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Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  16  in high school.

17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛)for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  19  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  20  as the list ended without her name. Feeling  21 , 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  22 . She moved on to English and history, and was  23  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  24 math for the time being.

The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school  25 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as  26  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough  27  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled  28  and left. “Why is high school so  29 ?” she sighed.

Later in  30  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much  31 . 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  32  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  33 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  34  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  35  fish you can be.”

38、  What’s the matter with the man hanging his head there?

Well, if you _______ know, he was caught stealing my car.

   A. must       B. may      C. can      D. shall

37、This is the very place __________ we once had military training.

   A. that      B. which      C. where      D. there

36、It took Mary a long time to __________ a new dress at the store.

   A. pick up      B. pick out       C. take up      D. take out

35、Last year the advertising rate __________ by 20 percent.

   A. raised       B. raising       C. was rising        D. rose

34、 Is __________ necessary to complete the design before National Day?

   A. this      B. that      C. it      D. he

33、The little boy showed great interest __________ chemistry when he was doing the experiment __________ the first time.

A. in; for      B. on; for      C. in; on       D. for; at

32、The bird flu __________ through the world has jumped from birds to humans and has caused some deaths.

   A. sweeps      B. swept      C. sweep      D. sweeping

31、―______.

―I think quite the opposite.

      A. She must be quite satisfied with the progress that has been made.

      B. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to call me!

      C. I wonder if you could come over and help me a while. I just can’t manage it.

      D. Nobody knows what he means. He just keeps his mouth closed all the day.

30、―______.

―I think quite the opposite.

      A. She must be quite satisfied with the progress that has been made.

      B. If you have any question, don’t hesitate to call me!

      C. I wonder if you could come over and help me a while. I just can’t manage it.

      D. Nobody knows what he means. He just keeps his mouth closed all the day.