题目内容：

    I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise assigned a seat by the teacher, I always _________ to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this _________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher _________ I should try out for the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy idea because I didn’t have a good sense of _________, nor did I have the team ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “going for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Taking the _________ to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started attending the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game. Sometimes I’d get _________ and take a shot at the wrong direction—which made me feel really stupid. _________, I wasn’t the only one “new” at the game, so I decided to _________ learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t know “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the _________ and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and exciting. Very soon the competitive part in me was winning over my __________ confidence. With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process— friends who __________ my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much fun!

With my improved self-confidence comes more __________ from teachers and classmates. I have gone from “__________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call __________ to myself, to raising my hand—even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent __________ I had the right answer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

1.A.admitted B.chose C.forbidden D.affected

2.A.reflected B.remained C.changed D.ruined

3.A.admitted B.objected C.suggested D.considered

4.A.balance B.exercise C.angle D.expression

5.A.signal B.impression C.courage D.hesitation

6.A.confused B.bored C.assisted D.frightened

7.A.Effectively B.Regularly C.Historically D.Luckily

8.A.glance at B.concentrate on C.apply for D.have access to

9.A.rules B.structures C.remarks D.gestures

10.A.preference to B.overuse of C.lack of D.expert in

11.A.maintained B.included C.preferred D.respected

12.A.stress B.praise C.wonder D.sigh

13.A.sealing B.lasting C.attracting D.hiding

14.A.attention B.authority C.hostility D.damage

15.A.rude B.normal C.likely D.sure