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.
小题1: | A.school | B.house | C.office | D.lab |
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小题2: | A.address | B.name | C.website | D.hobby |
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小题3: | A.presence | B.pressure | C.eyes | D.smiles |
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小题4: | A.freeze | B.struggle | C.fall | D.think |
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小题5: | A.took | B.picked | C.carried | D.lifted |
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小题6: | A.still | B.ever | C.even | D.also |
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小题7: | A.delighted | B.nervous | C.disappointed | D.angry |
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小题8: | A.pointing | B.looking | C.smiling | D.waving |
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小题9: | A.whispered | B.explained | C.shouted | D.nodded |
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小题10: | A.empty | B.stupid | C.quiet | D.blank |
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小题11: | A.form | B.collect | C.make | D.catch |
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小题12: | A.fighting | B.feeling | C.failing | D.falling |
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小题13: | A.by | B.before | C.from | D.against |
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小题14: | A.laugh | B.noise | C.cry | D.cheer |
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小题15: | A.calmed | B.hid | C.comforted | D.blamed |
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小题16: | A.where | B.that | C.when | D.because |
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小题17: | A.need | B.doubt | C.wonder | D.use |
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小题18: | A.correctly | B.anxiously | C.clearly | D.freely |
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小题19: | A.faces | B.teachers | C.places | D.classrooms |
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小题20: | A.shaking | B.suffering | C.burning | D.hurting |
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