At my primary school, I was one of the smartest kids there. I never studied after school, but always got near perfect scores on all my tests. I was a child genius (天才), at least in my mind. I was also good at music and sport. I was pretty sure that once I got to the seventh grade, everyone including (包含) my teachers would be surprised.
But actually, they weren’t.
When I arrived at my new class, it seemed that everything was going worse. My grades got worse and I needed to be studying for my tests. I believed I wasn’t smart. I believed I wasn’t talented. I believed I failed.
Over the next two years, I had to work very hard for everything I did. Grades were still very low but improving. I worked really hard but was still never the best at everything.
But do I really have to be the best at everything? All the pressure I was feeling, all those worries when I did wrong, that was me! I was being too hard on myself. In fact, when I did badly on a test, my classmates would never laugh at me.
No one is perfect. There will probably always be someone better than me at something. I will never be number one at everything, and it’s really OK.
回答下面5个问题,1~4小题每题答案不超过5个词。
1. What was the writer good at?
Music and sport
2. How would the teachers of the seventh grade feel in the writer’s idea?
Surprised
3. Why did the writer study harder?
Because his grades got worse
4. What does the writer think of doing badly on a test at last?
It's really OK
5. What do you learn from the passage?
No one is perfect. We should learn to accept ourselves