OnelunchtimewhenIwasinthethirdgradewillstaywithmealways.Ihadbeen21tobetheprincessintheschoolplayandforweeksmymotherhadpainstakingly22mylineswithme.ButnomatterhoweasilyI23themathomeasso

　　OnelunchtimewhenIwasinthethirdgradewillstaywithmealways.Ihadbeen 21 tobetheprincessintheschoolplayandforweeksmymotherhadpainstakingly 22 mylineswithme.ButnomatterhoweasilyI 23 themathomeassoonasIsteppedonstageeveryword 24 frommyhead.

　　Finallymyteachertookmeaside.Sheexplainedthatshehadwrittenanarrator’sparttotheplayandaskedmetoswitch 25 .Herwords 26 deliveredstillstung(刺耳)especiallywhenIsawmy 27 gotoanothergirl.

　　Ididn’ttellmymotherwhathadhappenedwhenIwenthomeforlunchthatday.Butshe 28 myuneaseandinsteadofsuggestingwepracticemy 29 sheaskedifIwantedtowalkintheyard.

　　Itwasalovelyspringdayandtherosevine(枝条)wasturning 30 .Wecouldseeyellowdandelions(蒲公英)poppingthroughthegrassinbunches.

　　Iwatchedmymother 31 benddownbyoneoftheclumps(丛)“IthinkI’mgoingto 32 alltheseweeds.’’shesaid.“Fromnowonwe’llhaveonlyrosesinthisgarden.”“ButIlikedandelions.’’I 33.“Allflowersarebeautiful—evendandelions.”

　　Mymotherlookedatmeseriously. ‘‘Yeseveryflowergives 34 initsownwaydoesn’tit?”Sheaskedthoughtfully.“Andthatis 35 ofpeopletoo”sheadded.“Noteveryonecanbea 36 butthereisnoshameinthat.”

　　Relievedthatshehadguessedmy 37 IstartedtocryasItoldherwhathadhappened.

　　“Butyouwillbea 38 narrator”shesaidremindingmeofhowmuchIlovedtoreadstoriesaloudtoher“Thenarrator’spartisas 39 asthepartoftheprincess.’’

　　Overthenextfewweekswithherconstant 40 Ilearnedtotakeprideintherole.LunchtimeswerespentreadingovermylinesandtalkingaboutwhatIwouldwear.

　　21.A.trained B.picked C.tested D.expected

　　22.A.rewritten B.changed C.questioned D.practiced

　　23.A.replaced B.selected C.delivered D.designed

　　24.A.disappeared B.came C.failed D.shone

　　25.A.seats B.roles C.tasks D.ideas

　　26.A.secretly B.exactly C.fully D.kindly

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