II．完形填空。從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選擇一個正確答案，并填在答題紙相應的位置上。(本大題共15小題，每小題1分，共15分)

Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)

 Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new   16   in high school. However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽)for cheerleaders(拉拉隊隊員). She was competing against very  talented girls, and she knew it would be   17   for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  18   read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart   19   as the list ended without her name. Feeling   20   , 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   21   . She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to   22   math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school   23    . Mrs. Biden

wasn’t as   24   as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough writers for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled   25   and left. “Why is high school so  26   ?” she sighed.

 Later in   27   class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much   28   . 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 fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to   29    . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond   30   a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.”

16. A. processes                B. decision          C. challenges      D. exercises

17. A. difficult                  B. easy                C. boring            D. interesting

18. A. editor                     B. boss                C. candidate        D. judge

19. A. jumped                  B. sank                C. stopped           D. raced

20. A. strange                   B. happy             C. awful             D. lonely

21. A. struggling              B. improving        C. working         D. complaining

22. A. put up                    B. prepare for      C. worry about    D. give up

23. A. committee               B. newspaper       C. radio              D. team

24. A. enthusiastic            B. artistic            C. sympathetic     D. realistic

25. A. widely                   B. weakly            C. excitedly         D. brightly

26. A. similar                   B. ordinary          C. different         D. familiar

27. A. physics                  B. history             C. English          D. math

28. A. pleasure                  B. hope                C. trouble            D. sorrow

29. A. swim                     B. try                  C. ask                D. escape

30. A. in return for           B. in case of         C. in terms of     D. instead of