Question

  My eighth grade consisted of 28 classmates. We knew each other so well that most of us could distinguish each other's handwriting at a glance. Although we grew up together,we still had class outcasts. From second grade on,a small group started harassing  two or three of the others. I was one of those two or three,though I didn't know why. In most cases when children get picked on,they aren't good at sports or they read too much or they wear the wrong clothes or they are of a different race. But in my class,we all read too much and didn't know how to play sports. We had also been brought up to carefully respect each other's race. This is what was so strange about my situation. Usually,people are made outcasts because they are in some way different from the larger group. But in my class,large differences did not exist. It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them.

  The harassment came in the form of laughter when I talked,and rolled eyes when I turned around. If I was out on the playground and approached a group of people,they often fell silent. Sometimes,someone would not see me coming and I would catch the tail end of a joke at my expense.

  There was another girl in our class who was perhaps even more rejected than I. She provided the group with a lot of material for jokes. One day one popular girl came up to me to show me something she said I wouldn't want to miss. We walked to a corner of the playground. Three or four girls there were reading aloud from a small book,which I was told was the girl's diary.

  I sat down and,laughing till my sides hurt,heard my voice finally mixed with the others. Often being accepted by others is more satisfying than being accepted by oneself,even though the satisfaction does not last. Looking back,I wonder how I could have participated in making fun of this girl when I knew perfectly well how it felt. If I were in that situation today I would react differently,but I can't honestly be sure. 

(   ) 1. The author was made an outcast because         .

   A. she couldn't play sports as well as others

   B. her family belonged to a minority group

   C. her classmates found her clothes funny

   D. her classmates needed to find an outcast

(   ) 2. How was the author treated as an outcast?

   A. She was often the target of teasing.

   B. No one responded to her talking.

   C. She was refused to approach others.

   D. Her diary was often made public.

(   ) 3. What did the author do to the girl mentioned in Paragraph 3?

   A. She showed great sympathy with the girl.

   B. She joined others in making fun of the girl.

   C. She stopped the others from hurting the girl.

   D. She found more materials about the girl for jokes.

(   ) 4. What does the passage intend to tell us?

   A. Everyone is likely to become an outcast.

   B. We shouldn't hit a person when he is down.

   C. One should pay somebody back in his own way.

   D. Everyone has a desire to be accepted by others.

Answer 1

1. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文中第1段It was as if the outcasts were invented by the group out of a need for them.可知正確答案為D項。

2. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文中第2段可A. 大家常常取笑作者，故答案為A項。

B項中無人應(yīng)對她的講話,C項她被拒絕靠近他人,D項她的日記被公布于眾,均不符合文章的描述，故排除。

3. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文中第3段可知，作者加人了這群女孩子，私自讀她的日記，故答案為B 項。

4. D推理判斷題。由最后一段可知，如今作者反思，如果她再處于這樣的處境,或許她的反應(yīng)有所不同。每一個人都渴望被他人接納，我們要尊重他人。

A項每個人都有可能被排擠，B 項我們不應(yīng)該打倒情緒低落的人，C項一個人應(yīng)用自己的方式報復(fù)他人,均不符合原文的描述。