ThefirsttimeIsawCarlosIwouldneverhavebelievedhewasgoingtochangemylife.IhadmyarmsfullofbooksandIwastearingintotheclassroomwhen1ranintosomethingsolid.ItwasCaries

“MyGod，you’retall，”hesaid.

Ofcourse，theclassbegantolaugh.Angry．Iwalkedtomyseatwithoutaword.

IglancedbacktoseeifReedHarringtonwaslaughingwiththerestThatwouldbethelaststrawButReedwasstudyingchemistryanddidnotseemtobeawareofanythingelse.Ididn’tknowwhyIconsideredReedmyfriend.MaybejustbecausehewasagoodtwoinchestallerthanI.Anyway，everytimeIblewoutmybirthdaycandlesandmadeawish，itwasforadatewithReedHarrington

“Takethatseat，”Mr.McCarthytoldthecockynewcomerCarlos，pointingtotheonlyemptyone，inthebackoftheroom

Carlosgrinned“ButIneedacoupleofdictionaries.”Againtheclasslaughed，butnowtheywerelaughingwithCarlos，notathim.Hehadbeenhereonly10minutesandalreadyhehadthemonhisside.

ItwastheschoolelectionsthatmademethinkofCarlosagain.ReedHarringtonwasvotedpresidentandCarlosvice－president.“Howcome?”Ikeptaskingmyself“Howcomethisshrimpwho’sonlybeenintownforalittleoveramonthgetstobesopopular?”

Sothatmorning，IstoppedCarlosandsaid，“Itdoesn’tseemtobotheryou-beingshort.”Helookedupatme“OfcourseImindbeingshort.Butthereisn’tanythingIcandoaboutit.WhenIrealizedIwasgoingtohavetospendmylifeinthisundersizedskin，Ijustdecidedtomakethebestofitandconcentrateonbeingmyself.”“Youseemtogetalonggreat”Iadmitted“Butwhatboutme?Nobodywantstodateagirltallerthanheis.”“Thetroublewithyouisyou’reafraidtobeyourself.You’resmart.Andyoucouldbepretty.Infactyoumi2htbemorethanpretty.”Ifeltmyselfturningred…

1．Theauthorwasangrybecause .

A．theclassmadefunofher B．Carloswastoorudetoher

C．shehadtocarrymanybooks D．ReedHarringtondidn’tdateher

2．WhichofthefollowingaboutCarlosisNOTTRUE?

A．Hewaspopular.

B．Hewasnewintheschool.

C．Hewasshorterthantheauthor.

D．Hewaschosenpresidentintheschoolelections.