When I was a sixth grader, kids were separating into groups, but I wasn't sure where I belonged.
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week.We were supposed to do nice things
1 our friends without letting them know who was doing it.We could leave
2 notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks.Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we
3 a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days.
Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving
4 instead of notes.Everyone was getting cool presents except me.My friend followed the teacher's
5 without a fault.I received nothing but handmade cards with nice words about me.
On the last morning, I finally got a package.When I
6 it, the girls around all
7 .It was perfumed powder, an "old lady" gift.My face went red.
I tried to forget about the
8 gift, but when the same girls
9 it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, "How stupid! My grandmother wouldn't
10 want it." The girls laughed at my
11 and filed out of the bathroom.Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers
12 I thought about my words.It wasn't
13 like me to say things like that.
"I'm your secret friend." It was Rochelle." I' m sorry about the gift," she whispered to me, tears
14 down her face.
From a poor family, she was a
15 at school for those with rich parents.Yet she just took all the
16 and the horrible treatment silently.
I was sick to my stomach as my
17 words ran through my mind.She had heard everything.How could I have been so cruel?
Later I learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury(奢侈品)
And I had
18 everything for her.
I told her that I had only said those things to try to
19 .
"We aren't that different from each other, are we?" She smiled
20 .Her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine.
小題1: | A.behind | B.like | C.through | D.for |
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小題2: | A.convincing | B.rewarding | C.encouraging | D.reminding |
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小題3: | A.dragged | B.picked | C.found | D.drew |
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小題4: | A.chances | B.gifts | C.hope | D.help |
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小題5: | A.guidance | B.admission | C.directions | D.patterns |
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小題6: | A.discovered | B.held | C.grasped | D.opened |
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小題7: | A.blamed | B.commented | C.laughed | D.shouted |
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小題8: | A.special | B.embarrassing | C.worrying | D.delicate |
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小題9: | A.mentioned | B.suggested | C.showed | D.saw |
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小題11: | A.remarks | B.reactions | C.suffering | D.feeling |
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小題13: | A.exactly | B.necessarily | C.normally | D.perfectly |
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小題14: | A.dashing | B.streaming | C.smoothing | D.getting |
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小題15: | A.goal | B.wonder | C.centre | D.target |
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小題16: | A.challenge | B.ignoring | C.teasing | D.puzzle |
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小題17: | A.powerful | B.scary | C.tense | D.hurtful |
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小題18: | A.ruined | B.disturbed | C.changed | D.broken |
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小題19: | A.turn off | B.fit in | C.get in | D.show off |
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小題20: | A.optimistically | B.honestly | C.persuasively | D.understandingly |
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