I was working in a store three years ago．I remember one girl who started 1 there a few months after me．I remember always meeting her．I don't know 2 but for a strange reason we would never talk．We would just see each other and smile．
She would 3 smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the 4 department again．She 5 as if she was the happiest girl in the world．But I had a strange feeling．So I went up to her and asked, “What's wrong with you?”She answered,“Why?”I said,“I could feel you're very 6 today and you're trying to hide it．”
She was shocked as if I had 7 her deepest secret, so we started 8 ．She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was 9 to hide it and we had a good time together．Time 10 and we became good friends．She'd always tell me I had changed her 11 in so many ways, but I could not 12 how it had happened．I would just smile, not understanding what she 13 by that．
Today this girl is one of my best 14 ．I really don't know what I would do 15 her．She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be．
I guess what I'm trying to say is you 16 know when you're helping yourself．I 17 this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a(n) 18 friend．
So the next time you see a 19 and he looks as if he needs 20 who will listen to him, listen to what he has to say．You never know, you might just end up helping yourself．
Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the 11th grade．Her goal is to become an international diplomat(外交官)and peace-maker．
It was my first day at school．I felt 1 and scared．I went to all my classes with no 2 ．It felt like no one 3 ．I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch 4 at 1∶00．Then finally the bell rang．It was time to talk and have 5 ．
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab(穆斯林妇女戴的面纱)on her head, and though I am 6 ．we got along fine, and I was so 7 when she said,“Sit-with us, at our table．”She pointed to the one next to the door．
So I 8 , and took my tray and was 9 to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog．“Hey, I saw you on the bus,”said a tall girl in a long skirt．“I see your Jewish star necklace．You 10 sit with us．”
At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 11 , to my surprise, the nations of the world, 12 themselves．That's what I saw through my own eyes．
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and 13 the Arabs with the Jews．
I saw the reason why 14 got started．Everyone 15 to their own kind．The 16 was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations．But why was everyone so 17 ?
And so I turned 18 this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 19 between two worlds when I sat with those 20 from me．
Sharon wrote this when she was 16 and in the llth grade．Her goal is to become an international diplomat(外交官)and peace-maker．
It was my first day at school．I felt 1 and scared．I went to all my classes with no 2 ．It felt like no one 3 ．I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for lunch 4 at 1∶00．Then finally the bell rang．It was time to talk and have 5 ．
In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab(穆斯林妇女戴的面纱)on her head, and though I am 6 , we got along fine, and I was so 7 when she said, “Sit with us, at our table．” She pointed to the one next to the door．
So I 8 , and took my tray and was 9 to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a jog．“Hey, I saw you on the bus,” said a tall girl in a long skirt．”I see your Jewish star necklace．You 10 sit with us．”
At that moment I looked around, and that's when I 11 , to my surprise, the nations of the world, 12 themselves．That’s what I saw through my own eyes．
The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians, and 13 the Arabs with the Jews．
I saw the reason why 14 got started．Everyone 15 to their own kind．The 16 was just like a map of the world, where there should never have been so much separation among nations．But why was everyone so 17 ?
And so I turned 18 this girl, and went with the first, and there was no offence, I built a 19 between two worlds when I sat with those 20 from me．
This girl is almost without shelter．She may not realize it, but she’s more exposed to the world than she’s ever likely to be again．And it isn’t because she’s a girl．It could be a boy．It could be you．
But why is she shelterless?She’s got a place to live in quite a pleasant place by the look of it and if shelter doesn’t mean a house, then what does it mean?When we say someone “lives a sheltered life”, we don’t only mean that their house is comfortable．We mean that they’re protected from too many worries and troubles, that they live in a settled home, probably surrounded by friends and family, and that they don’t have to cope with(应付)the difficulties the world is full of alone．
Certainly no one would say that this girl was leading a sheltered life;she’s leaving home to earn her living in a strange city and live by herself in a bedsitter．She may be just as well protected physically as a “sheltered life” person, but she’s lost all the other shelters in her life－family, friends, the home she grew up in, school, the groups she belonged to．She’s on her own now and unless she’s very self-reliant(信赖自己的), she’s likely to feel unhappy and insecure(不安全的)at times．
A young person setting out on her own like this is between the two main kinds of shelter most of us spend our lives in．One is our parents home where we grow up, and the other is the home we make ourselves and where we bring up our own children．For most people the time they spend between or outside these two shelters is only a small part of their lives．
(1)
It can be inferred from the passage that this girl ________．
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A．
has nowhere to live
B．
will have problems because she’s a girl
C．
is probably going to feel lonely
D．
wants to live in her home again
(2)
When we say someone “lives a sheltered life”, we mean they ________．
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A．
live in the country
B．
have a comfortable house
C．
don’t have any worries
D．
have a secure home life and don’t have to face problems alone
(3)
One could say that ________．
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A．
this girl will be unhappy because she is alone
B．
unless this girl is an independent type of person, she’ll probably be unhappy
C．
this girl will have difficulties because she has left school
D．
this girl will probably be unhappy because she is unreliable
This story took place in France during World War Ⅱ．At the edge of the forest lived a French girl named Marie．She spent her time looking 1 goats in the forest．
One day, she was sitting on a fallen tree, 2 she heard a voice from behind the bush．It said, “Don’t look around, but listen 3 ．You know the little window in the roof over your bed and hold your 4 lamp just under the window for ten minutes．And then put 5 the light and go to sleep．”
She did 6 the unseen man told her．She could hear a plane flying round and round 7 her cottage．“I’m helping the plane!” Marie said to 8 ．
At that time thousands of French people were 9 in the forests and mountains to resist the Germans．They were in need of food and weapons, which had to be 10 to them from planes coming from England．In this way, Marie carried out 11 ．
One morning Marie met the owner of the voice, a young French soldier．He sat near her and said, “Thank you, Marie, for what you have done．Tonight is very important．Things of great 12 will be dropped and the light must be shown at 3 o’clock in the morning．Can you keep 13 till then?” “I’ll not 14 ,” Marie answered．Night fell．Two 15 soldiers burst in, gun in hand．They searched the cottage and remained in her room and she was 16 to go outside．She sat still, wondering what she could do．She couldn’t stand on the bed to show the light．She remembered her 17 to the French soldier．The enemies were asleep．Just then she had an idea．Noiselessly she got out of the room and 18 fire to the hay．In a moment the cottage was burning．She ran 19 the forest．In the morning, the French soldier came．“You’ve done well, Marie,” he said, “You did not fail．The plane 20 us what we need．Your parents are safe．Come and join us．”