阅读下面短文,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
The summer I turned 12 years old. I wished to grow up more quickly.
Summer camp was coming and I didn’t want to attend it. And I was so worried about my ________ that I’d got into a big argument with my mom.
“But I’ll ________ it!” I cried. I was certain that everyone would see me as nothing, just a short girl.
“Everything will be fine. You won’t know anything ________ you get there,” my mom comforted me. And later, I had to ________.
On Monday, my camp teacher Maggie told us about the climbing course, and I felt uneasy when I saw the wall. I was the ________ one to try to climb that huge wall. It might have been ten floors high, and I knew that I had no ________ to succeed. But I had to, after the other campers finished. I asked for a “short person’s pass”, smiling ________ and walking around the wall.
“You know, Amy, what the mind can believe, the heart can achieve.” ________ Maggie, “I’d really like you to do your best to ________ the wall.”
Quickly, an idea came into my mind. I pretended (假装) to hurt my knee ________ I didn’t need to do it.
“How’s the knee? Does it hurt a lot?” Maggie asked. She was so kind, which made me feel ________ because I didn’t like to lie.
Maggie was really patient, telling me how I could climb the wall. And some campers were there cheering for ________ showing their great friendliness.
I didn’t want to ________ anymore, and I didn’t want to give up again. I could see how much everyone believed in me, and I wanted to show them how much I valued their ________, so I kept trying.
And then something ________ happened — I made it! “What the mind can believe, the heart can achieve,” Maggie reminded me. And this time I knew it was true.
1. A.hair | B.health | C.weight | D.height |
2. A.hate | B.beat | C.accept | D.manage |
3. A.if | B.after | C.until | D.because |
4. A.agree | B.explain | C.refuse | D.shout |
5. A.first | B.last | C.only | D.right |
6. A.risk | B.time | C.chance | D.pressure |
7. A.happily | B.proudly | C.weakly | D.strangely |
8. A.ordered | B.repeated | C.introduced | D.encouraged |
9. A.build up | B.get over | C.pull down | D.knock at |
10. 11. A.bad | B.angry | C.bored | D.lonely |
12. 13. A.try | B.lie | C.practise | D.compete |
14. A.dream | B.decision | C.support | D.success |
15. A.funny | B.creative | C.popular | D.amazing |