Question

【題目】A

During my elementary (基礎的) school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom.

Tiffany’s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was angry with her.

Whenever I didn’t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany’s mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say ＂Poor Tiffany. ＂ I couldn’t understand her. ＂She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!＂ I thought. ＂She should be feeling sorry for me.＂

One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, ＂Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?＂ I burst into tears.

My mom sat down next to me and said softly. ＂Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.＂

I looked up at her. ＂What are you talking about?＂

Mom said with care, ＂One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.＂

She continued, ＂I have taught you useful lessons by not giving you everything you want. You’ll know how to be yourself and save money, but she won’t. You’ll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won’t. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she’ll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you’ve got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.＂

It took some time, but I finally understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.

【1】 During the author’s elementary school years, she __________.

A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s

B. went to school with Tiffany every day

C. usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s

D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany

【2】 Why did the author’s mom always say ＂Poor Tiffany＂?

A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.

B. She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.

C. She thought that Tiffany’s mother gave her too much.

D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.

【3】What do we learn about the author’s mother?

A. She was strict and taught the author to be a person who lives on her own.

B. She cared for other people’s children more than her own.

C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.

D. She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money.

【4】What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was quite angry with her mother in the past.

B. The author’s mother felt sorry for Tiffany.

C. Tiffany’s mother took the author’s mother’s advice.

D. The author is thankful to her mother now.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

【文章大意】文章講述作者由反感母親對自己嚴格對待到接受并珍視的故事。

【1】細節理解題。從文章第一段的句子＂I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany’s mom. ＂可知在作者小學的時候，她希望自己的媽媽能和Tiffany 的媽媽一樣好，選A。

【2】細節理解題。從文章倒數第三段的句子＂One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money可知作者的媽媽總是說＂Poor Tiffany＂因為她認為Tiffany被她媽媽寵壞了，答案選C。

【3】細節推理題。從文章第二段的句子＂My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself.＂和倒數第二段的句子；可知作者的媽媽很嚴格，教孩子要獨立，選A。

【4】細節推理題。從文章最后一段的句子：It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.可知作者現在很感激媽媽，答案選D。