【題目】D

I am one of seven children. My three sisters and I grew up in a small bedroom with two sets of beds. We shared a closet, a dresser, and just about everything else.

I had friends who were only children. I looked longingly at their perfect dolls and toys placed carefully on their perfect shelves in their perfect little girl bedrooms. They had bathrooms to themselves. These little girls would come home to everything just perfect.

Our bedroom always had stuff hanging about. There just wasn’t room to store the paraphernalia(隨身物品) of four girls who had definite ideas about how they wanted their space to be. All of us girls shared a bathroom with our three brothers. From a very young age, I really thought I was hard up.

Looking back, I had to admit my “only children” friends had nice things. They had designer beds and beautiful bedrooms, but I always had someone to play with and talk to. Even if everyone else hated me, one of my sisters would not and that was all I needed.

My sisters and I made up games and went around the neighborhood begging for old dresses so we could put on plays in our garage. Our house was the centre of activity for the whole neighborhood. We had dance shows and baseball games in the street. In short, we had everything we ever needed because we had each other. I have come to realize that there are so many reasons that sisters make a difference to your life and I can give you a few here:

They get you. Your sisters have grown up with you so they know the entire back story of your situation and everything leading to it. They may not agree with you all the time but they never wonder why you do what you do or say what you say.

They have suffered with you through awful times. I know that when one of my sisters is unhappy, I am unhappy too. When some non-family member tries to hurt you, the claws of them will come out!

They have cheered you on. Sisters do get jealous at times but, even so, they are happy that you are doing well. They rejoice at your new bonus as long as you take them out for drinks and fattening appetizers!

They are on the same diet as you. We are women in a world where thinness is equated with beauty. No matter how unjust this is, we are always on a diet. There is nothing like a sister calling and complaining about how she wants an ice cream and can’t ever have one again.

They are aging at the same rate as you. As we get older, we change, and however miserable this can be, it is heartening(令人振奮的) to know that someone shares your misery. They know what you are going through because they are going through it too.

The last and best thing about sisters is that they stick with you. We can have our upsets and misunderstandings but we always come back to each other.

I know many people reading this may have had upsets with their sisters. All I can say is that communication fixes everything. If you miss your sister, tell her so. If you have a BFF(Best Friend Forever) that has stuck with you through thick and thin(不畏艱險(xiǎn)地), adopt her as your sister and keep her close to you.

【1】What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

A. Only children have a blessed life.

B. Only children have their own items and space.

C. All the things that only children have are perfect.

D. Only children are given more love and care at home.

【2】What is NOT a reason that sisters make a difference to your life?

A. They grow old with you.

B. They are on the same diet with you.

C. They can understand your strange behavior perfectly.

D. They stand by you when other family members hurt you.

【3】The underlined word “rejoice” in Paragraph 8 means ?

A. fell grateful B. show great joy

C. appear surprised D. get disappointed

【4】From the passage, we can learn that the author .

A. has adopted her BBF as her sister

B. has expressed great sympathy for only children

C. had a better relationship with her brothers

D. has given some advice to those who had upsets with their sisters

【5】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Sisters, my fortune in life

B. Family love, the lasting topic

C. Communication fixes everything

D. Sharing things gives you a better life

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，作者敘述了生活在在多子女家庭的體會(huì)：與獨(dú)生子女家庭的孩子相比，擁有姊妹對(duì)自己人生成長(zhǎng)具有重要影響。

【1】D 句意理解題。第二段作者拿生活在獨(dú)生子女家庭的朋友作比較，相比而言，她的朋友在家里得到更多的愛(ài)和關(guān)心，故選D項(xiàng)。B、C兩項(xiàng)只停留在字面意思；A項(xiàng)缺少比較。

【2】C 細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二～七段可知，A、B、D三項(xiàng)均屬于姊妹對(duì)自己生活的影響，只有C項(xiàng)未提及，故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】B 詞義猜測(cè)題。文章倒數(shù)第五段告訴讀者：姊妹在自己做得好時(shí)為自己喝彩。根據(jù)提示信息“cheered you on, happy”，結(jié)合所在句子句意（你拿了獎(jiǎng)金只要帶他們出去喝點(diǎn)東西，吃點(diǎn)令人發(fā)胖的開(kāi)胃食物，他們?yōu)槟愀械礁吲d）可知，B項(xiàng)正確。

【4】D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，作者給曾討厭姊妹的讀者建議：交流可以解決一切問(wèn)題；想念姊妹時(shí)就告訴她們；把最好的朋友當(dāng)做姊妹。其余三項(xiàng)均無(wú)中生有，因此D項(xiàng)正確。

【5】A 標(biāo)題選擇題。縱觀全文，作者告訴我們姊妹對(duì)自己人生成長(zhǎng)具有重要影響，A項(xiàng)（姊妹，我人生的財(cái)富）是最佳標(biāo)題。

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