Iwouldn’thavepickedupthatdustycardwithoutseeingthosebigwords:DON’TFORGET.Iwas37.Don’tforgetwhat?Underthewordswerethreenumbereditems:1.Snowpeas.2.Shakespeare.3.SadiraKirmani.Whatwasmynamedoingonsom

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I wouldn’t have picked up that dusty card without seeing those big words: DON’T FORGET. I was  37  . Don’t forget what? Under the words were three numbered items: 1. Snow peas. 2. Shakespeare. 3. Sadira Kirmani. What was my name doing on someone’s list?

Yesterday was my first day here. Since Mrs. Allison   38   me nobody except the boy with glasses spoke to me and asked if he could have my cake at lunch. I tried to   39   on the lessons but my mind went  40  . Snow peas Shakespeare and me? “Sadira.” I   41   when Mrs. Allison called my name. “It’s time to line up for   42  .”

As I moved through the line I heard a girl with braces ask “What’s that?”   43  at a pan. “Snow peas ” the lady answered. “I’ll try some snow peas ” the boy behind me   44   . Snow peas! Number 1 on the list.

After lunch Mrs. Allison   45   that it was “rhyme(押韵诗) time”. The boy who had asked for snow peas stood up. “OK Wyatt.” Mrs. Allison nodded. “ ‘To be or not to be’” Wyatt began. When he  46  Mrs. Allison added “Shakespeare wrote sonnets a special kind of  47  .” Shakespeare? Number 2 on the list. I started to panic   ___48   what would happen next.

After school I sat alone on the bus. It was quite a while before I  49   Wyatt. He smiled in a  50  way saying “I wanted to talk to you. I almost forgot.”

“Forgot what?”

“You’re number 3 on my list.”

So now I  51   what was going on. “My mom’s  52   . I’m supposed to try three new things every day.” continued Wyatt.

That night I made my own  53  : 1. Try the spinach quiche. 2. Offer my  54  to the boy with glasses .3. Say  ___55  to the girl with braces. Then I smiled before adding one more  56  : Thank Wyatt.

37. A. enthusiastic                     B. grateful       C. curious    D. optimistic

38. A. introduced     B. encouraged     C. recommended    D. dismissed

39. A. bring          B. carry          C. rely           D. concentrate

40. A. blank          B. excited        C. pale           D. weak

41. A. shouted        B. laughed        C. jumped         D. greeted

42. A. class          B. supper         C. sports         D. lunch

43. A. pointing       B. glaring        C. knocking       D. coming

44. A. worked out     B. checked out    C. shouted out    D. figured out

45. A. advocated      B. announced      C. responded      D. reported

46. A. finished       B. copied         C. prepared       D. returned

47. A. theatre        B. novel          C. article        D. poetry

48. A. wandering      B wondering       C. predicting     D. deciding

49. A. knew           B. remembered     C. understood     D. noticed

50. A. strict         B. friendly       C. sad            D. voluntary

51. A. pointed out    B. referred to    C. found out      D. appealed to

52. A. idea           B. invitation     C. command        D. preference

53. A. meal           B. list           C. rhyme          D. cake

54. A. card           B. peas           C. dessert        D. homework

55. A. number         B. entry          C. person         D. word

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