A Read the story about a boy dealing with negative thoughts after getting a poor mark in Maths. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
worse harder most quickly more easily
scientist myself themselves himself
Jake looked at his Maths midterm exam paper and felt very bad. He couldn’t believe it! He finished his exam (1)
most quickly
in the class. He got a terrible grade.
Although he studied (2)
harder
for the exam than he usually does, he didn’t do well. In fact, he did (3)
worse
than all his friends in the class!
As Jake sat in the classroom, he looked around. Many of his classmates were smiling. They all seemed proud of (4)
themselves
, but Jake wasn’t. “I’m so unhappy with (5)
myself
,” he thought. “I want to be a great (6)
scientist
one day. How will that happen?” Negative thoughts started filling his mind. “I’m just not good at Maths,” he said to (7)
himself
. “Everyone else seems to learn Maths (8)
more easily
than I do. I’ll never be good at it. I’m not good at anything.”
Jake often had thoughts like these. He was really hard on himself. His negative thoughts never helped him, but it was hard for him to stop thinking this way.
答案：方框单词含义
worse：更糟的；更坏的
harder：更努力地
most quickly：最快地
more easily：更容易地
scientist：科学家
myself：我自己
themselves：他们自己
himself：他自己
短文翻译
杰克看着他的数学期中考试试卷，感觉很糟糕。他简直不敢相信！他是班上最快完成考试的。他得了很差的分数。尽管他为这次考试比平时学习更努力，但还是没考好。事实上，他比班上所有朋友都考得更糟！
当杰克坐在教室里时，他环顾四周。他的许多同学都在微笑。他们似乎都为自己感到骄傲，但杰克不是。“我对自己太不满意了，”他想，“我希望有一天能成为一名伟大的科学家。那怎么才能实现呢？”消极的想法开始充斥他的脑海。“我就是不擅长数学，”他对自己说，“其他人似乎都比我更容易学数学。我永远都不会擅长它的。我什么都不擅长。”
杰克经常有这样的想法。他对自己真的很苛刻。他的消极想法从来没有帮助过他，但他很难停止这样想。
解析
(1) 答案：most quickly
解析：题目中提到Jake完成了他的考试，并且给出了一个范围“in the class”，需要用一个副词来描述他完成考试的速度，“most quickly”表示“最快地”，符合“在班上最快完成考试”的意思，所以填“most quickly”。
(2) 答案：harder
解析：“than”是比较级的标志词，“harder”表示“更努力地”，“studied harder”即“更努力地学习”，符合“比平时更努力学习”的语境，所以填“harder”。
(3) 答案：worse
解析：“than”提示用比较级，“worse”表示“更糟地”，“did worse”即“考得更糟”，符合“比班上所有朋友都考得更糟”的意思，所以填“worse”。
(4) 答案：themselves
解析：“be proud of oneself”表示“为自己感到骄傲”，主语是“They”，对应的反身代词是“themselves”，所以填“themselves”。
(5) 答案：myself
解析：主语是“I”，对应的反身代词是“myself”，“be unhappy with myself”表示“对自己不满意”，所以填“myself”。
(6) 答案：scientist
解析：“a great”后接可数名词单数，“scientist”表示“科学家”，符合“想成为一名伟大的科学家”的语境，所以填“scientist”。
(7) 答案：himself
解析：主语是“he”，对应的反身代词是“himself”，“said to himself”表示“对自己说”，所以填“himself”。
(8) 答案：more easily
解析：“than”提示用比较级，“more easily”表示“更容易地”，“learn Maths more easily”即“更容易学数学”，符合“其他人似乎比我更容易学数学”的语境，所以填“more easily”。
