Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Wherever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her and doing everything she did. Her desk mate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids' group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was laughed at by her classmates, who were always chanting "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面)". Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground would crack and swallow her!
Catherine didn't really. like it when the kids chanted "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti". But she neither told them to stop nor ever talked to her. She liked being popular.
One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving. Her grandfather lived on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he kept chickens. While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one. Curling(蜷缩) in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!
"What's the matter with it?" She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. "They have a pecking (啄) order," he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading
around his Forehand," Home chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep peeking it. Sometimes they peck so much that it dies."
"Oh, what a poor little thing!" Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped (捧起) the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heure was beating fast in the bony little body.
注意：1. 续听词数应为 150 左右: 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的柜应位置作答。
Paragraph1: Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being "pecked" by her classmates.
Paragraph 2: But Catherine walked directly toward Landy, regardless of what they said.
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