19.The Hard Truth
One day,Marissa noticed a spider(蜘蛛) web,shining in the sunlight.A spider was spinning webs on it.The spider wasn't trying to be something else,like a butterfly or a bee,Marissa thought.It was happy to be exactly what it was and to do what it was good at.
What came naturally to Marissa was(41)B.She could paint or draw all day long and never get bored.However,a few weeks ago Marissa signed(42)Afor high jump.Because her mother had been a high jump star in school,she thought it would make her mother happy.But now she(43)Athat how ever hard she worked,she would never be a high jump star like her mother.One night,halfway through her homework,Marissa fell (44)D.When she woke up,the clock(45)B1:00 A.M.Marissa got into a panic.There was still so much(46)A to do,but she really needed her rest for track(田徑) practice.Marissa had always been a good student,but now track was risking her(47)B.
Then a dark thought(48)DMarissa's mind.If she(49)Dsome of her classes,she would be off the track team.That was one way to solve her problem.After a week of(50)Dher homework,letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades,and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had(51)Ca lot.She walked home with slow heavy steps,knowing her(52)Bplan had(53)D.Just as Marissa had expected,her mother was waiting with the letter in her hand."What's happening to your grades?And more importantly,what's happening to you?"she asked.With tears in her eyes,Marissa admitted her(54)C."I only joined the track team to make you proud of me.I hated it,(55)AI didn't want to disappoint you.I thought if I were failing in my class es,Coach would kick me off the team.What a(56)AI've made of everything."
Marissa watched her mother's face turn from anger to(57)C."Marissa,I was always proud of you.You didn't need to do the high jump to make me happy.Now you have a lot of hard work in front of you because you made a bad(58)B."
Marissa thought again about the spider.She realized she had lost sight of her(59)Cand twisted her web.Now she had to go back and(60)Athat web.
41.A.music | B.art | C.sport | D.dance |
42.A.up | B.off | C.down | D.over |
43.A.realized | B.insisted | C.wondered | D.remembered |
44.A.ill | B.silent | C.apart | D.asleep |
45.A.says | B.read | C.wrote | D.truck |
46.A.homework | B.practice | C.housework | D.research |
47.A.life | B.grades | C.health | D.images |
48.A.occurred | B.took | C.appeared | D.crossed |
49.A.attended | B.gave | C.took | D.failed |
50.A.preparing | B.copying | C.ignoring | D.completing |
51.A.risen | B.improved | C.dropped | D.meant |
52.A.strange | B.ugly | C.simple | D.serious |
53.A.carried | B.made | C.stopped | D.worked |
54.A.feeling | B.excuse | C.secret | D.weakness |
55.A.but | B.so | C.and | D.or |
56.A.mess | B.scare | C.surprise | D.joke |
57.A.delight | B.embarrassment | C.concern | D.disappointment |
58.A.jump | B.choice | C.speech | D.stop |
59.A.success | B.example | C.purpose | D.balance |
60.A.rebuild | B.review | C.find | D.break |