Just how popular was Mini? Very. Every year her classmates voted(推舉) her the favorite student. The friends she had were much more than those of anyone else.
One day Mini was caught yakkety-yakking(大聲說笑) and ordered to stay back as punishment(懲罰). Staying back meant doing something “useful”, like helping in the library after school.
Now Mini’s school had a rule. Once a month, if you had something else to do the day you were punished, you could ask a friend to stand in for you.
Unluckily, her aunt was visiting Mini that day. That afternoon was the only chance Mini had of seeing her for another five years.
Mini needed someone to stand in for her. She asked Betty, her “best” friend. “Oh, no, Mini, I can’t,” Betty said. “I must help my brother do his homework.”
“Tony, will you stay back for me?” Mini asked another friend. “I wish you’d told me earlier. I have to go to a relative’s house with my father,” he said.
Now, Mini was beginning to doubt(懷疑) if even one of her friends would agree to stay. But she tried again. She asked three more friends and each one refused.
So, after school Mini stayed to help the librarian. And, when she found Mini crying after everyone had left, it was she who surprised Mini by allowing her to leave to meet her aunt. “I may have many friends,” Mini said to herself, “but in reality I have none.”
小題1:What does staying back mean in Mini’s school?
A．It means you have to do more homework.
B．It means you must study harder.
C．It means you have to do something “useful”.
D．It means you should ask a friend for help.
小題2:How many friends did Mini ask for help? 
A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five.
小題3:Who helped Mini in the end?
A．The teacher.B．Tony.C．The librarian.D．Nobody.
小題4:What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “in reality”?
A．最后B．事實上C．終于D．首先
小題5: Which of the following can describe Mini’s feeling?
A．Happy.B．Excited.C．Sad.D．Bored.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C          

試題分析：
小題1:關(guān)鍵詞是staying back mean，在文章第二段第三行就有答案：Staying back meant doing something “useful”，故選C。
小題2:第五段第一行 She asked Betty，第六段第一行 “Tony, will you stay back for me?” Mini asked another friend.第七段第二行She asked three more friends（又問了三個），所以一共5個。答案選D。
小題3:最后一段第一行after school Mini stayed to help the librarian，放學后她留下來幫助圖書管理員，when she found Mini crying after everyone had left, it was she who surprised Mini by allowing her to leave to meet her aunt.每個人離開后管理員發(fā)現(xiàn)她在哭，最后允許她離開了。所以最后幫助她的是The librarian，故選C。
小題4:文章最后一句話 “I may have many friends,” Mini said to herself, “but in reality I have none.”，根據(jù)前后語境猜測詞義：Mini自言自語，我可能有許多朋友，但是事實上我一個朋友都沒有。
小題5:從開始認為自己有許多朋友，到后來沒有人愿意幫助自己，她感到難過，傷心，故選C。A開心的，B興奮的，D無聊的，都不符合文章意思。
點評：這篇閱讀理解階梯必須建立在讀完文章，讀懂中心意思的基礎(chǔ)上，2題問她求助了多少人，答案比較分散，需要逐段尋找，不要漏掉信息，而最后兩題則要根據(jù)上下文語境來判斷。
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