She is quiet, soft-spoken and has a kind face and a strong heart. She is my mom, Lili.
When I was nine, Lili quitted her job and started her own business. She said she didn’t want to stay at home and work as a housewife: “It’s a waste of life.” Lili became so busy that she spent less and less time with me. She didn’t help me with my schoolwork. It was, in her words, “so that you can develop your independence”. We quarreled because she rarely showed up at parents’ meetings.
Like mother, like daughter. I have many things in common with Lili. I want everything to be under control. I want to be perfect and I don’t expect other people to help me. I push myself hard to achieve my goals.
After I started to go to high school, Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.
In biology class I began to be depressed. When the teacher showed us a picture of a butterfly, I was scared and screamed. I had a vision of thousands of butterflies flying toward me.
That night I told Lili about it. The next morning, I saw that she had red eyes with black circles around them.
She took me to see a therapist (治療師). Three hours later, the therapist told Lili that my life was like a wheel spinning (旋轉(zhuǎn)) faster and faster and that was the reason for what had happened to me. I only realized it when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore. At these words, Lili burst into tears. “It’s all my fault, she’s just a kid and I didn’t have time to take care of her….”  To be honest, I had never seen Lili cry before.
After that, Lili began to spend more time at home, cooking and dragging me to do sports. I realized she was the one who would always be there when I was in real trouble. No mom is perfect, but she is the one who really cares about her kid.
小題1:Lili quitted her job and started her own business because _________.
A．she wanted to make more moneyB．she was not willing to look after me
C．she didn’t want to waste her lifeD．she likes keeping busy
小題2: We quarreled because __________.
A．she began to spend less and less time with me
B．she didn’t help me with my schoolwork.
C．she seldom attended the parents’ meetings in my school.
D．Lili and I were too busy to communicate much with each other.
小題3:What can we learn from the passage?
A．Most women don’t want to be a housewife.
B．Most children want their mothers to accompany them at home.
C．We need to understand our mothers’ busy life.
D．Although mothers are not perfect, they all love the children
小題4: Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A．Lili is a quiet, strong-willed woman.
B．Lili began to spend more time at home after visiting the therapist.
C．I was scared and screamed in biology class because I hate butterflies.
D．I only realized my life was like a wheel when my body couldn’t stand the pressure anymore.
小題5: What is the best title for the passage?
A．Mom Does Care.B．A Busy but Successful Mother.
C．Change From Mother to Businessman.D．A Student’s Opinion on Mother.

小題1:C
小題1:C
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:A

小題1:C 原因題。詢問(wèn)母親開(kāi)始自己的生意的原因，文章中給出的原因是She said she didn’t want to stay at home and work as a housewife: “It’s a waste of life.”說(shuō)明母親是不想要浪費(fèi)生命，故選擇C
小題1:C 原因題。詢問(wèn)母女兩爭(zhēng)吵的原因，文章第二段提到We quarreled because she rarely showed up at parents’ meetings.說(shuō)明他們爭(zhēng)吵的原因是因?yàn)槟赣H沒(méi)有出席家長(zhǎng)會(huì)，故選擇C
小題1:D 主旨大意題。文章要告訴我們的最重要的道理是No mom is perfect, but she is the one who really cares about her kid.即沒(méi)有完美的母親但是她們都愛(ài)自己的孩子，選擇D
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)反選題。文章中提到作者在生物課上尖叫的原因時(shí)這樣說(shuō)my life was like a wheel spinning (旋轉(zhuǎn)) faster and faster and that was the reason for what had happened to me說(shuō)明原因并非是作者害怕蝴蝶而是因?yàn)閴毫μ�。故選擇C
小題1:A 主旨大意題。文章主要的內(nèi)容由最后一句話可以總結(jié)，即No mom is perfect, but she is the one who really cares about her kid.故選擇A
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