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 (化妝), 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

   This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake （地震）. Nothing was destroyed and（1）was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

   When the earthquake （2）, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock （3）the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to（4）it with ropes but nothing worked.

   "Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the（5）. "At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

   "You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all（6）at the boy.

   The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is （7）!” More people ran out to see. It was true. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't（8）near the road.

   "This is （9）," they said, "Where did it go?"

   The boy stood in the street, （10）, "I told you I could move it last night."

   The boy walked over to where the （11） had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

   The people looked （12）. "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡） up to the rock and the rock （13） down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

   The crowds shouted, "What a （14） boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good （15）?"

1. A. somebody            B. nobody              C. anybody           D. everybody

2. A. stopped         B. started              C. happened          D. appeared

3. A. over                    B. into                  C. off                   D. onto

4. A. push                    B. lift                    C. change                     D. pull

5. A. road                    B. stone                C. rope                 D. village

6. A. looked                 B. laughed             C. called               D. pointed

7. A. gone                    B. missed              C. broken             D. stolen

8. A. very                    B. quite                 C. even                 D. still

9. A. heavy                  B. dangerous         C. special              D. impossible

10. A. crying                B. smiling             C. thinking            D. lying

11. A. street                 B. town                C. rock                 D. mountain

12. A. surprised            B. sad                   C. happy               D. relaxed

13. A. lay                     B. dropped            C. walked             D. ran

14. A. clever                B. strong              C. brave                      D. poor

15. A. boy                    B. hole                  C. story                D. way