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What I always loved most about 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 primary school too. Back then, everyone knew all about us, my parents and August.
But in 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 hated 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 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 that 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 did.
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
() 4. What did Olivia like most about 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 homework as before.
() 5. 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.
() 6. What does the underlined word “define” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Help. B. Choose. C. Greet. D. Describe.
() 7. What will Olivia probably tell us about the three of them next?
A. How they deal with school problems.
B. How they care about August and help him.
C. How their friendship grows stronger.
D. How their friendship begins to change.
What I always loved most about 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 primary school too. Back then, everyone knew all about us, my parents and August.
But in 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 hated 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 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 that 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 did.
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
() 4. What did Olivia like most about 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 homework as before.
() 5. 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.
() 6. What does the underlined word “define” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Help. B. Choose. C. Greet. D. Describe.
() 7. What will Olivia probably tell us about the three of them next?
A. How they deal with school problems.
B. How they care about August and help him.
C. How their friendship grows stronger.
D. How their friendship begins to change.
答案
4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D
解析
4. 细节理解题：从第一段可知Olivia在初中可以做Olivia Pullman，不用被家里的名字Via束缚，第二段提到她不希望别人只把她当做有先天缺陷的August的姐姐，也就是她可以做自己，而不是仅以August的姐姐的身份被认知。文中没有提及A选项的“交很多新朋友”、C选项的“住得离家远”、D选项的“作业更少”相关内容，因此选B。
5. 细节理解题：文章第三段提到Miranda和Ella和Olivia从一年级就相识，彼此不需要额外解释就能互相理解，比如Olivia希望她们叫自己Olivia而非Via时，二人立刻就懂了她的想法，说明她们非常理解Olivia。B选项和原文“不需要互相解释”不符，C选项她们是Olivia的老朋友而非新朋友，D选项原文提到三人很多地方很相像，因此选A。
6. 词义猜测题：第二段前文提到人们会用“她有个畸形的弟弟”这类说法来谈论、界定Olivia的身份，她表示自己不想让别人用这种方式来界定、描述自己，因此define的含义和Describe（描述、界定）最接近，选D。
7. 推理判断题：文章最后一段提到现在进入高中后，Olivia完全不明白最近她和Miranda、Ella之间发生了什么，现状和她之前预想的完全不一样，由此可以推断接下来她最可能讲述三人的友谊是如何开始发生变化的，选D。
5. 细节理解题：文章第三段提到Miranda和Ella和Olivia从一年级就相识，彼此不需要额外解释就能互相理解，比如Olivia希望她们叫自己Olivia而非Via时，二人立刻就懂了她的想法，说明她们非常理解Olivia。B选项和原文“不需要互相解释”不符，C选项她们是Olivia的老朋友而非新朋友，D选项原文提到三人很多地方很相像，因此选A。
6. 词义猜测题：第二段前文提到人们会用“她有个畸形的弟弟”这类说法来谈论、界定Olivia的身份，她表示自己不想让别人用这种方式来界定、描述自己，因此define的含义和Describe（描述、界定）最接近，选D。
7. 推理判断题：文章最后一段提到现在进入高中后，Olivia完全不明白最近她和Miranda、Ella之间发生了什么，现状和她之前预想的完全不一样，由此可以推断接下来她最可能讲述三人的友谊是如何开始发生变化的，选D。
