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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 _. She could paint or draw all day long and never get bored. However, a few weeks ago Marissa signed __42__for 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 that however hard she worked, she would never be a high jump star like her mother.
One night, halfway through her homework, Marissa fell 44 she woke up, the clock __45___1:00 A.M. Marissa got into a panic. There was still so much 46 to do, but she really needed her rest for track(田径) practice. Marissa had always been a good student, but now track was risking her 47 .
Then a dark thought ___48___ Marissa’s mind. If she 49 some of her classes, she would be off the track team. That was one way to solve her problem.
After a week of 50 her homework, letters had been mailed out to parents listing grades, and Marissa knew the letters would show that her grades had 51 a lot. She walked home with slow heavy steps, knowing her 52 plan had __53___.
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 . “I only joined the track team to make you proud of me. I hated it, 55 I didn’t want to disappoint you. I thought if I were failing in my classes, Coach would kick me off the team. What a 56 I’ve made of everything.”
Marissa watched her mother’s face turn from anger to 57 . “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 .”
Marissa thought again about the spider. She realized she had lost sight of her 59 and twisted her web. Now she had to go back and 60 that web.
41. A. music B. art C. sport D. dance
42. A. up B. off C. over D. down
43. A. realized B. wondered C. insisted D. remembered
44. A. ill B. silent C. asleep D. apart
45. A. read B. says C. wrote D. hit
46. A. homework B. research C. housework D. practice
47. A. health B. life C. grades D. images
48. A. occurred B. took C. crossed D. appeared
49. A. gave B. attended C. took D. failed
50. A. completing B. copying C. ignoring D. preparing
51. A. risen B. dropped C. improved D. meant
52. A. perfect B. ugly C. simple D. serious
53. A. worked B. made C. stopped D. carried
54. A. feeling B. weakness C. secret D. excuse
55. A. and B. so C. or D. but
56. A. surprise B. scare C. mess D. joke
57. A. delight B. concern C. embarrassment D. disappointment
58. A. speech B. stop C. jump D. choice
59. A. balance B. example C. purpose D. success
60. A. rebuild B. break C. find D. review
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知识点:人物传记 故事阅读类
题型:完型填空
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