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第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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 next 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.”
16. A. processes B. decision
C. challenges D. exercises
17. A. Therefore B. However
C. Otherwise D. Besides
18. A. difficult B. easy
C. boring D. interesting
19. A. editor B. boss
C. candidate D. judge
20. A. jumped B. sank
C. stopped D. raced
21. A. strange B. happy
C. awful D. lonely
22. A. struggling B. improving
C. working D. complaining
23. A. ashamed B. disappointed
C. shocked D. relieved
24. A. put up B. prepare for
C. worry about D. give up
25. A. committee B. newspaper
C. radio D. team
26. A. enthusiastic B. artistic
C. sympathetic D. realistic
27. A. speakers B. readers
C. cheerleaders D. writers
28. A. widely B. weakly
C. excitedly D. brightly
29. A. similar B. ordinary
C. different D. familiar
30. A. physics B. history
C. English D. math
31. A. pleasure B. hope
C. trouble D. sorrow
32. A. fit in B. look out
C. stay up D. get around
33. A. swim B. try
C. ask D. escape
34. A. in return for B. in case of
C. in terms of D. instead of
35. A. slimmest B. smallest
C. best D. gentlest
