Do not push yourself too hard

       One Friday earlier this school year, all of a sudden it felt like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was   1   . After a few days I stopped eating, which meant I lost ; the clothes bought two weeks earlier began hanging 3    . In addition, I started 4 so less that my eyelids were constantly heavy. My parents got 5 .  I thought fear wasn’t going tomy life. Yet, I spent every minute of every day how I was going to get myself out of trouble, and it made me mad.

       Then I to accept I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop ; I didn’t 9   any classes . When I was 10 , I sucked it up and kept on going .  11   it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?

       But now I find myself thinking g whether that’s 12   it. I’m taking the classes and writing for the newspaper because it looks 13 on college applications. And I am working 25 hours a week so that ,  14  I get into my dream school , I can afford it .

       Here I am, already sick from the amount of work. So, what good is a( n ) 15   application if I’m dead ? What is the 16   of doing this work if I can’t enjoy the results?

       17  , by writing my story I’m not only  18  that I can’t take it, but I’m telling all the people who are too concerned with the  19  to worry about now . This is my warning: Don’t 20 the high dive if you don’t like the deep end .

1.A.tired                     B.ill                      C.sad                         D.cold

2.A.heart                   B.chance                         C.confidence              D.weight

3.A.heart                    B.chance                         C.confidence              D.weight

4.A.protecting             B.sleeping                    C.a(chǎn)musing                  D.observing

5.A.a(chǎn)nnoyed                   B.disturbed              C.scared                    D.shocked

6.A.control                     B.lose                        C.take                        D.explore

7.A.noticing                    B.showing                  C.a(chǎn)nswering            D.wondering

8.A.refused                     B.a(chǎn)greed                    C.determined              D.managed

9.A.leaving                     B.training                   C.performing              D.hurting

10.A.leaving                    B.training                   C.performing              D.hurting

11.A.Since                   B.If                        C.Though                  D.Unless

12.A.unfair                     B.honest                    C.worth                     D.equal

13.A.firm                       B.good                       C.curious                   D.serious

14.A.once                       B.though                    C.unless                     D.whether

15.A.expensive             B.impressive            C.instructive            D.sensitive

16.A.point                   B.duty                    C.promise               D.a(chǎn)ction

17.A.In case                   B.In return              C.In fact                    D.In all

18.A.regretting             B.reporting              C.desiring                  D.a(chǎn)dmitting

19.A.income                   B.education             C.pressure                 D.future

20.A.cross                   B.escape                    C.climb                   D.a(chǎn)viod

1.B       2.D      3.A       4.B       5.C

6.A       7.D      8.A       9.C       10.D    

11.D     12.C     13.B     14.A     15.B

16.A     17.C     18.D     19.D     20.C    

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