PARENTS’ DAY EVERY DAY

Laura Phillips, aged 14, was not very pleased to find (1) _____ that her father was going to teach at her school. When she realized that he (2) _____ be teaching her class, she began to panic. At first, she felt that all her worst fears were (3) _____ true. When he caught two boys cheating, they were sure that she had drawn his (4) _____ to them. After that they (5) _____ on trying to turn the rest of the class against her, by saying that her father treated her differently from the others. They almost succeeded: although her classmates knew she was (6) _____, whenever she got good marks some of them were suspicious. Laura had a feeling of divided loyalties. She was frightened to do too well in class, but at the same time wanted to live (7) _____ to his expectations of her. She also felt sorry for her friends when her father (8) _____ them, but sometimes their comments about him made her angry. In the end, though, being the teacher’s daughter showed (9) _____ who her real friends were. They were the ones who sympathized with her for being in (10) _____ a difficult situation.

1. A. on B. out C. in

2. A. will B. is going to C. would

3. A. coming B. being C. having

4. A. attention B. care C. impression

5. A. stayed B. kept C. held

6. A. bright B. sunny C. light

7. A. down B. over C. up

8. A. sentenced B. threw C. punished

9. A. her B. hers C. she

10. A. so B. such C. this