B.comfortable C.embarrassed D.confident

15.A.eagerly B.finally C.gradually D.gratefully

16.A.normal B.reliable C.harmful D.powerful

17.A.discouraged B.ashamed C.annoyed D.confused

18.A.small B.old C.weak D.shining

19.A.experience B.curiosity C.attention D.motivation

20.A.want B.help C.define D.forgive