【Iusedtohatebeingcalleduponinclassmainlybecause．Ididn'tlikeattentiondrawntomyself．And（36）___otherwiseassigned（指定）aseatbytheteacher．Ialways（37）___tositatthebackoftheclassroom．Allthis（】

　　I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because．I didn't like attention drawn to myself．And （36）___ otherwise assigned （指定） a seat by the teacher．I always （37）___ to sit at the back of the classroom．

　　All this （38）___ after I joined a sports team．It began when a teacher suggested．I try out for the basketball team．At first I thought it was a crazy（39）___ because I didn't have a good sense of balance nor did I have the（40）___ to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me．But for the teacher who kept insisting on my"（41）___ for it"，I wouldn't have decided to give it a try．

　　Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the （42）___ of it．When I first started___（43）___ the practice sessions．I didn't even know the rules of the game much （44）___ what I was doing．Sometimes I'd get （45）___ and take a shot at the wrong direction-which made me feel really stupid．（46）___．I wasn't the only one"new"at the game，so I decided to___（47）___ on learning the game，do my best at each practice session，and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn't （48）___"just yet"．

　　I practiced and practiced．Soon I knew the （49）___ and the"moves"Being part of a team was fun and motivating．Very soon the competitive （50）___ in me was winning over my lack of confidence．With time，I learned how to play and made friends in the （51）___-friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player．I never had so much fun!

　　With my （52）___ self-confidence comes more praise from teachers and classmates．I have gone from"（53）___"in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself．（54）___ raising my hand-even when I sometimes wasn't 100percent （55）___ I had the right answer．Now I have more self-confidence in myself．

　　36．A．asB．untilC．unlessD．though37．A．hopedB．agreedC