Look Out High School
It seemed that all the students at Hillside School were really eager to leave and move on to high school — everyone except Neil.
Neil was confused (困惑的). He had no real_______of high school, except that there seemed to be millions of kids-big kids. Neil also didn’t find_______easy and had to read and re-read things many times before he_______what was written on the page. He tried again and again but that didn’t help much. The _______still kept moving about the page.
And at lunchtimes, when the other kids_______the exciting things and the great time at high school, Neil felt left out. He only thought of the hard work and the_______. He’d heard about the long passages to write and the thick books to read, and he knew he’d_______again.
Neil closed himself off from the conversations,_______someone talked about hammers (锤子)and nails (钉子). “Something that didn’t involve (涉及) reading!” he said to himself. “Maybe high school won’t be all that bad after all.”
He started listening more _______to the excited conversation among the kids in his class. Every one of them seemed to be looking forward to moving on. To Neil, it was still the great________, and hard to understand. But, something deep down told him that high school wouldn’t be so bad, so trying his best would certainly be a good start.
1. A.idea | B.area | C.field | D.dream |
2. A.shopping | B.learning | C.teaching | D.driving |
3. A.agreed | B.thought | C.hoped | D.understood |
4. A.teachers | B.books | C.words | D.kids |
5. A.found | B.enjoyed | C.thought | D.discussed |
6. A.playing | B.reading | C.speaking | D.listening |
7. A.fail | B.miss | C.start | D.forget |
8. A.because | B.if | C.until | D.unless |
9. A.usually | B.carefully | C.politely | D.Silently |
10. A.unknown | B.chance | C.time | D.importance |