One day，Edie ran home from school and cried．On that day，three new girls were moved（被调整到）to her  1  and sat behind her．They were 2  taller than Edie and they picked on（欺负）her after class．Her mum comforted her，“If they pick on you again．Just tell them that you really want to be  3  friend．Let’s see what will happen，OK?” Edie agreed to have a try．

After that，each time when the girls picked on her，Edie just said．“I really want to be your friend．”About two weeks later，Edie told Mum that it didn’t  4  ，but she still decided to keep  5  ．Another week later．Edie ran home，shouting，“Mum．Mum．guess what  6  this morning? The girls agreed to be my friends．”Later，Edie asked the teacher  7  she could sit at a desk with these girls in the classroom．She found that they were troublemakers（捣乱者）because they couldn’t understand the lessons．Edie often helped the girls  8 their study．

__9  of the school year，the teacher told Edie’s parents，“  10  your daughter，the three girls have changed a lot．”She thought it was a miracle（奇迹），

1．A．town                B．school              C．grade              D．class

2．A．more                B．much              C．very               D．too

3．A．their                B．them              C．they              D．themselves

4．A．come         1      B．go                C．work              D．leave

5．A．to cry               B．crying             C．to try             D．trying

6．A．happening            B．happened          C．will happen         D．to happen

7．A．if                   B．why               C．what               D．who

8．A．with                B．to                 C．of                D．by

9．A．By the end           B．In the end          C．At the end          D．To the end

10．A．So              B．Thanks to          C．Because           D．Since