Miss Popular
I was awkward in middle school: bony and athletic, with a high grade in science and a low one in self-esteem. Though I had a few friends, I wasn’t popular. I was picked last in football and I sometimes ate lunch by myself.
I remember the day Brittany came to our school. Her teeth were crooked(歪斜的), and she was a little overweight. Not that this mattered though, because she walked around like she was better than all of us. She was outspoken and incredibly frightening, making people lose confidence.
Around Brittany, I tried my best to go unnoticed. Standing out or stealing her spotlight could only result in one thing: conflict. Brittany was always the first girl picked for teams; I was lucky if I was picked at all. I was thrown the ball while she stood with the quarterback, chatting about the last party she’d gone to. I had never been to a party before or kissed a boy.
One day, a classmate asked me to the school dance. I was flattered. Then Brittany told me during science class that she had persuaded him to invite me. She asked in front of everyone, “Why would anyone even want you?” I went home and cried.
Although she was seemingly perfect in everyone’s eyes, I wanted to be everything that she wasn’t and yet a million times more perfect. Brittany was so frightening and violent, but I wanted to be calm and not at all aggressive.
I found Brittany’s online profile a few weeks ago. She still had the same chubby(圓胖臉) face and mocking（嘲笑的）simile, and had posted half-naked pictures of herself. But as I read on, I realized that Brittany had died in a drunken driving accident a year ago. She had been 16 and pregnant at the time. Suddenly my view of Brittany changed from a bad influence into a struggling little girl whose life was taken before she could understand right from wrong. My experience with Brittany taught me that though we are all innocent in our youth, the choices we make will have great effects on us forever. I will always remember Brittany as that loud, overconfident girl. As part of that shy insecure person I used to be will always keep me modest.
【小題1】From the first three passages we can conclude that           .

A．the author was trying to avoid conflict with Brittany
B．the author secretly envied Brittany for being popular
C．Brittany’s appearance made her popular with boys
D．Brittany was puzzled at how she could be popular
【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE about Brittany?
A．She didn’t mean to hurt the author.
B．She took delight in hurting others.
C．Her confidence came from her popularity.
D．Her overweight made her more outspoken.
【小題3】According to the passage we can learn that the author         .
A．was afraid of Brittany and followed her lead
B．saw the influence that low self-esteem can have
C．was determined to be better than Brittany
D．knew she was quietly different from Brittany
【小題4】The last passage is meant to           .
A．tell us the reason for Brittany’s death
B．present the changed attitude to Brittany
C．show the influences of the youth
D．stress the importance of behaviors


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】B

解析【小題1】推斷題。結(jié)合Around Brittany, I tried my best to go unnoticed. Standing out or stealing her spotlight could only result in one thing: conflict.（要在布里塔尼旁邊，我就盡量保持低調(diào)。太引人注目或搶她的風(fēng)頭只會有一個下場，那就是與她發(fā)生沖突。） 可知答案。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。結(jié)合She was outspoken and incredibly frightening, making people lose confidence；以及第3、4段提到的具體事例可知Brittany是以取笑傷害別人為樂的人。
【小題3】推斷題。結(jié)合倒數(shù)第2段可知：Brittany在每個人眼里似乎都完美無缺，做一個與她完全相反的人，但卻要比她更加完美。布里塔尼氣勢洶洶叫人害怕，而我卻想文靜安詳不與人爭吵沖撞。我想和她完全相反，以此證明我比她要優(yōu)秀得多。
【小題4】推斷題。結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容可知作者對Brittany的態(tài)度由厭惡轉(zhuǎn)化為可憐同情�！巴蝗恢g，我對布里塔尼的印象發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)變，由一個對周圍產(chǎn)生很壞影響的人，變成了一個苦苦掙扎的年輕女孩，一個在能明辨是非前就已失去生命的人” 。

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