As Amy Hagadorn rounded the corner across the hall from her classroom, she met with a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction．

“Watch it, dwarf (矮子),” the boy shouted, as he kept away from the little third grader. Then, the boy imitated(模仿) the way Amy limped（跛行）when she walked.

Amy closed her eyes for a moment.

“Ignore (忽視)him!” she told herself as she headed for her classroom.

It wasn’t as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. The teasing made Amy feel lonely.

Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That’s why she was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter．

“There’s a Christmas Wish Competition on the newspaper,” she said. “Write a letter to Santa Claus and you might win a prize.”

Out came the pencil and paper and Amy went to work on her letter. She wrote:

Dear Santa Claus,

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy（大腦性癱瘓）. I just want one day where no one laughs at me.

Love,

Amy

The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa Claus made the front page of the News Sentinel. The little girl’s story spread quickly. She asked for such a simple, yet unusual Christmas gift - just one day without teasing．

Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to carry her head high．

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel．

1.The underlined word “teased” means___________.

A.argued with B.talked about C.cared for D.made fun of

2.Amy’s mother shared the news of a Christmas Wish Competition that day because she knew ___________．

A.Amy’s school life was not good

B.her daughter was teased by a fifth grader

C.the competition would change Amy’s life

D.Amy’s sickness went much worse than before

3.We can infer(推斷)from the underlined sentence “Back home at the dinner table that evening,

Amy was quiet” that Amy was___________.

A.nervous B.sad C.happy D.moved

4.What’s the best title（標(biāo)題）for the passage？

A.Amy’s Day B.Mother’s Love

C.Amy and a Tall Boy D.Amy’s Christmas Wish

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