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One misfortune led to another, and that's how Alexandra came to live with my family. Within days, she
packed and  1  her family behind to live with us. She walked into our house as a  2  , nervous and
uncomfortable, smiling  3  but finally feeling safe. At first, she spent most of her time in her room, only
showing her face at dinner time. But each night she became more a  4  of our family.
Soon enough, I met the real Alexandra, a  5  girl who jumped at unexpected noises, had an unforgettable
laugh, and was somewhat misunderstood. She  6  right in with the weird mix of my family, bringing her own
sparkle (活力) to our  7  . After a while, I became very  8  to her. We painted each other's nails and texted
inside jokes only a few feet away from  9  . She would even tease me like an older sister. I admired her because
she opened up to us 10 she had suffered so much. Through it all she was still the 11 person she had always
been.
She was not with us very long; she had dreams yet to realize. Her ambition was 12 , and she decided a local
college was 13 she would study English and Secondary Education. Because of my family she was able to
follow through with her 14 .
Without her, the house is quieter, lonelier, and 15 something. She showed me things no other person could,
lessons that cannot be taught but only understood through an 16 like this.
As I 17 back on the shadow she left, I question whether I could endure what she had. People say that what
my family did for her was a great act of unconditional 18 and sacrifice, but in my eyes what she did for me
was even greater. Though she is not 19 to me, she is a person I will always remember, not as an adopted sister
but as a do 20 one.

(     )1.A.left      (     )2.A.loser     (     )3.A.willingly   (     )4.A.piece     (     )5.A.pretty     (     )6.A.joined     (     )7.A.combination  (     )8.A.friendly    (     )9.A.one another  (     )10.A.ever since   (     )11.A.only      (     )12.A.engineering  (     )13.A.when       (     )14.A.goals     (     )15.A.covering    (     )16.A.opportunity  (     )17.A.bring     (     )18.A.love      (     )19.A.familiar    (     )20.A.last

B.put      B.fool     B.occasionally B.kind     B.sweet    B.matched    B.conversation    B.modest   B.us      B.as if     B.same     B.acting   B.which     B.opinions   B.missing    B.adventure   B.call     B.happiness   B.related    B.full

C.kept     C.stranger   C.broadly    C.role     C.worried    C.set      C.tradition       C.close     C.them     C.as far as   C.likely    C.teaching   C.whether   C.manners   C.holding    C.experience C.feel     C.help     C.exposed    C.real

D.moved          D.trouble-maker  D.falsely        D.part           D.confident      D.fit            D.expectation    D.innocent       D.her            D.even though                   D.other          D.learning       D.where          D.habits         D.destroying     D.explanation    D.look           D.dignity        D.ordinary       D.moral

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