My parents are from South Africa, and I’m a vegetarian, which no one in my small hometown in Washington understood. I always felt ______ from everybody else at school. As hard as I tried to keep myself ______, I started getting bullied(霸凌). I ______ who I was, wore really plain clothes, and tied up my bright red hair and ______ I wouldn’t attract as much attention. Eventually, I ______ to an arts high school, which was much more ______. There, I felt brave enough to show off the unique sides of my ______ and made friends who loved me for who I was.
More recently, I’ve ______ with confidence in my skin. When I moved to L. A. , I started getting bad cystic acne(痤疮). I didn’t want to go outside, and if I had to, I would ______ makeup. I’ve learned that you can’t ______ control your skin, but you can control how you treat yourself. When I tell myself I’m beautiful, or take a(n) ______ few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling ______.
A lot of Riverdale fans made the ______ that I was as mean as Cheryl when the show was first ______, so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true ______. And so many of them ask for advice about how to ______ bullying. Playing a ______ girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is ______ something, and it has nothing to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her ______ erupts, it has to do with how she’s feeling about herself rather than the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that ______ her wealth and upbringing, a privileged daughter of a businessman.
My motto: If you take care of yourself, you’ll always feel confident and happy.
1.A.absent B.free C.distinct D.immune
2.A.active B.unique C.unnoticed D.ambitious
3.A.hid B.displayed C.remembered D.forgot
4.A.yet B.thus C.moreover D.meanwhile
5.A.submitted B.transported C.slipped D.transferred
6.A.persuasive B.inclusive C.expensive D.negative
7.A.hair B.origin C.personality D.identity
8.A.gone B.met C.started D.struggled
9.A.abuse B.absorb C.attach D.apply
10.A.constantly B.strictly C.hardly D.loosely
11.A.spare B.extra C.precious D.unhappy
12.A.nervous B.depressed C.content D.ridiculous
13.A.presentation B.explanation C.definition D.assumption
14.A.aired B.scheduled C.designed D.adapted
15.A.strengths B.charms C.values D.characters
16.A.handle B.relieve C.clarify D.monitor
17.A.popular B.mean C.foreign D.sensitive
18.A.seeing through B.falling through C.putting through D.going through
19.A.violence B.excitement C.curiosity D.anxiety
20.A.multiplies B.shares C.reflects D.decreases
There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will ______.
A.give the cold shoulder B.kill the fatted calf
C.cost an arm and a leg D.start from scratch
Our neighbor is always doing what he can to help those in need. He is really ________.
A.a Scrooge B.a good Samaritan C.a sacred cow D.a Judas
The violence in Hong Kong has threatened its stability. We would rather it ______ its former order soon.
A.would restore B.will restore C.restored D.had restored
When enough years _____ to enable us to look back, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident.
A.went by B.were to go by C.had gone by D.goes by
New energy-sharing projects _____ in dozens of cities across the country to fuel China’s sharing economy in the next few years.
A.are to carry out B.are being carried out
C.were carried out D.will have been carried out