Sam worried about the maths exam that day. He was good at it _________ he had been doing badly for the past two tests. It was important for him to do well in the third one as Darren, one of his classmates, had laughed at him about his poor _________.
Soon, Mrs White _________ the classroom with the test papers in hand. Sam was so _________ that he could not even hold his pen properly. Darren turned around and said to Sam, “You are hopeless at _________.” Sam retorted (反驳) by calling him names. However, once Sam started to work, he wrote very _________ and didn’t even look up until he had completed the paper. Jabbing (戳) Darren in the back with a pen, Sam called him a “slow coach” and said that he had _________ completed the paper.
After a while, everyone finished the paper. As it was a short paper, Mrs White _________ to mark the papers in class. Sam couldn’t _________ the work that he was supposed to do as he couldn’t help looking at Mrs White. He wondered __________ he had done well.
Fifteen minutes later, Mrs White told the students to stop __________ work. She had a smile on her face. “Most of you have done very well. However, Darren didn’t do as well as he usually does,” she said. Sam looked at Darren proudly. He was __________ to hear that Darren hadn’t done well. “Sam, you did badly too,” continued Mrs White. Sam __________ his head in shame.
After class, Mrs White said to Darren and Sam seriously, “I know you’ve been laughing at each other __________ doing badly recently. I hope you can try to compete with yourselves to better your own marks.” Finally, the boys apologized to each other. They agreed to stop __________ fun of each other and work harder for the next test.
16. 17. A.choices | B.excuses | C.marks | D.reasons |
18. A.entered | B.swept | C.left | D.passed |
19. A.cold | B.weak | C.angry | D.nervous |
20. A.maths | B.physics | C.history | D.chemistry |
21. A.easily | B.quickly | C.clearly | D.properly |
22. A.also | B.only | C.still | D.already |
23. A.refused | B.promised | C.decided | D.remembered |
24. A.take pride in | B.pay attention to | C.stay away from | D.look forward to |
25. A.how | B.why | C.when | D.whether |
26. 27. A.happy | B.sorry | C.afraid | D.surprised |
28. A.nodded | B.hung | C.raised | D.shook |
29. 30. A.make | B.to make | C.makes | D.making |