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 paid too much attention to 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 intention（意圖）．
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 （使遜色）．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 held her in arms to make her feel better．
Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point(特意做某事) to speak to the elder child first．
小題1:The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ____．
A．young ageB．lovely smile
C．pretty clothesD．beautiful hair
小題2:Kristen felt sad and cried because ____．
A．the guest gave her more coats to carry
B．the guests praised her sister more than her
C．her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests
D．she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly
小題3:From this experience ,the writer changed the way of ____．
A．dressing her daughtersB．visiting friends
C．greeting the elder childD．kissing.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題解析：本文大意：朋友來我家拜訪時，我把兩個女兒打扮得很漂亮，告訴她們門鈴響時和媽媽一起開門，把客人的大衣拿到樓上。每個客人都把注意力放在小一點的女兒身上，夸她的裙子、頭發(fā)和笑容。她是個優(yōu)秀的女孩，在她這個年齡把大衣拿到樓上。大女兒在樓上臥室哭了，問我為什么人們不用喜歡妹妹的方式喜歡她呢�，F(xiàn)在，不論什么時候我拜訪朋友的家，我特意首先和大點的孩子說話。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age．他們說她是個優(yōu)秀的女孩，在她這個年齡把大衣拿到樓上，可知選A
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister?媽媽，為什么人們不用喜歡妹妹的方式喜歡我呢，可知選B
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point(特意做某事) to speak to the elder child first現(xiàn)在，不論什么時候我拜訪朋友的家，我特意首先和大點的孩子說話，可知選C
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