阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My First Day
I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.And my first day at the new
made me a laughing stock of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my
.I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the ____
of so many pupils on my back made me
inside and I was unable to write a single letter.
"Write your name," the teacher called to me. I
the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name,
the first letter.
Somebody laughed and I became
"Just forget us and write your name," the teacher called and walked to my side,
at me to give me confidence.
"What’ s your name?" she asked. "Richard," I ____
. "Then write it."
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was
again. I tried to
___ my senses but I could remember nothing.I realized how totally I was
and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead
the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud
and my muscles froze. I sat and
myself.Why did I always appear so dumb
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
I could read better than any of them, and I could talk
when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange
make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck
__, 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．afraid |
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| 小题13: | | A．by | B．before | C．from | D．against |
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| 小题14: | | A．laughter | 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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