阅读短文，然后按要求完成问题。
    It is usual for us to change schools or change the way we dress as we grow（A） _____.But what about changing into a big red panda？That's the life of Meilin Lee，the main character of Disney and Pixar's film Turning Red.
    （B） Mei is a thirteen-year-old girl.She is a student of a Chinese-Canadian middle school.She lives in Toronto with her parents in the early 2000s.At the （C） start of the story，Mei always listens to her mother， （D） _____ sometimes she really feels depressed（压抑的）.One morning she gets up and finds that she turns into a big red panda.It turns out that whenever she gets too excited or too scared，she turns into a big red panda.To change back，she has to calm（平静） herself.
    Mei tries to find a way to balance（平衡） both her school life and home life.At first，to find good ways is not easy for her.But with the help of her three best friends，Mei begins to see the panda as a kind of joy.At last，（E）她学会了爱自己 no matter who （or what ） she is.It's （F） silly of her to worry about whether she is a girl or a panda.

（1）在文中（A）和（D）的空白处填入适当的单词：

older

older

；

but

but

（2）将文中划线部分（B）改写为：
Mei is a thirteen-year-old girl，she

is

is

from

from

a Chinese-Canadian middle school.
（3）写出文中划线部分（C）和（F）的同义词或近义词：

beginning

beginning

；

foolish

foolish

（4）将文中划线部分（E）译成英语：

She learns how to love herself.

She learns how to love herself.

（5）从文中找出两个能让 Mei变成大红熊猫的表示情绪的形容词：

excited

excited

；

scared

scared