I sat next to my close friend，Tina，in my history class．Our teacher，Miss Turner announced a new
11 ．We were to create a
12 about cultures．As required，we wrote the names of two friends we wanted in our group．Miss Turner informed us that she would
13 our choices and let us know the result．I had no
14 that I would work with Tina because I knew we had chosen each other．
The next day，I waited anxiously when Miss Turner started to call out
1 5．When she reached group three，Tina was called．
16 ，my name was not included．“There must have been some
17 ！"I thought to myself．
Than I heard
18 .The last group with Mauro and Karina! How
19 ! How could I face being in that group—the boy who hardly spoke English and the girl who wore
20 clothes a11 the time?
I went to Miss Turner to
21 I should be in a “good” group．She gently placed a hand on my shoulder．“I know what you want，Rachael，”she said，but your group
22 you more．Only you can help them get an ideal
23 ．Will you help them?"
I
24 walked to where the others in my group sat. Halfway through the week, I
25 myself enjoying working with my partners．There was no need to
26 —I grew sincerely interested in learning something about then. Mauro, I found out, was
27 with English after he came to this country. Karina wanted to be a fashion designer and she had a lot of
28 ideas．They were the ones no one cared enough about to try to understand—except Miss Turner．
Miss Turner gave us an A on that newspaper. But I think she is the one who truly
29 it. I really
30 that Miss Turner gave me a chance to see other people in a new light.
| 小题1: | | A．plan | B．subject | C．project | D．lesson |
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| 小题2: | | A．story | B．group | C．test | D．newspaper |
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| 小题3: | | A．make use of | B．pay attention to | C．put into practice | D．take into consideration |
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| 小题4: | | A．idea | B．doubt | C．intention | D．promise |
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| 小题5: | | A．names | B．numbers | C．students | D．topics |
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| 小题6: | | A．Besides | B．However | C．Thus | D．Finally |
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| 小题7: | | A．mistake | B．coincidence | C．problem | D．reason |
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| 小题9: | | A．interesting | B．amusing | C．annoying | D．disappointing |
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| 小题10: | | A．dirty | B．plain | C．strange | D．formal |
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| 小题11: | | A．warn | B．remind | C．request | D．inform |
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| 小题12: | | A．needs | B．refuses | C．misses | D．ignores |
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| 小题13: | | A．design | B．job | C．chance | D．grade |
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| 小题14: | | A．slowly | B．swiftly | C．suddenly | D．bravely |
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| 小题16: | | A．speak | B．pretend | C．refuse | D．panic |
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| 小题17: | | A．dealing | B．helping | C．beginning | D．struggling |
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| 小题18: | | A．funny | B．general | C．bright | D．new |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．deserved | C．neglected | D．proved |
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| 小题20: | | A．believed | B．appreciated | C．admitted | D．agreed |
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