A Special Delivery

Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters. Ben liked travelling. 1.___________ , but sally stayed home with the girls. Ben and his friends owned a company. People at the company liked to play jokes on each other. One day, Ben’s friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. 2.____The letter said,

Dear Sally.

I’m having a great time here in Africa. I’m sending a special gift to you. I hope you like it. Please take good care of it until I get home.

Love to you and the kids,

Ben

On the same day, Sally also got a phone call. The caller told her that a delivery was coming. At one o’clock, a truck stopped in front of Sally’s house. The truck driver gave Sally a rope. An animal was tied to the rope. It was a baby elephant! 3.____________ , and it began eating grass.

Then the driver drove away. Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, “What can I feed an elephant with? Bananas?”

4._____________ . He said, “It’s illegal (非法的)to have wild animal here.” Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.

Ben’s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing. They had planned everything perfectly. They had rented (租借)the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket! Ben’s friends also made a film of everything. 5.___________ .

When Sally learned about the truth, she couldn’t help laughing.

A. So they sent a letter to Sally

B. After a while, a policeman came

C. The elephant ran into Sally’s yard

D. They wanted Ben to watch the video

E. One summer, he went to Africa on a trip

“I look so fat in the mirror.”

“She’s so pretty, why can’t I look like her?”

If you feel bad about , you need to read Nobody’s Perfect by American author Kimberly Kirberger.

Kim uses stories from real teens to girls to learn to love themselves.

She says that bad thoughts about yourself come habits.

Her own story this. Kim had three brothers who say bad things to her like “nobody likes you”.

Of course, her brothers did not really mean they said. But things people to you can become part of your thinking. To stop this, Kim tells us to pay attention to our thoughts and the we speak to ourselves.

It’s very easy these bad thoughts to good ones.

Whenever you have a few minutes , think of some nice things people have said to you recently.

Then think about what you like yourself. Slowly you will feel better about yourself and you will feel .

But there will still be times when you think of . Try to bring your mind back to good thoughts.

Changing thoughts from bad to good time. But as you practice saying kind things to yourself, you will understand that no one is perfect and you will like much more.

1.A. you B. yourself C. her D. herself

2.A. teach B. read C. help D. show

3.A. from B. to C. until D. with

4.A. teaches B. tells C. shows D. learns

5.A. like B. would like C. were used to D. used to

6.A. what B. that C. who D. which

7.A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell

8.A. mean B. way C. idea D. interest

9.A. changing B. change C. to changing D. to change

10.A. lonely B. alone C. to alone D. to lonely

11.A. to B. with C. about D. as

12.A. happy B. happier C. happiest D. the happiest

13.A. something bad B. bad something C. nothing bad D. bad nothing

14.A. takes B. take C. taking D. to take

15.A. people B. others C. them D. yourself

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