Question

    When my daughter Sara was in the fifth grade, she came to me with a problem．“Marcy hates me！”she cried．“Because Kathy is my friend, too She wants me to be her friend and nobody else’s．You talk to Marcy． You tell her that I want to be her friend but I can have other friends, too！”

Oh！I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess, when suddenly an idea came to me．

Picking up two baskets from the living room, I explained, “When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket．This little one here is yours．The big one is mine．As you grow, so does the basket．You can see your little basket is inside mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn’t do for yourself．I did everything you couldn’t do on your own．”

She nodded．

“Well, as you grew older and began to do some things on your own, I began placing a few more things in your basket．When you learned to tie your shoes, that went in your basket．”

She said softly, “I can tie my own shoes．”

“Right．As you grow older, there will be more and more things you must do on your own．”As I spoke, I gradually took her basket out of mine and handed it to her．“You will finally carry your own basket with things only you can do．”

She looked up at me and said, “I understand．There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket．”

1.What was Sara’ problem？

A.She didn’t have a basket．

B.She didn’t want her own basket．

C.Her mother was too hard on her．

D.She couldn’t deal with her friendship．

2.What did the author feel when she heard her daughter’s problem？

A.Angry B.Crazy

C.Helpless D.Proud

3.We can infer that Sara       ．

A.Wouldn’t make friends with Kathy

B.would talk to Marcy herself

C.was too young to deal with anything

D.managed to persuade her mother to help her

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了上五年级的女儿向作者求助与朋友相处的问题, 作者用两个篮子的例子来教育女儿要学会自己解决一些问题。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的“‘Marcy hates me！’she cried．‘Because Kathy is my friend, too．She wants me to be her friend and nobody else’s．You talk to Marcy．You tell her that…’”可知, 女儿遇到的麻烦是不会处理和别人的友谊。故选D项。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Oh！I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess...”可知, 作者在刚开始听到女儿的麻烦时, 是束手无策的。故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket．”可知, Sara在听了作者的教导之后, 应该会自己去Marcy谈谈。故选B项。