题目内容：

完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Hard Truth

One day, Marissa noticed a spider(蜘蛛) web, shining in the sunlight. A spider was spinning webs on it. The spider wasn’t trying to be something else, like a butterfly or a bee, Marissa thought. It was happy to be exactly what it was and to do what it was good at.

What came naturally to Marissa was_________. She could paint or draw all day long and never get bored. However, a few weeks ago Marissa signed________for high jump. Because her mother had been a high jump star in school, she thought it would make her mother happy. But now she________ that however hard she worked, she would never be a high jump star like her mother.

One night, halfway through her homework, Marissa fell________ .When she woke up, the clock __________1:00 A.M. Marissa got into a panic. There was still so much________ to do, but she really needed her rest for track（田径） practice. Marissa had always been a good student, but now track was risking her________  .

Then a dark thought ____________ Marissa’s mind. If she ________some of her classes, she would be off the track team. That was one way to solve her problem.

After a week of ________ her homework, letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades, and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had ________ a lot. She walked home with slow heavy steps, knowing her ________ plan had _________.

Just as Marissa had expected, her mother was waiting with the letter in her hand. “What’s happening to your grades? And more importantly, what’s happening to you?” she asked.

With tears in her eyes, Marissa admitted her ________ . “I only joined the track team to make you proud of me. I hated it, ________ I didn’t want to disappoint you. I thought if I were failing in my classes, Coach would kick me off the team. What a ________  I’ve made of everything.”

Marissa watched her mother’s face turn from anger to________. “Marissa, I was always proud of you. You didn’t need to do the high jump to make me happy. Now you have a lot of hard work in front of you because you made a bad ________.”

Marissa thought again about the spider. She realized she had lost sight of her ________ and twisted her web. Now she had to go back and ________  that web.

1.A. music      B. art         C. sport        D. dance

2.A. up         B. off         C. over         D. down

 

3.A. realized   B. wondered    C. insisted     D. remembered

4.A. ill        B. silent     C. asleep       D. apart

5.A. read       B. says        C. wrote       D. hit

6.A. homework   B. research    C. housework    D. practice

7.A. health     B. life        C. grades       D. images

8.A. occurred   B. took        C. crossed     D. appeared

9.A. gave       B. attended   C. took         D. failed

10.A. completingB. copying     C. ignoring     D. preparing

11.A. risen     B. dropped    C. improved     D. meant

12.A. perfect   B. ugly       C. simple       D. serious

13.A. worked    B. made        C. stopped     D. carried

14.A. feeling   B. weakness   C. secret       D. excuse

15.A. and       B. so          C. or           D. but

16.A. surprise B. scare       C. mess         D. joke

17.A. delight   B. concern     C. embarrassment D. disappointment

18.A. speech    B. stop        C. jump         D. choice

19.A. balance   B. example     C. purpose       D. success

20.A. rebuild  B. break       C. find          D. review