A Mystery Artist

楊慶春

我們必須知道，愛是一種強大的力量，它能讓人變得堅強，激發人創造奇跡的潛能；它能帶給人溫暖，能治愈一切創傷！你向身邊的人傳遞愛的時候，會讓別人感受到愛的溫暖并激發出巨大能量。請閱讀下面短文，你會受到什么啟示？

The first time I saw Suzy Khan， I knew I had to help her. All I knew was that she was an orphan， who had no parents， from Africa. She had just been adopted by a family， and they thought that the best way for her to learn American ways of life is to be with American kids.

Suzy was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often laughed at her. She would open a book， pretending to read， with tears dropping on the open page. I looked down at this small girl and promised myself that I must help her.

But how could I help her fit in with us？ There had to be a way.

One day， when I went into the classroom， I saw that Suzy had opened her geography book to a picture of a train， and in her notebook， she had made a perfect copy.

I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming talent show. So， I took her to see the art teacher， Miss Parker， and showed her what Suzy had drawn. “Why， it’s wonderful.” said Miss Parker， and then showed us a poster she had painted for the talent show. “I need more of these， but I just don’t have enough time. Could you help me， Suzy？”

On the day of the talent show， Suzy’s posters were everywhere—all over the hall and all over the school， each one different.

“And finally，” said Mr. Brown， the schoolmaster， at the end of the show， “We have a special award. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the wonderful posters.” Everyone nodded. “One of our own students painted them.”

I could hear everyone whispering. “Who in our school could draw that well？”

Mr. Brown waited for a while before saying， “Since this student worked so hard on the posters， she deserves a prize， too. Our mystery artist is our new student—Suzy Khan！”

Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist’s set. “Thank you.” she cried. I realized， at that time when I was looking at her excited face， she had probably never owned anything in her whole life.

Everyone started to clap their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right.

跟蹤練習：

1. The writer wanted to help Suzy because .

A. Suzy was laughed at by the boys in her class

B. Suzy couldn’t answer the teacher’s question

C. Suzy was really small for her age of twelve

D. Suzy was adopted by the writer at that time

2. Miss Parker asked Suzy Khan to draw more pictures for her， because .

A. she was lazy B. she had no time

C. she couldn’t draw well D. she didn’t like drawing

3. According to the passage， we can infer that .

A. a mystery artist helped Suzy win the prize finally

B. at first everyone knew that Suzy could draw well

C. the writer thought Suzy wouldn’t own anything

D. Suzy would be more confident than before

Keys： ABD