五、完形填空(共8分，每小题1分)

　　阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　As the teacher called my name, I knew what lay ahead. She looked at me directly and made me to the whiteboard to perform a division (除法) problem. Division was my weakest subject. I repeatedly put the numbers in the 37 places, or forgot to add in the zeros.

　　I worriedly 38 myself out of my seat. With every slow step I took, I grew more nervous. My stomach ached, and my whole body shook with 39 .

　　The teacher read the problem aloud. Unsure of myself, I looked at the girl beside me, and tried to 40 what she was writing, but she went faster than I could understand, writing down what seemed to be foreign symbols.

　　My eyes fixed on the chicken scratch I had tried. Impossible to understand. Why me? Why couldn’t I work out the problem that seemed easy to all other kids? These questions filled my head.

　　As the other girl finished and danced back to her seat, I wrote some random (胡乱的) numbers on the board, and 41 back to mine. The teacher read over our work.

　　“Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.”

　　“As for Tara,” the teacher said jokingly, “I don’t even know what she did.”

　　The class burst into laughs, and I felt my face turn red as I tried to sink as low as possible into my seat, hoping to prevent them from 42 me at all.

　　But this memory is one I remember, surprisingly, in a positive way. It made me 43 , and gave me persistence. When I get a poor grade in school, or am put down by somebody, I think of that moment and every single one of those 44 that I asked myself. The terrible ache in my stomach comes back and gives me the motivation to answer all of those whys and try hard until perfection, or as close as I can get.

　　37. A. proper B. incorrect C. special D. unimportant

　　38. A. lifted B. dropped C. repaired D. knocked

　　39. A. tiredness B. excitement C. shyness D. fear

　　40. A. accept B. explain C. copy D. describe

　　41. A. rushed B. looked C. talked D. thought

　　42. A. changing B. inviting C. seeing D. teaching

　　43. A. healthier B. stronger C. cleverer D. happier

　　44. A. ways B. words C. hows D. whys