四、完形填空
The whole school was talking about the coming trip at a winter camp. And everyone was
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, except (除了) me.
“I dislike it,” I told my parents. “I’ll miss you. I’ll look stupid (愚蠢的) at winter sports.”
“You might be surprised, Bree,” said Mum. “The only way to find out is to
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.” “It’s what growing up is all about,” Dad added.
When arriving at the camp, we were asked to
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our fear (害怕). “I’m afraid I’ll be homesick,” someone said. I wasn’t the only one! I began to relax. After lunch, we were asked to ski down to the field. I skied
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, but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down.
“Ha ha!” Behind me, somebody started laughing. I looked back to see who was making fun of me: To my
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, I saw a girl in the same awkward position (笨拙的姿势) as I was in. “I thought I’d be bad at this,
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I’m worse than I imagined!” she said.
Suddenly, I started laughing too. After being so afraid of falling, it was a comfort (安慰) not to fear it any more. At dinner time, I was so happy to be talking about interesting things that I
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to feel homesick. The next day, I had to try ski jumping first, even if I didn’t want to. But when my feet left the ground, I felt I was flying and it was
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.
Maybe Mum was right when she said, “You might
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it if you give it a try!” Maybe the kind of growing up had more to do
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my attitude (态度) than my looks.
(
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) 1. A. caring B. cheerful C. relaxed D. scared
(
C
) 2. A. change B. dream C. try D. fight
(
D
) 3. A. encourage B. raise C. notice D. share
(
C
) 4. A. completely B. easily C. carefully D. quickly
(
D
) 5. A. excitement B. joy C. satisfaction D. surprise
(
C
) 6. A. because B. so C. but D. or
(
A
) 7. A. forgot B. allowed C. began D. stopped
(
B
) 8. A. difficult B. wonderful C. awful D. serious
(
B
) 9. A. develop B. enjoy C. drop D. express
(
D
)10. A. of B. at C. about D. with
