The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often  1  about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book,  2  to read, with tears dropping on the open page.

   One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had  3  her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n)  4  copy.

   I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming  5  show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had  6 . “why, it’s wonderful,” said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted for the talent show. “I need more of these. Could you help me, Suzy?

   On the day of the talent show, Suzy’s  7  were everywhere — all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.

   “And finally,” said Mr. Brown, the school -master, at the end of the show, “we have a (n)  8  award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students  9  them.”

   I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw  10  well?”

   Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, “ 11  this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a  12 , too. Our mystery(ÉñÃØ) artist is our new student — Suzy Khan!”

   Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set (×°ÖÃ). “Thank you,” she cried.

   I 13 , at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she’d probably never  14  anything in her whole life.

   Everyone started to  15  their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right. ”

1.       A. joked                B. cared                C. trains               D. worried

2.       A. happening        B. pretending           C. intending            D. extending

3.       A. read             B. taken                C. opened           D. put

4.       A. free             B. perfect              C. final                D. extra

5.       A. art              B. talk                 C. quiz             D. talent

6.       A. colored         B. written              C. carved           D. drawn

7.       A. gifts                B. books                C. photos           D. posters

8.       A. special         B. academic             C. national         D. royal

9.       A. found            B. painted              C. printed          D. collected

10.    A. very             B. that                 C. quite                D. too

11.    A. If               B. Though               C. Unless           D. Since

12.    A. prize                B. rank                 C. rest             D. place

13.    A. replied         B. realized             C. remembered       D. regretted

14.    A. offered          B. valued               C. owned            D. controlled

15.    A. clap             B. wave                 C. raise                D. shake