We should seize every opportunity to_get_close_to the masses.

　　5．我第一次到这个城市的时候，觉得孤独无助。

　　The_first_time_I_arrived_in the city, I felt lonely and helpless.

Ⅳ.阅读理解

　　A

　　Once again, I was in a new school.So was a girl in my class named Paris.That's where the similarities ended.

　　I was tall and she was short.I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest.I was awkward (笨拙的) and shy.She wasn't.I couldn't stand her, considering her my enemy.But she wanted to be friends with me.

　　One day, she invited me over and I said yes - I was too shocked to say no.Actually no one had invited me over to play before.But this girl, who wore the latest fashions, wanted to see me.

　　She lived on the fourth floor in a two­room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister.When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies which was my next surprise.I would have thought she'd outgrown (长大而放弃) them.I had never played with them.But we sat on the floor of a walk­in cupboard laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies.That's when we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older.We both had wild imaginations.

　　We had a great day that afternoon.Our jaws (下巴)ached from smiling so much.She showed me her outfits (全套服装), which had mostly come from a designer clothing store (时装设计店) down the block.The woman who owned it used her as a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange.

　　Paris had the whole neighborhood attracted.The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free pieces.Soon I was included in her magic world.We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together.My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall.

　　 Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me get through the tough teenage years and taught me an amazing thing about making friends: your "worst enemy"can turn out to be your best friend.

语篇解读：作者回忆了转学后，与女同学Paris由相识、敌对到和睦相处，最后成为最要好的朋友的过程以及作者内心的感受。

　　1．Which of the following is most probably the best title?

　　A．A story about Paris

　　B．An unlikely best friend

　　C．Life in a new school

D．A secret of how to make friends