Question

  My First Day

I was still shy in the presence of a crowd. And my first day at the new 36 made me a laughing stock（笑柄） of the classroom .I was sent to the blackboard to write my   37 . I knew my name, and knew how to write it , but standing at the blackboard with the  38  of so many pupils on my back made me  39  inside and I was unable to write a single letter.

“Write your name,” the teacher called to me. I  40 the white chalk to the blackboard, as I was about to write, my mind went blank, I could not remember my name,  41 the first letter. Somebody laughed and I became  42 .

“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side,  43 at me to give me confidence.

“What is your name?” she asked.

“Richard,” I   44

“Then write it.”

I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was  45  again. I tried to  46  my senses but I could remember nothing. I realized how totally I was 47 and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead  48 the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud  49 and my muscles froze. I sat and  50  myself. Why did I always appear so dumb  51  I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no  52 I could read better than any of them, and I could talk  53  when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange  54  make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck  55 , hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.  

1.	A．school B．house C．office D．lab

2.	A．address B．name C．website D．hobby

3.	A．presence B．pressure C．eyes D．smiles

4.	A．freeze B．struggle C．fall D．think

5.	A．took B．picked C．carried D．lifted

6.	A．still B．ever C．even D．also

7.	A．delighted B．nervous C．disappointed D．angry

8.	A．pointing B．looking C．smiling D．waving

9.	A．whispered B．explained C．shouted D．nodded

10.	A．empty B．stupid C．quiet D．blank

11.	A．form B．collect C．make D．catch

12.	A．fighting B．feeling C．failing D．falling

13.	A．by B．before C．from D．against

14.	A．laugh B．noise C．cry D．cheer

15.	A．calmed B．hid C．comforted D．blamed

16.	A．where B．that C．when D．because

17.	A．need B．doubt C．wonder D．use

18.	A．correctly B．anxiously C．clearly D．freely

19.	A．faces B．teachers C．places D．classrooms

20.	A．shaking B．suffering C．burning D．hurting

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.A

20.C

【解析】 略