A
The rest of September was hard. I wasn't used to getting up so early in the morning. I wasn't used to this whole notion of homework. And 1 got my first “quiz” at the end of the month. I never got “quizzes” when Mom home-schooled me. I also didn't like how I had no free time anymore. Before, I was able to play whenever I wanted to, but now it felt like I always had stuff to do for school.
And being at school was awful in the beginning. Every new class I had was like a new chance for kids to “not stare” at me. In the hallways, my face would always surprise some unsuspecting kid who maybe hadn't heard about me. The kid would make the sound you make when you hold your breath before going underwater, a little “uh!” sound. This happened maybe four or five times a day for the first few weeks. Eventually every one of the five hundred kids in the school was going to see my face at some time. And I knew after the first couple of days that word had gotten around about me, because every once in a while I'd catch a kid elbowing his friend as they passed me, or talking behind their hands as I walked by them. I can only imagine what they were saying about me.
I'm not saying they were doing any of these things in a mean way. They were just being normal stupid kids.丨 know that. I kind of wanted to tell them that. Like，it’s okay, I know I’m weird-looking, take a look，I don’t bite. Hey, the truth is, if a Wookiee (电影《星球大战》中的一个种族）started going to the school all of a sudden, I'd be curious, I'd probably stare a bit! And if I was walking with Jack or Summer, I’d probably whisper to them: Hey, there’s the Wookiee. And if the Wookiee caught me saying that，he’d know I wasn't trying to be mean. I was just pointing out the fact that he's a Wookiee.
21. Why did the boy compare his homeschooling with school education?
A. To show that he liked staying at home.
B. To introduce two different education systems.
C. To stress it was hard to make a change in life.
D. To criticize schools for giving kids too much homework.
22. How did most kids feel towards the boy?
A. Surprised and curious.
B. Angry and annoyed.
C. Shocked and confused.
D. Uninterested and cold.
23. What might be the best title for the text?
A. My Hard Beginning at School.
B. Silly Kids at School.
C. My Experience of Being a Wookiee.
D. Nightmares of a Young Kid.
