Question

We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests' coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

    The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

    Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

    I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she's the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.

    But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.

    I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"

    She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don't people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I 'm not pretty? Is that why they don't say nice things about me as much?"

    I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

    Now, whenever I visit a friend's home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

56．The underlined expression ' make a big "to do" over' (paragraph 4) means ______.

   A．show much concern about               B．have a special effect on

   C．list jobs to be done for                  D．do good things for

57．The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______.

   A．beautiful hair                          B．pretty clothes

   C．lovely smile                           D．young age

58．Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.

   A．the guest gave her more coats to carry

   B．she didn't look as pretty as Kelly

   C．the guests praised her sister more than her

   D．her mother didn't introduce her to the guests

59．We can conclude from the passage that ______.

   A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children

   B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt

   C．people usually like the younger children more

   D．a(chǎn)dults should treat children equally

60．Which of the following saying is right?

   A．Kristen and Kelly are not getting along with each other.

   B．Kristen is older than Kelly.

   C．The mother likes Kristen more than Kelly.

   D．People usually talk more to Kelly than they do to Kristen.

Answer 1

56.A. 57.D．58．C．59．D．60．B．

解析:

56．選A．show much concern about。從第四段because she's the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.可以推出答案A 。

57．選    D．young age。從第三段They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.可以推出答案D。

58．選C．the guests praised her sister more than her。從Kristen would feel she was being outshined.可以推出答案C。

59．選D．a(chǎn)dults should treat children equally。綜觀全文，得出結(jié)論要一視同仁。

60．選B．Kristen is older than Kelly.從第三段Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one,可以推出答案B。