阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As sixth graders, kids were separating into groups, but I wasn’t sure where I belonged．
Our teacher gave us a task called "secret friends" for the coming week．We were supposed to do nice things   1   our friends without letting them know who was doing it．We could leave   2   notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks．Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we   3 a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriend over the next five days．
Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving    4 instead of notes．Everyone was getting cool presents except me．My friend    5   what the teacher had told us without a fault．I received nothing but hand-made cards with nice words about me．
On the last morning, I finally got a package．When I   6   it, the girls around all   7 ．It was perfumed powder, an "old lady" gift．My face went red．
I tried to forget about the   8   gift, but when the same girls   9   it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, "How stupid! My grandmother wouldn’t 10 want it．" The girls laughed at my   11   and filed （排着队走）out of the bathroom．Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers _12_ I thought about my words．It wasn’t   13   like me to say things like that．
"I’m your secret friend．" It was Rochelle．" I’ m sorry about the gift," she __14 to me, tears streaming down her face．
From a poor family, she was a   15   at school for those with rich parents．Yet she just took all the16   and the horrible treatment silently．
I was sick to my stomach as my   17   words ran through my mind．She had heard everything．How could I have been so cruel?
Later I learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury（奢侈品）．
And I had   18 everything for her．
I told her that I had only said those things to try to   19   .
"We aren’t that different from each other, are we?" She smiled   20 ．Her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine．

A．for B．behind C．through D．like

A．convincing B．reminding C．rewarding D．encouraging

A．drew B．dragged C．found D．picked

A．chances B．help C．hope D．gifts

A．learned B．copied C．followed D．discovered

A．discovered B．opened C． grasped D．held

A．blamed B．shouted C．laughed D．commented

A．special B．valuable C．worrying D．embarrassing

A．mentioned B．saw C．showed D．suggested

A．just B．ever C．even D．only

A．remarks B．feeling C．suffering D．expression

A．if B．as C．since D．because

A．exactly B．perfectly C．normally D．necessarily

A．waved B．came C．pointed D．whispered

A．goal B．target C．centre D．wonder

A．challenge B．puzzle C．teasing D．ignoring

A．powerful B．hurtful C．tense D．scary

A．ruined B．stolen C．changed D．disturbed

A．turn off B．show off C．get in D．fit in

A．optimistically B．understandingly C．persuasively D．honestly

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11. A. huge        B. recent     C. ordinary       D. frightening
12. A. strange     B. large      C. deep         D. rough
13. A. In the end    B. Therefore   C. After all       D. However
14. A. imagined     B. real        C. special             D. familiar
15. A. so         B. besides       C. again        D. instead
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17. A. lightly     B. jokingly     C. seriously      D. properly
18. A. succeed in    B. insist on     C. depend on    D. join in
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2. A. intended            B. liked                    C. tended                     D. hesitated
3. A. stress                B. spare                    C. strengthen            D. spend
4. A. poor                    B. great                    C. faithless                   D. pretty
5. A. merely             B. usually                    C. never                       D. often
6. A. wished             B. hoped              C. expected                  D. desired
7. A. supported          B. understood            C. approved                 D. disgusted
8. A. 1iving-room         B. kitchen                 C. bed loom                 D. study
9. A. including                 B. containing           C. possessing            D. pinning
10. A. handwriting    B. description           C. tone                        D. scratch
11. A. wrote              B. recorded               C. memorized              D. read
12. A. event              B. content           C. schedule                  D. circumstance
13. A. or                  B. for                       C. but                          D. so
14. A. At                  B. In                           C. On                          D. By
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2. A. sure                B. luckily        C. surprisingly     D. interestingly
3. A. What           B. How come     C. When              D. How much
4. A. on            B. at            C. to             D. between
5. A. put           B. arrived       C. reached        D. filled
6. A. coin                B. note               C. value          D. change
7. A. Can           B. Shall          C. Will         D. Must
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11. A. the price           B. the matter      C. the weight           D. the name
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14. A. straight       B. deeply        C. closely         D. totally
15. A. half           B. lower         C. higher          D. full
16. A. unless        B. after               C. until          D. once
17. A. always       B. often          C. no             D. never
18. A. up           B. down          C. out            D. over
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1. A. take                   B. feel                C. to take            D. to feel
2. A. remains              B. remember          C. reminds          D. recalls
3. A. at all                  B. in all              C. for all             D. after all
4. A. not to wear           B. to wear           C. not wear         D. wear
5. A. large                  B. larger             C. small              D. smaller
6. A. quantity             B. amount           C. quality            D. unit
7. A. as                         B. like                C. for                 D. with
8. A. wishes                       B. needs              C. wants             D. hopes
9. A. come through     B. come up         C. come in          D. come on
10. A. importance       B. important           C. design            D. possibility
11. A. like                  B. possibly          C. unlikely          D. likely
12. A. if                     B. although         C. because           D. because of
13. A. what                B. which             C. that                D. ×
14. A. won                 B. has won          C. wins                  D. had won
15. A. few                  B. little                  C. much              D. many
16. A. improve           B. develop          C. change            D. to change
17. A. a head              B. the head          C. Head              D. head
18. A. being seen               B. to be seen       C. to see             D. will be seen
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