（2）When I was six, I went to a local grade school．In grade school, I was 36 the other kids

（2）When I was six, I went to a local grade school．In grade school, I was     36     the other kids because of my speech and reading     37    ．All the kids would shout, “You are a dummy, you are a dummy,” and so on．I thought they were     38     because all my grades showed it．I had no self-confidence．
Through the first five years of grade school, I was small and very clumsy．I would     39     cups and trays in the cafe, and sometimes     40     myself and fall onto the floor when I walked．In sixth grade, I became interested in     41    ．The class had its annual field day．Each class would have its own teams     42     against each other．I went out for all of the     43    ．I was not the best     44     I was not bad．The thing that I could do was run and run fast．This     45     the other kids because I was so clumsy, and then     46     a lot more name-calling from the kids．When somebody else won a race, the kids told how     47     he was．When I won, they called me     48    ; I did not know why they were doing this．I think that it was unfair, and it     49     me．
Between seventh and eighth grade, I started to     50    ．In three months, I grew seven inches．At the start of eighth grade, I began to play football．I was much bigger than everybody else; I was     51    than most of the backs we played against．The other team would not     52     the ball towards me, so I just ran them     53    ．It was the first time in my life that I was really good at something and     54     it．It was a new feeling of     55    ．
36．A．above       B．before      C．behind      D．among
37．A．materials  B．questions  C．skills     D．problems
38．A．right     B．wrong      C．rude     D．foolish
39．A．clean     B．drop     C．keep     D．serve
40．A．trip      B．help     C．enjoy     D．hurt
41．A．studies      B．sports       C．programs  D．matches
42．A．stand     B．fight     C．quarrel     D．pete
43．A．teams       B．subjects    C．tests     D．grades
44．A．because    B．if         C．but       D．and
45．A．interested  B．shocked    C．delighted  D．disappointed
46．A．happened  B．continued  C．made     D．came
47．A．famous     B．good     C．happy       D．strange
48．A．names      B．numbers   C．classmates D．leaders
49．A．frightened B．ashamed   C．hurt      D．worried
50．A．progress   B．change      C．grow     D．play
51．A．faster          B．firmer      C．cleverer    D．harder
52．A．push     B．run       C．hand     D．catch 
53．A．back     B．down     C．off       D．away
54．A．judged      B．recognizedC．decided     D．knew
55．A．courage    B．sadness     C．pride     D．regret C37．D38．A39．B40．A41．B42．D43．A44．C45．B