My First Day
I was still shy before a crowd. And my first day at the new school made me laughed by my classmates. I was sent to the blackboard to write my name. I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the    of so many pupils on my back made my hand     __ and I was unable to write a single letter.
“  __ your name,” the teacher called to me. I lifted the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name,        the first letter. Somebody laughed and I became        .
“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side,     at me to give me confidence.
“What’s your name?” she asked.
“Richard,” I whispered.
“Then write it.”
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was       again. I tried to collect my senses but I could remember nothing. I       how totally I was failing and I grew weak and leaned(斜靠) my hot forehead         the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud       and my muscles froze. I sat and       myself. Why did I always appear so nervous        I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no     that I could read better than any of them, and I could talk       when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange faces make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck       , hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.

A．presence B．pressure C．eyes D．smiles

A．break B．struggle C．fall D．freeze (冻结)

A．Write B．Read C．Spell D．Repeat

A．still B．ever C．even D．also

A．delighted B．angry C．disappointed D．nervous

A．pointing B．smiling C．looking D．waving

A．blank B．stupid C．quiet D．empty

A．realized B．recognized C．doubted D．guessed

A．by B．before C．against D．from

A．cheer B．noise C．cry D．laugh

A．calmed B．hated C．comforted D．hid

A．when B．during C．where D．before

A．need B．doubt C．wonder D．use

A．freely B．anxiously C．clearly D．correctly

A．shaking B．suffering C．hurting D．burning