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
Don’t use your mobile phone while charging, ______ you may be shocked by electricity.
A.or B.and C.but D.yet
— Why is the chemical plant closed?
— Because large quantities of waste water ______ into the Yangtze River.
A.has been released B.is being released
C.was released D.have been released
—Lydia, what did our head-teacher say just now?
—Every boy and every girl as well as the teachers who _____ to lead the group _____ asked to be at the
school gate before 6:30 in the morning.
A.is; is B.are; are C.are; is D.is; are
You will never gain success________ you are fully devoted to your work.
A.when B.because C.after D.unless
Among the many dangers__________ sailors have to face, probably the greatest of all is fog.
A.which B.what
C.where D.when