Edie was nine years old, and she was tinier than other children of her age. One day, she ran home crying loudly, because she was 36 by the three new girls of her school. They picked her as the object of their 37 and threatened to beat her up. Edie’s mother held her 38 and comforted (安慰)her. She 39 the next day that the girls had been troublemakers at several other schools and they were being given one more 40 at a new beginning.
Edie’s _41 said ,“Be kind to your enemies, Edie.”She _42 said, “When the girls 43 to threatened you next time ,tell them you want to be their friend.”“Are you 44 enough to do that?”Edie’s mother asked. The 45 girl answered, “Yes, Mom, I’ll try.”
Every day, the girls pushed Edie and called her names and 46 to get in a poke(戳) or two. Each time, Edie looked up at them and said, “ I’d really like to be your 47 . ”But it seemed that this wasn’t working.
Then one day the following week, Edie ran home as 48 as she could , shouting ,“Mom, guess what happened today ! Just like I 49 did, I said I’d really like to be their friend, and one of the 50 said ,‘Okay, Edie, we 51 and we’ll be your friends’”A short time later, Edie sat at a table with them and 52 their tutor (私人教师).
Towards the end of the school year, 53 Edie’s parents went to school for a parent-teacher conference, the teacher told 54 ,“Because of Edie’s kindness, those girls have completed 55 and are model students in the class.”
1. A. frightened B. encouraged C. cheated D. saved
2. A. shame B. surprise C. anger D. fear
3.A. suddenly B. unwillingly C. curiously D. softly
4.A. expressed B. admitted C. learned D. believed
5.A. time B. chance C. lesson D. trouble
6. A. sister B. father C. mother D. teacher
7.A. again B. also C. once D. just
8. A. start B. agree C. refuse D. forget
9.A. kind B. brave C. strong D. clever
10.A. weak B. foolish C. selfish D. tiny
11.A. chose B. promised C. volunteered D. tried
12. A. friend B. classmate C. enemy D. neighbor
13. A. fast B. carefully C. late D. safely
14. A. never B. seldom C. always D. often
15. A. boys B. students C. players D. girls
16. A. grow older B. give up C. set off D. become worse
17. A. became B. helped C. invited D. found
18.A. if B. when C. because D. before
19. A. her B. him C. us D. them
20.A. stayed up B. broken down C. turned around D. fallen behind
The new couple got ____of the long ______play, and they went out of the theatre.
A. tired; boring B.tired; bored C. tiring; boring D.tiring; bored
Progress ________very good so far and we are sure that the work will be finished on time.
A. was B. had been C. has been D. will be
Don’t be angry with him. He didn’t make the mistake _______.
A. in turn B. on purpose C. by accident D. in total
Much attention should be paid _________people’s living conditions.
A. in improving B. to improve C. improving D. to improving
You can eat food free in my restaurant ________ you like.
A. whenever B. wherever C. whatever D. however