完形填空精讲精炼05 13. I am a straight-A student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems 1 . With high academic standards and a competitive 2 , I don’t just dislike losing, I can’t 3 it. I need to beat the 4 students, preferably in everything. I’ve even 5 so far as to define myself by my 6 , saying that how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I 7 , then I am lost. Today I was sitting in class trying to 8 the last minutes studying for a test I had to get full marks. 9 the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen 10 while still glancing at my study sheet 11 . When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and 12 . And then I found myself wishing she would be 13 so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you're a really good 14 . You’re so easy to talk to.” I froze. I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it 15 . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to |