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Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the 1_____ had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t 2_____, they would have to retake them in September. There were usually a few who 3_____, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, 4_____ just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was 5_____ about her. She went to bed too 6_____. The night before the first exam, Barbara 7____ that she have an early night and take a 8____ pill（药丸）. She promised to wake 9_____up in the morning. As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her 10_____ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of 11____, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination 12_____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. 13_____ around her was writing pages and gages. 14_____ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write 15_____. She kept looking at her 16_____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 17_____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 18____. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 19____ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 20_____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name. 1. A. teachers B. students C. classmates D. schools 2. A. prepare B. miss C. join D. pass 3. A. succeeded B. failed C. ended D. called 4. A. but B. so C. and D. because 5. A. excited B. frightened C. worried D. pleased 6. A. early B. late C. heavily D. eagerly 7. A. insisted B. hoped C. ordered D. wished 8. A. sleeping B. resting C. exciting D.