My best friend Jenny and I got to the mall for shopping. She held up a white sweater and matching skirt.“Do you like this?” she asked.

“It’s great,’’I said. Jenny nodded and continued looking while I moved about. touching the beautiful clothes. “I’ll try this on.” Jenny walked towards the dressing room. After a while, she came out in the outfit(一套衣服). She looked beautiful.

I sighed. Part of me wanted to say how good she looked. but another part stopped the words coming out. Jenny was in such good shape that she’d look good in the outfit. Sometimes. I regretted choosing a best friend who was so pretty. God, why can’t I be the one with the rich parents and the great look? More and more, I was envious(妒忌的)of her.

“Well, Teresa, what do you think?” Jenny asked more than once. “Do you like it?’’

The outfit looked great on her, but I lied, “Not really. I think you need something with more colors.’’

“You think so?" Jenny said doubtfully.

“Just believe me. We’ll find something better, "I told her, pushing her back into the dressing room. “You just can’t buy the first thing you see.” I did my best to get Jenny out of the store, away from that outfit. As we left, Jenny gave the sweater one last look.

Just down the mall, we passed a yogurt place. ‘‘My treat, ’’Jenny said, pulling out her wallet.

I could never say no to chocolate, so we got some and sat down at a table. As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her. Those feelings weren’t kind.

Sitting there, Jenny was attractive(吸引人的)not just because of her good luck, but more because of her kindness. Treating me to chocolate was far from her only show of generosity. She also let me drive her car and borrow her clothes.

Finishing our chocolate, we headed for the next clothing store. ‘‘Look at that red sweater.’’ Jenny said as we passed the window. ‘‘It would be perfect for you. Soon maybe you’ll have enough by saving your babysitting money to buy something like that.”

A few minutes earlier, all I had heard was about saving my babysitting money. I had hated the fact that Jenny could ask her parents for anything, and they’d buy it for her. This time, though. I heard more. I heard the voice of someone who loved and cared me for who I was. I needed to express the same to her.

1.Teresa felt _________ when Jenny came out of the dressing room in the new outfit.

A. envious B. excited C. lonely D. comfortable

2.Teresa and Jenny __________ after they left the first clothing store.

A. headed for the next clothing store B. talked about the outfit Jenny wanted

C. had some chocolate at a yogurt place D. ended the friendship between them

3.Which of the following can be put in the blank?

A. Jenny lent me some money. B. Jenny asked for more chocolate.

C. I told Jenny my unkind feelings. D. I began to see Jenny in a new light.

4.We can infer(推断)that Teresa would ________ that day.

A. forget all about what had happened B. ask her parents for money to buy something

C. buy herself the red sweater in the next store D. push Jenny back to the first store for the outfit

You want to know about life in the past. Right? I can tell you. When I was a boy, things were different. I had to get up at six every morning. That was not very bad in summer, but in winter it was cold. And we didn’t have any hot water in the house. We had to wash in cold water. We didn’t have a bathroom(浴室). My dad had some chickens. I had to feed(喂养)them every morning and then I had to walk to school with my little sister. It was about two miles (英里)to school and about two miles back in the evening. But it always seemed longer in the morning when we were going to school. There was a bus, but we didn’t have any money. And we had to goto bed at eleven o’clock every night because I had too much homework and housework to do. We couldn’t watch TV because there wasn’t any. On Sundays we had to go to church (教堂)three times - morning, afternoon and evening. And we couldn’t play outside on Sundays. But it wasn’t all bad. We had some g ood times(时光). We could go out and our parents didn’t have to worry about us. There weren’t so many cars on the roads then, so the streets were safe to play in. And ther e were not many robbers and thieves in those days. We had to work hard and we weren’t able to buy all those things in the shops today. Life was hard, but it was simple and people were hap pier. I don’t think I’d like to be young today.

1.The writer usually went to bed _________ every night.

A. at six B. at eight

C. at nine D. at eleven

2.The writer walked about ________ every day.

A. two miles B. three miles

C. four miles D. five miles

3.Every morning the writer had to feed _______.

A. his little sister B. his lovely dog

C. his chickens D. his father’s chickens

4.The writer had a _______ but _______ family.

A. rich; happy B. poor; happy

C. hard; poor D. rich; hard

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The writer had a little sister.

B. T he writer couldn’t take the school bus.

C. The writer and his sister never had any good times

D. The write had to get up at six

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