Afraid to have a start, I was walking slowly into my first school in America. I had ______ a long way from India in order to join my parents. My father decided that I would go to school here, so I ______ a local high school in my new town.
With ______ and fear, I arrived at the classroom. Everyone’s eyes were on me as I entered the classroom. I went straight to the ______ and asked him if it was the right class. With a ______ voice, he answered, “Yes.” His voice comforted me a little. Then he asked me to ______ where I would sit. I chose the ______ closest to the door. I spent the rest of the class taking notes from the ______ produced by the overhead projector (投影仪).
______ it was my first day, I was confused about which hallway to use, but I ______ to get to my classroom without asking anyone. I wasn’t quite sure when I would have ______. It was noon when I went to my next class and the bell rang as I entered. I went through the ______ process of asking the teacher if I was in the right class. Feeling surprised, she said, “That is the lunch bell.” I felt a little ______. Without another word, I headed for the cafeteria.
I realized that all the confusion on my first day was like the difficulty I had to ______to reach my goal. When I got on my bus and sat down inside ______, I said to myself, “Today isn’t so bad.”
1.A.traveled | B.increased | C.felt | D.returned |
2.A.explored | B.found | C.entered | D.built |
3.A.anger | B.anxiety | C.doubt | D.sadness |
4.A.foreigner | B.teacher | C.worker | D.partner |
5.A.deep | B.familiar | C.strict | D.soft |
6.A.find | B.see | C.choose | D.discuss |
7.A.area | B.direction | C.seat | D.goal |
8.A.movies | B.pictures | C.voices | D.stories |
9.A.Since | B.If | C.Though | D.Before |
10.A.feared | B.refused | C.allowed | D.managed |
11.A.gifts | B.chances | C.fun | D.lunch |
12.A.interesting | B.unexpected | C.same | D.easy |
13.A.funny | B.excited | C.lonely | D.awkward |
14.A.put away | B.get through | C.build up | D.show off |
15.A.suddenly | B.happily | C.curiously | D.actually |