The day I walked into Westfield High School, I felt like everyone in the hallway somehow knew I was the new kid. Three weeks earlier, my family moved across the country after my mum changed jobs. ____1____ a new school in the middle of the term felt like hitting reset on my whole life.

At lunch that first day, I sat at a corner table pretending (假装) to be very interested in my phone while ____2____ searching for “how to survive being the new kid”. Teen articles kept saying the same thing—feeling worried during a school transition (过渡期) is normal. That helped a little, but it still felt ____3____.

The first week was awful. I got lost looking for the chemistry class, mispronounced a teacher’s name, and accidentally walked into the wrong classroom twice. But something small started to ____4____ when a boy asked if I wanted to join his group in the science lab. That made the whole day easier. One thing I learned quickly is that most students don’t ____5____ you as much as you think. Everyone is busy worrying about their own things.

Slowly, I found a way to ____6____. Instead of trying to do many big things right away, I focused on simple things, like learning two classmates’ names a week and asking one question in a class. Those small wins slowly built up my confidence.

By the end of the term, things looked very ____7____. I joined the photography club and started hanging out with my classmates after school. Changing schools in the middle of the term was not easy, but it taught me something important about resilience (适应力) and ____8____. Feeling uneasy does not last forever. If you are the new kid right now, hang in there. The hallway that feels strange today may become the place where you begin your new stage of life.

1.1.

A Starting

B Visiting

C Supporting

D Enjoying

解析：选A。句意：在学期中途开始一所新学校感觉就像是我整个人生按下了重启键。 根据前文“my family moved across the country”和“I was the new kid”可知，作者是转学，所以是“开始”（Starting）一所新学校。 Visiting“参观”：只是短暂参观，不是长期上学；Supporting“支持”，语义完全无关；Enjoying“享受”：“享受新学校”和后文“人生按下重启、内心忐忑”消极情绪矛盾。

2.2.

A suddenly

B excitedly

C angrily

D secretly

解析：选D。句意：第一天吃午饭时，我坐在角落的桌子旁，假装对手机很感兴趣，同时偷偷地搜索“如何作为新来的孩子生存下来”。 根据“pretending to be very interested in my phone”（假装对手机很感兴趣）可知，作者不想让别人知道他在搜什么，所以是“偷偷地、秘密地”（secretly）搜索。suddenly“突然”语境不符；excitedly“兴奋地”：兴奋和自卑不安心境相反；angrily“生气地”：愤怒情绪原文没有。

3.3.

A unwise

B unreasonable

C uncomfortable

D unimportant

解析：选C。句意：那有一点帮助，但仍然感觉很不舒服。 根据前文“feeling worried during a school transition is normal”以及转折连词“but”可知，虽然文章说正常，但作者自己心里还是觉得“不舒服/不安”（uncomfortable）。unwise“不明智的”、unreasonable“不合理的”、unimportant“不重要的”均贴合不了转学新生孤单别扭的心情。

4.4.

A return

B change

C increase

D move

解析：选B。句意：但是当一个男孩问我是否想加入他在科学实验室的小组时，一些小事开始发生改变。 根据前文“The first week was awful.”（第一周很糟糕）和后文“That made the whole day easier.”可知，情况开始发生“改变”（change）。return“返回”：没有回去的对象；increase“增加”：不能用来形容处境；move“移动”：侧重物理位移，不能形容境遇。

5.5.

A push

B judge

C protect

D respect

解析：选B。句意：我很快学到的一件事是，大多数学生并不像你想象的那样评判你。 根据后文“Everyone is busy worrying about their own things.”可知，每个人都忙于自己的事情，没空去“评判”（judge）你。push“推”、protect“保护”、respect“尊重”代入句意逻辑不通。

6.6.

A show up

B stand out

C come back

D fit in

解析：选D。句意：慢慢地，我找到了融入的方法。 根据后文“I focused on simple things, like learning two classmates’ names a week...”可知，作者在努力“融入”（fit in）新环境。show up“出现”：语义完全不匹配；stand out“突出，显眼”：“出风头” 和作者小心翼翼从小事做起的做法相反；come back“回来”：语义完全不匹配。

7.7.

A different

B strange

C common

D serious

解析：选A。句意：到学期末，情况看起来大不相同了。 根据后文“I joined the photography club and started hanging out with my classmates after school.”可知，与刚开始的糟糕情况相比，现在情况变得“不同”（different）了。strange“陌生的”：陌生是刚来时的状态；common“常见的”和serious“严肃的，严重的”均不符合前后对比的文意。

8.8.

A honesty

B freedom

C confidence

D cooperation

解析：选C。句意：在学期中途转学并不容易，但它教会了我关于适应力和自信的重要一课。 根据前文“Those small wins slowly built up my confidence.”可知，这段经历教会了作者适应力和“自信”（confidence）。honesty“诚实”和freedom“自由”原文无对应线索；cooperation“合作”不是文章核心主旨感悟。