own students __14__ them."

　　I could hear everyone whispering. "Who in our school could draw __15__ well？"

　　Mr. Brown waited a while before saying, "__16__ this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a __17__， too. Our mystery (神秘) artist is our new student - Suzy Khan！"

　　Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist's set. "Thank you，" she cried.

　　I __18__， at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she'd probably never __19__ anything in her whole life.

　　Everyone started to __20__ their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

　　语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。故事的主人公是一位被收养的非洲女孩。一开始她很难融入美国的学校生活，后来在老师的关心下，她为学校举办的才能展创作海报，得到了全校师生的赞扬，校长还专门为她颁发了特别奖项，她也因此真正开始了正常的学校生活 。

　　1．A.joked B．cared

　　C．forgot D．worried

　　解析：选A　根据下文中的"...about her and laughed their heads off"可知，此处是说班级里的男生经常拿她开玩笑，故选A，joke意为"开玩笑"，在此作动词用。care意为"关心；在意"；forget意为"忘记"；worry意为"担忧，担心"，均不符合语境。

　　2．A.reported B．decided

　　C．complained D．questioned

　　解析：选B　根据下文中的"the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with American kids"可知，此处是说收养她的家庭认为，对她来说，学习美国生活方式最好的办法就是和美国孩子们在一起。decide意为"决定"，符合语境，故选B。report意为"报道"；complain意为"抱怨"；question意为"质疑"，均不符合语境。

　　3．A.rich B．proud

　　C．tiny D．popular

　　解析：选C　根据文章第一段中的"She was really small for her age of 12"可知，她的个子比较矮小。tiny意为"极小的；微小的"，符合语境，故选C。

　　C．fit D．tie

解析：选C　结合文章首段提到班里的男孩子经常嘲笑她可推知，此处应该是说我怎么才能够帮助她融入到我们之中呢？即如何融入到班集体中。fit in with sb. 意为"适应，与......合得来"，符合语境，故选C。