As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can get hold of and catch every opportunity she meets up with so as to gain _____ progress.
A. mild B. widespread
C. steady D. Average
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Rocky had always been picked on by some of his schoolmates. Nothing _________ him more. But no matter how much he told them not to do so or even shouted at them, they wouldn’t _________ . One of his friends wanted to help him and told him a(n) _________ about Sparky.
Sparky was a fighting bull. One day, Sparky stood next to his owner’s house, _________ the farmer’s TV, and it was showing a bullfight. Sparky _________ that this was what lay _________ him, so he spent the rest of his life preparing for the day of his fight.
Soon, that day arrived. When Sparky _________ the bullring (斗牛场), he was suddenly pushed in the back. It was very _________ , and Sparky felt like his blood was boiling. But he knew _________ what he needed to do, and he remained still. Soon, the bullfighter _________ , trying to provoke(挑衅) Sparky. Sparky felt like _________ his horns(角) deep into this stupid guy, but he controlled his _________ , kept still and waited.
After some time, the crowd started to whistle. It got so bad that the bullfight organizers decided to _________ the bull. This had been the most boring bull that anyone could remember.
So Sparky was _________ to his field and allowed to live out his life in peace. Never again did they put him in a bullring, _________ everyone knew that he would provide no amusement.
His friend told Rocky: “Those people _________ making fun of you because they see how angry they make you. But _________ you did what Sparky did, not reacting to anything, they’d get bored and look for someone else to _________ , someone who could provide more amusement.”
Rocky gradually tried to put this _________ into practice. At first, it wasn’t easy, but as Rocky _________ to his plan, those people got bored with him. After a few days they found more interesting things to do than make fun of Rocky.
1.A. amazedB. upsetC. excitedD. shocked