Question

When things went wrong, Freddy always had something nice to say.

When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned, Freddy said, “Don't worry. It'll still taste good.” And he was _____. The pizza edges were dark, but the middle wasn't half bad.

When his teacher Mr Hall knocked into a bookshelf in the _____， Freddy said, “Don't worry. Mrs Bog won't be upset.” The librarian just laughed and helped _____ the books. Freddy looked on the bright side. And everyone liked that about _____．

Everyone, that is, except Hazel.

Hazel was the _____ kid in class. On her first day, Freddy said, “Nice to meet you, Hazel. I think you'll like it here.”

“I don't _____ it，” she talked back. Freddy had never met anyone like her.

When Mr Hall said they'd have a break inside _____ it was raining, Freddy said, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”

“A silver lining？” Hazel shook her head. “Bad things come in _____．”

Greta was carrying paints in _____ class. She fell over, and paints went flying.

“That was the second bad thing. What will the third thing be？” Hazel seemed so ______ about the Rule of Three Bad Things.

“It's beautiful！” Emma picked up Freddy's painting, not realising she had paints on her fingers.

“Freddy's picture is ______！” Hazel pointed. “There's number three.”

Emma looked ______. “I'm sorry, Freddy.”

“It's OK…If you add wings(翅膀), the fingerprints could look like butterflies(蝴蝶)，” said Freddy.

______ refused to put a finger on Freddy's paper. Only Hazel did.

“Want to add one？” Freddy asked.

Hazel thought about it, then nodded. She put her finger into paints, gently(温柔地) pressed(按，压) it onto Freddy's painting and ______ added wings.

“It looks great，” said Freddy.

Hazel ______， “You know, I don't really think there's a Rule of Three Bad Things.”

Sometimes, there are good things hiding where you don't expect them.

1.A. clever B. right C. active D. famous

2.A. shop B. gym C. library D. museum

3.A. pick up B. look after C. look through D. throw away

4.A. me B. her C. you D. him

5.A. lucky B. new C. excellent D. smart

6.A. expect B. like C. believe D. stand

7.A. although B. unless C. until D. because

8.A. twos B. threes C. fours D. fives

9.A. science B. music C. art D. history

10.A. happy B. worried C. sorry D. sure

11.A. in a mess B. on show C. in fashion D. on sale

12.A. sad B. happy C. excited D. bored

13.A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody

14.A. angrily B. quickly C. carefully D. secretly

15.A. smiled B. promised C. warned D. shouted

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