middleschoolandneededsomeonetotalkto.SoIwent 1 allofthepenfriend
sitesIcouldfindontheInternet, 2 foranygirlofmyagefromdifferent
countries.
I 3 aSwede,anItalian,anAmerican,aFinn,anArabandanEgyptian,
tellingthemaboutmyfamily,myschoolandmy 4 .Onlyonegirlreplied-the
Egyptian.HernamewasNoranHussein.WhenIopenedmye-mailboxandsaw
thereply,Iwas 5 .
Westartedoffbytellingeachotheraboutourlives. 6 fromthestartI
couldtellthatwesharedthesameinterests.Stepbystepwe 7_ upto
discussingproblemsallovertheworld.
PeopleoftenaskifI’mafraidtoaskNoranaboutcertainthings,like
wearingtheveil.I’mnot.Tome,askingquestionsisthefirststeptowards
understanding.Ifwestandbackandonlywonder,westartto 8 intoproblems.
NoranandIaredifferent,butweneversaythat 9 iswrong.Ihavelearned
morethanIcouldeverhopetolearnfromatextbook.Iwishpeopleto
experiencewhatIhaveexperienced-tolearnthatitis 10 tobedifferent,notto
beafraidofoneanother,tounderstand.
( )2.A.asking
( )3.A.met
( )4.A.study
( )5.A.surprised
( )6.A.Right
( )7.A.held
( )8.A.fall
( )9.A.theother
( )10.A.nice
B.waiting
B.knew
B.work
B.happy
B.Even
B.worked
B.step
B.another
B.OK
C.looking
C.calledup
C.city
C.excited
C.Ever
C.went
C.jump
C.noone
C.necessary