AssixthgraderskidswereseparatingintogroupsbutIwasn'tsurewhereIbelonged．
Ourteachergaveusataskcalled"secretfriends"forthecomingweek．Weweresupposedtodonicethings 36 ourfriendswithoutlettingthemknowwhowasdoingit．Wecouldleave 37 notesorcardseitherontheirdesksorintheirbackpacks．Beforedoingthetaskwithoureyesclosedfromabasketwe 38anameofaclassmatewhoweweretosecretlybefriendoverthenextfivedays．
Soonthetaskwasturnedintoacompetitionofgiving 39insteadofnotes．Everyonewasgettingcoolpresentsexceptme．Myfriendfollowedtheteacher's 40 withoutafault．Ireceivednothingbuthandmadecardswithnicewordsaboutme．
OnthelastmorningIfinallygotapackage．WhenI 41 itthegirlsaroundall 42．Itwasperfumedpowderan"oldlady"gift．Myfacewentred．
Itriedtoforgetaboutthe 43 giftbutwhenthesamegirls 44 itagainduringthebreakinthebathroomIjoinedin"Howstupid!Mygrandmotherwouldn't 45wantit．"Thegirlslaughedatmy 46 andfiledoutofthebathroom．WashingmyhandsIletthewaterrunthroughmyfingers47 Ithoughtaboutmywords．Itwasn't 48 likemetosaythingslikethat．
"I'myoursecretfriend．"ItwasRochelle．"I'msorryaboutthegift"shewhisperedtometears49downherface．
Fromapoorfamilyshewasa 50 atschoolforthosewithrichparents．Yetshejusttookallthe51 andthehorribletreatmentsilently．
Iwassicktomystomachasmy 52 wordsranthroughmymind．Shehadheardeverything．HowcouldIhavebeensocruel?
LaterIlearnedshehadfeltbadallweekaboutnotbeingabletoleavemeanycoolpresentandhermumhadgivenupheronlyluxury（奢侈品）．
AndIhad 53everythingforher．
ItoldherthatIhadonlysaidthosethingstotryto 54 .
"Wearen'tthatdifferentfromeachotherarewe?"Shesmiled 55．Hersimplewordsspokenfromherheartfoundtheirwaystraightintomine．
36．A．forB．behindC．throughD．like
37．A．convincingB．remindingC．rewarding D．encouraging
38/A．drew B．draggedC．found D．picked
39．A．chancesB．help C．hope D．gifts
40．A．guidan
