Once, there was a little girl named Meredith. Meredith enjoyed spending {#blank#}1{#/blank#} free time with her friends, but there was something different about Meredith. She was always interested in things {#blank#}2{#/blank#} chemistry and history. Meredith never wanted to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} about these interests because she was afraid she would be judged (评头论足) . She always learned more about these topics when she was by herself, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} no one could find out about this. One day, a new girl, Josie, joined her sixth-grade class, and the new girl was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to say three things about herself. Josie stood up and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to talk about her interests. First, she said she was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in reading and writing stories. Second, she said she liked history. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she said she enjoyed chemistry. Meredith's eyes lit up with joy. Finally, she had found someone who had common interests as her. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that day, Meredith found Josie on the playground and ran over to talk to her. They immediately  (立刻)became {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and started to play at each other's houses on the weekend.