“Come on, Cindy!” Darcy sounded so impatient, “We’ll be late for class.”
“Darcy, I can’t find my ________.” I dropped my book bag to dig through my coat pockets. “My money was in it.”
“Someone took it.” Darcy said. As usual, she was quick to point away from the ________ side of things. “Oh. I’m sure I just misplaced it.” I hoped. Even though we were best friends, Darcy and I were just so ________.
We rushed into class. Darcy ________ the news about the theft. By last period in gym class, I was ________ of having to say over and over again, “I’m sure I just left it at home.”
After gym, we went into the locker room. I was changing ________ I heard a gasp from Darcy. I looked at her and found her face was white with ________. There, at her feet, was my wallet.
“It fell out of her locker!” Darcy pointed at Juanita, a “new girl” in our class. “She ________ it.”
Everyone began to ________ Juanita at once.
“Darcy caught her red-handed.”
“Report her!”
I looked over at Juanita. She picked up the wallet and held it out to me. Her hands were ________. “I found it in the parking lot. I was going to give it to you.”
Darcy spit the words “I’m so sure!” at her.
“Really, it’s true.” Juanita’s eyes began to fill with tears.
I ________ for my wallet. I didn’t know what to think, ________ when I looked over at Darcy, her attitude made me sick inside. I looked at Juanita. She was scared but looked ________. I knew I held her ________ in my hands.
“I am so glad you found it,” I smiled. “Thanks, Juanita.”
The ________ around us broke.
“Good thing she found it,” everyone but Darcy ________.
“If there is any money left in your wallet.”
“Not now. Darcy!”
“You are so naive!”
It wasn’t until others left there that I opened my wallet.
“It’s all here.” I couldn’t help but feel ________. A folded piece of paper fluttered from my wallet. I opened it to see what it was.
“She just didn’t have time to ________ it yet.”
“Darcy, maybe you spend too much time ________ people.”
Darcy grabbed the note, read it and threw it back at me. “Whatever!” she said and stomped off. I knew that something had ________ between us.
I read the note again.
Cindy,I found your wallet in the parking lot. Hope nothing is missing.
Juanita
P.S. My phone number is 55-3218. Maybe you could call me sometime.
And I did.
11. A.coat | B.book | C.pen | D.wallet |
12. A.serious | B.bright | C.funny | D.opposite |
13. A.close | B.strange | C.different | D.independent |
14. A.spread | B.heard | C.watched | D.made |
15. A.afraid | B.proud | C.tired | D.fond |
16. A.since | B.after | C.before | D.when |
17. A.shame | B.shock | C.shyness | D.sadness |
18. A.got | B.lost | C.stole | D.brought |
19. A.accuse | B.comfort | C.warn | D.help |
20. A.rising | B.waving | C.clapping | D.trembling |
21. A.reached | B.looked | C.paid | D.searched |
22. 23. A.excited | B.modest | C.sincere | D.pleased |
24. A.reputation | B.confidence | C.wealth | D.regret |
25. A.trust | B.peace | C.balance | D.tension |
26. A.agreed | B.promised | C.hesitated | D.admitted |
27. A.relaxed | B.relieved | C.disappointed | D.disturbed |
28. A.return | B.lend | C.find | D.empty |
29. A.persuading | B.numbering | C.understanding | D.transforming |
30. A.left | B.united | C.broken | D.recovered |