阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensiveprivate school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school.Jane has36economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works37a maid.Although her mother works very hard, she can38 __ support the family.Jane is very bright and gifted at39and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)40for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would41talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids42her.
On her birthday last month, she43her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come.Alice wanted her to be44so much that she45on her coming.ually, the girl said, “I don’t have any46__ clothes that I could wear atyour birthday party.”After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a47from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I48a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be49to come and hurried home to ask her Mum50she could lend her friend one of her skirts.To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.”The daughter was very51and angrily said to her Mum, “52I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburstas she’s normally very well53.
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s54.Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.”She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Janebut to feelproud of her55with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered to.
小题1:A.personalB.extraC.limitedD.adequate小题2:A.for B.with C.likeD.as小题3:A.hopefullyB.obviouslyC.hardlyD.temporarily小题4:A.music B.drawingC.mathsD.biology小题5:A.bonus B.allowance C.donationD.pension小题6:A.secretly B.happilyC.quietlyD.eagerly小题7:A.pointing at B.shouting at C.laughing atD.glaring at小题8:A.took B.invitedC.accompaniedD.sent小题9:A.happyB.independentC.confident D.present小题10:A.depended B.insistedC.focusedD.agreed小题11:A.casualB.comfortableC.niceD.tight小题12:A.shirt B.jeansC.handbagD.necklace小题13:A.getB.copyC.order D.borrow小题14:A.freeB.ableC.gladD.willing小题15:A.howB.whenC.why D.whether小题16:A.stubbornB.upsetC.firmD.enthusiastic小题17:A.If B.WhenC.UnlessD.Though小题18:A.treated B.controlledC.educatedD.behaved小题19:A.clevernessB.characterC.circumstances D.competences小题20:A.studyB.friendship C.sympathyD.performance