4．
One Thursday afternoon，when I was in Grade 9，a new boy came into my classroom．He was short and thin．He walked up to the teacher and told her，very seriously，that he was new．His name was Christian．He sat down，took a look at me，and then looked away．I didn't think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn't the type I would like to become friends with．
During that year，I didn't talk to him much，but he smiled at me when our eyes met，always shyly．He never ate lunch with anybody，and he never talked to anybody but me．
But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him．We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong．
"Haven't you got any friends？"a kid asked Christian，who had walked past us alone，head down．
"No，he hasn't got any friends．He's too stupid and shy，"I said．Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had over seen．I felt very sorry at that moment．
That night，I couldn't sleep because I couldn't get Christian's face out of my mind．In the weeks that followed，he never met my eyes in class and never smiled at me．It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him to forgive（原谅） me．But I thought I should．
The next day in class，I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt．About five minutes later，I turned and saw tears in his eyes．"You will never realize what your apology（道歉） has meant to me，Jimmly．"he said to me．"I hope we can become friends．"
We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had．Over the years at high school，we were close friends．
When I think back，I realize that，if I had not apologized，I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was．
Apologies can really change your life，so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry．
31．From the passage，we know Christian was aB boy．
A．tall and fat
B．short and shy
C．short and active
D．lovely and fat
32．Jimmly didn't talk to Christian much at first becauseA．
A．he didn't think Christian was the type he wanted to become friends with
B．Christian wasn't nice to people around him after he came to the new class
C．Christian made friends with others
D．Christian had the saddest dog eyes
33．Jimmly feltC after he made fun of Christian with other unkind kids．
A．happy
B．interested
C．sorry
D．bored
34．Jimmly asked Christian to forgive him byD．
A．sending an email
B．wearing a smile
C．eating supper together
D．writing a note
35．This article tells us thatA．
A．we should make an apology when we hurt others
B．Jimmly's apology was unimportant to Christian
C．Christian wasn't lovely in fact
D．it is impossible to say sorry to others．
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Malyuwa，a nearby village．They lived with the man's big family-his parents，his brothers，their wives and children．The family kept an elephant，in which the young woman soon took a great interest．Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar．
