四、完形填空
As the teacher pronounced my name, I knew what lay ahead. She called me to the whiteboard to do a long division (除法) problem. Maths was my 1. ______ subject. When doing a long division problem, I always repeatedly put the 2. ______ in the wrong places, or forgot to add in the zeros. 3. ______ I reached the whiteboard, I looked at the blonde-haired girl next to me, trying to copy 4. ______ she was writing. I tried my best, but she went faster than I could understand.
Impossible to understand. Why me? Why couldn't I get my head around this strange concept (概念) that all the other kids understood? Why, even when I tried my hardest to deal with (处理) the division problems?
Why? Why?
I held back salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently.
"Now, class, Susie did this problem 5. ______."
"As for Tara," the teacher said, rolling her eyes, "Gosh, I don't even know what she did."
The class broke into laughter, and I felt my face 6. ______ red and I tried to hide as low as possible in my seat, in hopes of 7. ______ them from seeing me at all.
But this 8. ______ from middle school is one I remember, surprisingly, in a positive (积极的) way. It made me stronger, and gave me determination (决心). When I get a bad grade in school, or am put down by somebody, I think of that moment and every one of those whys that I asked myself, which give me the courage (勇气) to 9. ______ all of those whys. I will continue until perfection, or as 10. ______ as I can get to it.
（ ）1. A. first
B. best
C. worst
D. last
（ ）2. A. numbers
B. work
C. problems
D. news
（ ）3. A. Since
B. If
C. As
D. So
（ ）4. A. how
B. where
C. who
D. what
（ ）5. A. slowly
B. correctly
C. differently
D. highly
（ ）6. A. chose
B. made
C. changed
D. turned
（ ）7. A. letting
B. remembering
C. preventing
D. asking
（ ）8. A. advice
B. problem
C. promise
D. memory
（ ）9. A. get
B. answer
C. look
D. see
（ ）10. A. far
B. possible
C. usual
D. close