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　　For most of us, success in school has very little to do with actual learning．The most important thing you have to master is how to play the grade(分数)games．　　1　　 you think out your own strategies(策略)for getting high marks, everything 　　2　　 up to you．You may be 　　3　　 to a well-known college or win a scholarship, 　　4　　 to mention gaining the admiration(赞美)of your teachers and parents．

　　But not everyone does well on tests．At 　　5　　, it can almost turn into a funny game of hit and 　　6　　．Some students haven't mastered the 　　7　　 of test taking, some fear under pressure(压力)or need more time or another way to 　　8　　 what they know．

　　Being a school 　　9　　 means learning the ins and outs of the school system．Then you have to work things to your 　　10　　．Lots of students are already doing it without even 　　11　　 it．Getting high grades also 　　12　　 on knowing each teacher's little idiosyncrasies(特性)．For example, I 　　13　　 had to take an examination, so one day in 　　14　　 classes I talked to the teacher I had wanted to．I told him how I'd heard what a really 　　15　　 teacher he was, and how disappointed I was that I'd have to graduate 　　16　　 having been in his class．I lied．It 　　17　　．I had counted on the chemistry teacher being human, and he 　　18　　．I wasn't proud of myself for what I did．But I considered it 　　19　　 of the grade game we're pushed into 　　20　　 to aim at going to the best schools．

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完型填空

In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n)　　1　　 at Mr．Breen’s fruit shop．The fruit shop did 　　2　　 business．Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 　　3　　 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr．Breen 　　4　　 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 　　5　　 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 　　6　　 they must have stayed faithful to him 　　7　　 he had promised to sell good quality 　　8　　．He had a way with them－I had to 　　9　　 that．He called every woman “madam” for a start, 　　10　　 those who clearly were not, but when he 　　11　　 it, it did not sound like flattery(奉承)．It just sounded 　　12　　 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 　　13　　．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 　　14　　 about the weather, 　　15　　 he did, he would ask about their families or make 　　16　　, always cutting his cloth 　　17　　 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 　　18　　 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱)，and I am sure they thought he was very generous．But I thought he was the opposite．He never 　　19　　 anything away．He was always looking for 　　20　　 for nothing．

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