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Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 41 when I was in high school. The test was the final for the class which was rather 36 . I didn’t know how well I had done but I knew there were things on it that I didn’t know.

I remember anxiously 37 the result. When Mr. Bales dropped my paper on my desk, I was

38 .There in big red numbers, circled to 39 attention, was my grade---41.

I moved my paper where it wasn’t in 40 . A 41 isn’t something that you wanted your 41 to see.

Finally, Mr. Bales stood behind the worn desk and addressed the class., “The 42 were not very good; none of you passed. The 43 grade in the class was a 41, so all of you 44 .”

A 41. That’s me.

45 my dismal（阴沉）face didn’t look quite so bad. I had the highest grade. I felt a lot

46 .

I walked home with the low but high grade. My 47 knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home. “How did you do on your test？”

“I made a 41,” I said.

My mother’s expression 48 . A frown now stood where a smile was a few 49 earlier.

“But I had the highest grade in the class!” I 50 replied. I thought that statement would make a difference.

“I don’t 51 what everyone else had, but you failed. It doesn’t matter if everyone else failed too, what matters is what you do,” my mother 52 answered.