我不是那种穿“酷”衣服来适应社会的人。 我“擦掉”眼泪

【题目】I'm simple when it comes to clothes. I never wear skirts or shorts which end above my knees. That is my    .

The other day, I went shopping with my mother. At a shop, I saw a fashionable   ，too short to cover the knees, specially designed for young girls. It looked like something one of those      schoolgirls would wear.

The skirt cost $ 10. I     4    my purse, and I had enough money. I        walking into school and my friends' jaw dropping. Boys would ask me out, and it would make me       Then I showed it to my mother. She got very       but said it was my decision. I could buy it—no, I should buy it.

So, I went into the    room to try it on. I was so sure that the skirt would       me, somehow making me not what I was       what I wished to be. I took my jeans off and put the skirt on. I looked in the     . There I was—a funny girl in a superman T-shirt and sports shoes. My glasses fogged(变得模糊） up as I started to     .

The skirt did not change me anyway.     it fit well and might make me look        in the eyes of today's world, it was not me. I am not a girl who        cool clothes just to fit in.

I took the skirt off and       my own jeans. My mom knocked on the    . “Emily, are you okay?” she asked.

I      my tears away and said，"I'm fine. ” When I looked in the mirror    ，I saw a beautiful slim girl with old-fashioned glasses and a ponytail (马尾辫）. I knew for sure it was the       me.

【1】 A. dream    B. purpose  C. choice    D. life

【2】 A. skirt    B. shirt    C. coat      D. hat

【3】 A. gentle   B. cool    C. ugly      D. clever

【4】 A. lost    B. picked    C. took    D. checked

【5】 A. imagined    B. kept    C. enjoyed    D. hated

【6】 A. angry    B. happy    C. sad    D. scared

【7】 A. disappointed    B. surprised    C. excited    D. interested

【8】 A. chatting    B. reading    C. waiting    D. dressing

【9】 A. change    B. follow    C. shock    D. satisfy

【10】 A. nor    B. but    C. and    D. or

【11】 A. curtain    B. face    C. mirror    D. corner

【12】 A. cry    B. laugh    C. shout    D. whisper

【13】 A. Unless    B. When    C. Since    D. Though

【14】 A. silly    B. good    C. strange    D. young

【15】 A. makes    B. buys    C. wears    D. washes

【16】 A. put on    B. put away    C. threw away    D. got on

【17】 A. window    B. door    C. glass    D. counter

【18】 A. wiped    B. brushed    C. put    D. hid

【19】 A. last    B. first    C. again    D. once

【20】 A. different    B. great    C. false    D. real