Charles and I used to hang out all the time, together with a few other guys, but he seemed too cool for us lately．We couldn’t understand the  1   , and we didn’t ask him for an explanation．  2  ，we decided to  3  him a lesson in the way he treated us．

Once we started giving Charles the  4  shoulder, almost everyone was taking no notice of him．He looked so  5  , especially at lunchtime when he sat alone in the cafeteria．Now and then he nodded and said, “Hey!” when  6  passed his table, but all he got  7  return were mean looks and silence．

At first I was glad my plan had  8  , but Charles’ unhappiness made me upset．I only wanted him to know  9  it felt like to be blown off, but I hadn’t thought about how badly my “l(fā)esson” would  10  him．

During one lunch period, I  11 as Charles repeatedly glanced at his watch, obviously 12   the minutes until he could leave the cafeteria．I suddenly realized I had done wrong．

“Hey! Man．I’m terribly sorry．” I called out．

Charles turned around   13  , clearly wanting to avoid eye contact．

“Oh, so you are talking to me now?” he asked．

“I’m sorry,   14   I had thought that you wanted to end our friendship．” I said．

“What?” he nearly shouted, looking much   15  ．

“I’ve left you alone because I thought that was what you wanted．”

“Oh, my God! Why would I want  16  ?”I shouted, completely puzzled．

Clearly, we both had been  17  each other wrong．

At first Charles couldn’t accept my  18  ．I knew he needed time to   19 all the hurt I’d caused him．But eventually, he did forgive me．We even started hanging out together  20  ．And our friendship wasn’t destroyed at all．

1．A．situation               B．change               C．a(chǎn)ction                D．a(chǎn)ppearance

2．A．Besides             B．Therefore           C．Instead              D．Opposite

3．A．take                B．teach                C．give                 D．a(chǎn)ttend

4．A．serious              B．friendly              C．warm                D．cold

5．A．sad                 B．a(chǎn)ngry               C．happy                D．high

6．A．nobody             B．a(chǎn)nyone               C．they                  D．someone

7．A．a(chǎn)t                  B．in                  C．on                   D．by

8．A．helped              B．operated             C．worked              D．done

9．A．what                  B．that                C．a(chǎn)s                    D．how

10．A．worry               B．touch               C．hurt                  D．disappoint

11．A．imagined           B．listened             C．recalled             D．watched

12．A．counting           B．guessing            C．waiting             D．checking

13．A．immediately        B．slowly              C．finally              D．willingly

14．A．a(chǎn)nd                 B．so                    C．thus                D．but

15．A．interested          B．pleased              C．surprised           D moved

16．A．it                    B．those                C．that                  D．such

17．A．understanding     B．regarding            C．knowing           D treating

18．A．explanation         B．a(chǎn)ttitude              C．suggestion         D．a(chǎn)pology

20．A．seldom            B．once                 C．a(chǎn)gain                D．a(chǎn)lso

1-5 BCBDA      6-10 DBCAC      11-15 DA ADC      16-20 CADBC

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