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What I always loved most about my middle school was that it was separate(分开的) and different from home. I could go there and be Olivia Pullman—not Via, which is my name at home. Via was what they called me in my primary school too. Back then, everyone knew all about us, my parents and August.
But in my middle school, a lot of people didn't know about August. My old friends did, of course, but my new friends didn't. Or if they knew, it wasn't surely the first thing they knew about me. "Olivia? Yeah, she's nice. Did you hear she has a brother who's deformed(畸形的)?" I always $\underline\blacktriangle$ the word, but I knew it was how people describe August. And I knew those kinds of conversations probably happened all the time, every time I left the room at a party, or ran into groups of friends at the pizza place. And that's okay. I'm always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect(缺陷):that's not the problem. I just don't want others to $\underline{\mathrm{define}}$ me that way.
The best thing about high school is that hardly anybody knows me at all, except Miranda and Ella. And they know not to go around talking about it. Miranda, Ella and I have known each other since the first grade. What's so nice is we never have to explain(解释) things to one another. When I decided I wanted them to call me Olivia instead of Via, they got it without my having to explain.
Throughout middle school, Miranda, Ella and I were pretty much our own little group. I don't know if the three of us found each other because we were so alike in so many ways, or that because we found each other, we've become so alike in so many ways. We were so happy when we all got into Faulkner High School, especially when almost no one else from our middle school was.
This is why I haven't understood what's been going on with us lately, now that we're in high school. It's nothing like how I thought it would be.
(Adapted from *Wonder* by R. J. Palacio)
()19. What did Olivia like most about her middle school?
A. She could make many more new friends there.
B. She could be herself instead of August's sister.
C. She didn't need to live far away from her family.
D. She didn't need to do as much schoolwork as before.
()20. Which of the following words is the best for $\underline\blacktriangle$?
A. hated
B. forgot
C. used
D. knew
()21. What can we learn about Miranda and Ella?
A. They could understand Olivia well.
B. They could explain things to Olivia.
C. They were Olivia's new friends then.
D. They were quite different from Olivia.
()22. What does the underlined word "define" probably mean here?
A. Know.
B. Choose.
C. Greet.
D. Describe.
()23. What will Olivia probably talk about in the next part of the story?
A. How the three girls will deal with school problems.
B. How the three girls will care about August and help him.
C. How her friendship with Miranda and Ella will grow stronger.
D. How her friendship with Miranda and Ella will begin to change.
But in my middle school, a lot of people didn't know about August. My old friends did, of course, but my new friends didn't. Or if they knew, it wasn't surely the first thing they knew about me. "Olivia? Yeah, she's nice. Did you hear she has a brother who's deformed(畸形的)?" I always $\underline\blacktriangle$ the word, but I knew it was how people describe August. And I knew those kinds of conversations probably happened all the time, every time I left the room at a party, or ran into groups of friends at the pizza place. And that's okay. I'm always going to be the sister of a kid with a birth defect(缺陷):that's not the problem. I just don't want others to $\underline{\mathrm{define}}$ me that way.
The best thing about high school is that hardly anybody knows me at all, except Miranda and Ella. And they know not to go around talking about it. Miranda, Ella and I have known each other since the first grade. What's so nice is we never have to explain(解释) things to one another. When I decided I wanted them to call me Olivia instead of Via, they got it without my having to explain.
Throughout middle school, Miranda, Ella and I were pretty much our own little group. I don't know if the three of us found each other because we were so alike in so many ways, or that because we found each other, we've become so alike in so many ways. We were so happy when we all got into Faulkner High School, especially when almost no one else from our middle school was.
This is why I haven't understood what's been going on with us lately, now that we're in high school. It's nothing like how I thought it would be.
(Adapted from *Wonder* by R. J. Palacio)
()19. What did Olivia like most about her middle school?
A. She could make many more new friends there.
B. She could be herself instead of August's sister.
C. She didn't need to live far away from her family.
D. She didn't need to do as much schoolwork as before.
()20. Which of the following words is the best for $\underline\blacktriangle$?
A. hated
B. forgot
C. used
D. knew
()21. What can we learn about Miranda and Ella?
A. They could understand Olivia well.
B. They could explain things to Olivia.
C. They were Olivia's new friends then.
D. They were quite different from Olivia.
()22. What does the underlined word "define" probably mean here?
A. Know.
B. Choose.
C. Greet.
D. Describe.
()23. What will Olivia probably talk about in the next part of the story?
A. How the three girls will deal with school problems.
B. How the three girls will care about August and help him.
C. How her friendship with Miranda and Ella will grow stronger.
D. How her friendship with Miranda and Ella will begin to change.
答案
C [文章大意]本文是女孩奥利维亚的自述,讲述了她从小学到高中的心理变化与友谊经历。
19. B [解析]细节理解题。根据“What I always loved most about my middle school was that it was separate(分开的) and different from home ... Back then, everyone knew all about us, my parents and August.”可知,奥利维亚喜欢中学的核心原因是她可以摆脱“奥古斯特的姐姐”的标签,做回自己。故选 B。
20. A [解析]推理判断题。根据“Did you hear she has a brother who's deformed(畸形的)?”可知,“deformed”是对弟弟的负面描述,奥利维亚内心对此是反感的。故选 A。
21. A [解析]推理判断题。根据“What's so nice is we never have to explain(解释) things to one another. When I decided I wanted them to call me Olivia instead of Via, they got it without my having to explain.”可知,米兰达和埃拉不需要奥利维亚解释就能理解她的想法,说明她们非常懂奥利维亚。故选 A。
22. D [解析]词义猜测题。根据“I just don't want others to define me that way.”可知,“that way”指前文“被看作‘有先天缺陷孩子的姐姐’”,结合前文“how people describe August”可知,“define”在此处意为“描述、定义”,与“describe”同义。故选 D。
23. D [解析]推理判断题。根据“This is why I haven't understood what's been going on with us lately, now that we're in high school. It's nothing like how I thought it would be.”可知,奥利维亚提到进入高中后她们关系变得“和我想象的不一样”,暗示友谊可能出现了变化,因此下文会继续讲述友谊的变化。故选 D。
19. B [解析]细节理解题。根据“What I always loved most about my middle school was that it was separate(分开的) and different from home ... Back then, everyone knew all about us, my parents and August.”可知,奥利维亚喜欢中学的核心原因是她可以摆脱“奥古斯特的姐姐”的标签,做回自己。故选 B。
20. A [解析]推理判断题。根据“Did you hear she has a brother who's deformed(畸形的)?”可知,“deformed”是对弟弟的负面描述,奥利维亚内心对此是反感的。故选 A。
21. A [解析]推理判断题。根据“What's so nice is we never have to explain(解释) things to one another. When I decided I wanted them to call me Olivia instead of Via, they got it without my having to explain.”可知,米兰达和埃拉不需要奥利维亚解释就能理解她的想法,说明她们非常懂奥利维亚。故选 A。
22. D [解析]词义猜测题。根据“I just don't want others to define me that way.”可知,“that way”指前文“被看作‘有先天缺陷孩子的姐姐’”,结合前文“how people describe August”可知,“define”在此处意为“描述、定义”,与“describe”同义。故选 D。
23. D [解析]推理判断题。根据“This is why I haven't understood what's been going on with us lately, now that we're in high school. It's nothing like how I thought it would be.”可知,奥利维亚提到进入高中后她们关系变得“和我想象的不一样”,暗示友谊可能出现了变化,因此下文会继续讲述友谊的变化。故选 D。
