About five years ago my family moved to New York and I started going to a new school. I was a little  1   , but I worried I would never be better than the other ninth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class was not ready for the change. I thought she didn't   2 me from the start. In fact, I was sure that she hated me. When I asked her a  3 , she answered me impatiently as if I was a fool.

My teacher made us sit next to each other for a term. Lucy didn't like that   4 .

I didn't wear make-up (化妆), and I didn't wear those strange jeans other people were wearing. I didn't exactly look like the coolest girl. However, I kept smiling to her,  5  she rolled her eyes at (翻白眼) me. I kept telling her she looked   6  , even if she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in front of her “cool” friends. She started   7  me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she   8  to me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her a joke. Lucy   9   me to her house for parties, and talked to me all the time. Lucy, the girl who had  10  me, called me her best friend.

I will never forget a sentence written by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?”

1    A. surprised              B. nervous                C. excited               D. satisfied

2    A. see                   B. help                    C. move               D. like

3    A. reason                 B. leave                   C. question              D. cause

4    A. idea                   B. information           C. message             D. style

5    A. when                  B. since                  C. though               D. as 

6    A. beautiful                B. ugly                  C. fat                  D. young

7    A. telling                 B. asking                 C. questioning           D. watching

8    A. pointed                B. shouted                C. smiled               D. laughed

9    A. pushed                B. asked                  C. expected              D. invited 

10 A. forgotten              B. hated                  C. beaten                 D. missed

Mrs. Wilson is my neighbor(邻居). She1at a post office and she meets lots of people2. She is3to everyone and likes helping others. She is over fifty years old,4she looks very young(年轻). She is of 5height and thin. She has long, curly, brown6. She likes to wear a red T-shirt and jeans. She7like a movie star. She really likes8shopping on weekends and she always buys many beautiful clothes. She always9,“Old people still want10beautiful! ”People all like her very much.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      works
   2. B.
      work
   3. C.
      working
   4. D.
      is work
2. 2.
   1. A.
      everyday
   2. B.
      nobody
   3. C.
      every day
   4. D.
      no body
3. 3.
   1. A.
      friend
   2. B.
      friendly
   3. C.
      bad
   4. D.
      badly
4. 4.
   1. A.
      or
   2. B.
      also
   3. C.
      but
   4. D.
      and
5. 5.
   1. A.
      medium
   2. B.
      very
   3. C.
      never
   4. D.
      /
6. 6.
   1. A.
      beard
   2. B.
      look
   3. C.
      hair
   4. D.
      build
7. 7.
   1. A.
      looking
   2. B.
      looks
   3. C.
      look
   4. D.
      be
8. 8.
   1. A.
      go
   2. B.
      goes
   3. C.
      going
   4. D.
      to
9. 9.
   1. A.
      says
   2. B.
      speaks
   3. C.
      tells
   4. D.
      say
10. 10.
    1. A.
       to do
    2. B.
       be
    3. C.
       to be
    4. D.
       /

Mrs.  Wilson is my neighbor(邻居). She    1   at a post office and she meets lots of people    2  . She is    3   to everyone and likes helping others. She is over fifty years old,    4   she looks very young(年轻). She is of    5 height and thin. She has long,  curly,  brown    6  . She likes to wear a red T-shirt and jeans. She    7   like a movie star. She really likes    8   shopping on weekends and she always buys many beautiful clothes. She always   9   , “Old people still want    10   beautiful! ”People all like her very much.