12．This Too Shall Pass（一切都会过去的）
When my family moved to Ohio over the summer，I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to（16）Awhat was coming．I had bright red hair and huge glasses．Besides，I was（17）Band not very popular．
（18）Don the school bus that first day，I felt like all eyes on me．I could hear the words"She's huge!"Clearly，the kids on the bus had known each other well．I spent that first bus（19）C in silence．
The following day was even worse．I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle（通道） and then fell face first on the bus，（20）Deverything I was carrying．（21）AI was uneasily gathering my things，I could hear the laughter，and then the words"That felt like an earthquake!"Anyway，I （22）Dto find a seat．Looking out of the window，I held back the tears running out of my eyes．
It was then（23）CI went into myself．I began walking everywhere．I would walk through the woods behind our house．I would also walk to a church．I began（24）Bthe afternoon school bus on purpose，walking home instead．Then，（25）A，I started losing weight．And as I became satisfied with myself，I began making（26）B
One of my newly-found friends also fought with her weight．She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and（27）Dtogether．This became a daily activity with talking and laughing（28）Athe way---different from the lonely walks I had taken．
While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again，I am （29）CI made it through．Whenever I am fighting with any other problem in life，I always remember the saying"This too shall pass．"If you can find a path with no obstacles（障碍），it probably doesn't （30）Canywhere．
| 16．A．expect | B．except | C．express | D．explain |
| 17．A．thin | B．overweight | C．short | D．tall |
| 18．A．Get | B．To get | C．Got | D．Getting |
| 19．A．drive | B．lift | C．ride | D．travel |
| 20．A．throwing | B．losing | C．leaving | D．dropping |
| 21．A．While | B．Though | C．Since | D．Because |
| 22．A．decided | B．remembered | C．failed | D．managed |
| 23．A．when | B．who | C．that | D．which |
| 24．A．catching | B．missing | C．taking | D．stopping |
| 25．A．unexpectedly | B．uncertainly | C．unluckily | D．uninterestedly |
| 26．A．changes | B．friends | C．efforts | D．decisions |
| 27．A．run | B．play | C．chat | D．walk |
| 28．A．along | B．across | C．around | D．above |
| 29．A．excited | B．worried | C．proud | D．pride |
| 30．A．appear | B．step | C．lead | D．stay |
