10.请先阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空, 每个词限用一次.
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Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been a favorite book of teenagers all over the world. What it teaches us is simple:How to grow up to be a happy and (1)
person.
Anne is an 11-year-old orphan (孤儿) who arrives in the town of Avonlea, Canada. She helps Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert, a brother and sister, on their (2)
. At first, Mathew and Marilla hope to adopt(收养)a boy, not a thin girl who is only sixty (3)
. Will she be of any use on the farm?It seems (4)
: Anne is very imaginative, talkative and easily distracted (分心的). That's not (5)
is needed on a farm.
And yet, Anne proves (证明) that she can (6)
be useful. She works really hard, (7)
she doesn't lose her powerful sense of fun and this is why readers love the story. She doesn't become a "good" girl, if "good" girl means knowing only how to work and live (8)
. We see Anne's love for life everywhere. She knows how to enjoy herself, whether it's by eating ice-cream (9)
trying on a new dress.
Many stories for children are written to tell them how to behave well. Usually, it means (10)
one's duty and not having fun. But that's not the kind of story Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery wanted to tell. The book gives readers a helping hand rather than try to (11)
them into being "good" girls and boys.