I worried about my personal image and how I could be remembered during my boyhood.In the fifth grade, there seemed to be only one __1__ — to be cool.In the sixth grade, suddenly, there were two choices: be cool, or be invisible.__2__， one day, when a teacher had us fill out a questionnaire with __3__ questions, I found the __4__ option.
Assuming (假定) the teacher would read our answers privately, I felt it was __5__ to share my privacy.To my __6__， she collected and redistributed (重新分发) them to us.We were asked to __7__ the name and our three favorite answers to the whole class.My answers went to the meanest boy in class.
The first question was “What’s your favorite movie？” My answer was Beauty and the Beast.A laugh erupted and my cheeks __8__.The next was “Where would you like to travel？” My answer was __9__ special —“Wherever a book takes me.” The __10__ this time had an explosive quality.
I could __11__ remember what happened next; all that I had in mind was the laughter.But something amazing happened.A(n) __12__ came，“Guys, cut it out.” The room went __13__.It’s Michelle Siever, a popular and cool girl.Then she __14__，“Why are you laughing? What is the point of __15__ if we just laugh at others？”
I can’t remember the teacher or other kids’ names, but I remember Michelle’s.When she __16__ for me that day, she __17__ me we actually have three choices if we want to be remembered.
Be cool, and you might be remembered __18__.Stay invisible, and you won’t be remembered at all.But if you stand up __19__ someone when he or she __20__ you most, then you will be remembered as their hero for the rest of their life.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。在老师组织的全班问卷调查活动中，“我”的回答引起全班同学哄堂大笑，这时一个女生站起来帮助“我”走出困境。同时，“我”明白了一个道理：在别人需要你的时候站出来会被别人永远记住。
1．A.tool B．choice
C．chance D．purpose
解析：选B 根据下文中的“In the sixth grade, suddenly, there were two choices”可知，此处表示，在五年级，似乎只有唯一的“选择(choice)”来让别人记住自己——装酷。故选B项。
2．A.However B．In addition
C．Therefore D．In fact
解析：选A 根据下文内容可知，老师让同学们填调查问卷这件事使“我”改变了原先的看法，故前后为转折关系，故选A项。
3．A.personal B．funny
C．various D．strange
解析：选A 根据下文中的“share my privacy”可推知，此处表示老师要求回答的是我们的“私人(personal)”问题。故选A项。
4．A.wrong B．former
C．third D．latter
解析：选C 根据上文内容可知，到六年级，“我”突然认为被别人记住有两个选择，但是通过老师让同学们填调查问卷这件事，“我”发现了第三种选择。故选C项。
5．A.terrible B．safe
C．nervous D．interesting
解析：选B 根据上文内容可知，假如老师私下阅读我们的回答，“我”就感觉分享的隐私是安全的(safe)。故选B项。
6．A.surprise B．anxiety
C．delight D．expectation
解析：选A 根据上下文可知，老师没有私下阅读我们的回答而是重新分发，让同学之间“互读(read)”，这种做法让“我”感到“吃惊(surprise)”。故选A项。
7．A.repeat B．remember
C．compare D．read
解析：选D 参见上题解析。
8．A.ached B．paled
C．changed D．burned
解析：选D 根据设空前的“A laugh erupted”及常识可知，“我”对第一个问题的回答引起了同学们的大笑，由此可知，“我”当时面颊“发烫(burned)”。故选项D符合语境。
9．A.even B．still
C．never D．always
解析：选B 根据下文中的“this time had an explosive quality”可知，“我”对第二个问题的回答“仍然(still)”是特别的，因此这一次“笑声(laughter)”更加强烈。still意为“仍然；还是”，符合语境。故选B项。
10．A.laughter B．question
C．air D．class
解析：选A 参见上题解析。
11．A.nearly B．exactly
C．hardly D．surely
解析：选C 根据设空后的“all that I had in mind was the laughter”可知，此处指“我”“几乎不(hardly)”能记得后面发生了什么，故选C项。
12．A.request B．message
C．order D．voice
解析：选D 根据下文中的“Guys, cut it out”可知，Michelle Siever的“声音(voice)”传来，故选D项。
13．A.crazy B．silent
C．angry D．empty
解析：选B 根据上下文可知，这个声音使整个房间“安静(silent)”了下来。故选B项。
14．A.announced B．smiled
C．added D．stopped
解析：选C 根据设空后的两个问句可知，Michelle Siever继续在说，即“补充道(added)”。
15．A.talking B．chatting
C．arguing D．sharing
解析：选D 根据全文的内容，尤其是老师要求我们填调查问卷然后交换并在全班朗读这一活动过程可知，这是同学们之间的一次交流“分享(share)”活动。故选D项。
16．A.talked about B．calmed down
C．left behind D．spoke up
解析：选D 根据上文内容可知，“我”对两个问题的回答引起全班的大笑，这时Michelle Siever的话使全班安静下来，据此可推断她在替“我”辩护。故选D项。speak up (for sb./sth.)为固定搭配，意为“(尤指为……)说好话，辩护”。
17．A.reminded B．promised
C．showed D．persuaded
解析：选C 她替“我”辩护这件事向“我”“展示(showed)”了如果想要被人们记住，我们有三种选择。故选C项。
18．A.for a while B．finally
C．again and again D．hopefully
解析：选A 通过这件事，“我”知道装酷只能被别人记住“一时(for a while)”。故选A项。
19．A.before B．with
C．for D．by
解析：选C 根据上文内容可知，“我”之所以能够摆脱困境是因为Michelle Siever为“我”辩护。所以“我”总结出想要被别人记住的第三种选择是：当人们“需要(needs)”你时，你站出来“为(for)”他们说话，这样你就会被他们当作英雄一样被铭记一生。故选C项。
20．A.misses B．needs
C．values D．loves
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
