Everyone had their friends, but I knew one girl who didn’t. I guess you could call her a geek, because all she did was read, study, and do homework. I don’t think she even played a sport. She was one of those quiet people who no one really paid attention to, and those who was often laughed at. I had heard all kinds of rumors (谣言) that she had problems, but I didn’t really believe them.
My friends and I were nice to her. We let her sit at our lunch table and we often said “Hi” to her, but she wasn’t our best friend. Throughout the year, she started talking to us more and more. We continued being kind to her. She was normal as far as I was concerned (就我而言). She was just really quiet.
During the summer holidays I got a letter from her. It read, “I just wanted to thank you so much for being so extremely kind and friendly to me this year. Before you became my friend, I had no one to talk to or sit with at lunch. I didn’t think anyone wanted me around. I even wanted to kill myself because of this. But you and your friends changed that. You made me feel wanted. It meant so much to me. I am going to be moving and going to another school next year. I’ll never forget you and what you did.”
By the time I finished the letter, I was in shock. I could not believe what I had just read. I learned that the simplest things and the smallest acts of kindness can mean the world to someone else.
1. The underlined word “geek” (in Paragraph 1) probably refers to a person ______.
A. who is naughty and always makes fun of others
B. who is confident and works very hard
C. who is not popular and does strange things
D. who is not honest and is badly behaved
2. How did the girl feel before the author became her friend?
A. Happy and comfortable. B. Pleased and confident.
C. Worried and surprised. D. Sad and lonely.
3. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the author and her friends ______.
A. helped get the girl out of trouble
B. made the girl go to another school
C. were not the girl’s friends
D. didn’t want to help the girl at all
4. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A strange girl
B. Just the smallest things
C. A girl without problems
D. I’m going to be moving