No longer a kid (不再是个孩子).doc

No longer a kid (不再是个孩子)阅读提示：关心自己的小孩子是父母的天职，但事无巨细，包办一切，孩子就会快乐吗？有时，父母的牵挂真的没有必要。 Jenny was a student in my class. She lived in a happy family. She had three sisters and she was the 1 . She seemed to be glued (粘贴) to her mothers skirts. Her three elder sisters 2 the bus to school every morning, but she was always driven to school by her mother. One Friday, Jenny?s mother said to me, “My husband and I have to go to Europe on business for two weeks. I?m very 3 Jenny. She?s so young and weak. Will you please help me 4 her while we?re away?” 5 a mother of a kid, I knew how worried a mother would be if she was away from her child. “Don?t worry! I?ll try my best to take good care of her,” I said. I even 6 to say that I would wait for Jenny at the school gate every morning to give her a familiar face. On the next Monday morning, I waited at the school gate to meet Jenny. When the bus arrived, Jenny and her three sisters 7 it. I was surprised to see a happy girl, not a sad, tearful girl. I asked Jenny 8 the bus ride went. “Very interesting!” she said. “I wanted to take a bus with my sisters, but Mom was 9 together with me. You see there isn?t 10 baby in our family now. I can ride a bus without Mom. I?m no longer a kid.” ( ) 1. A. oldest B. tallest C. youngest D. shortest ( ) 2. A. took B. bought C. brought D. drove ( ) 3. A. proud of B. angry with C. afraid of D. worried about ( ) 4. A. look at B. look after C. look for D. look like ( ) 5. A. For B. With C. As D. To ( ) 6. A. volunteered B. decided C. wanted D. advised ( ) 7. A. get up B. get on C. get over D. got off ( ) 8. A. when B. how C. where D. why ( ) 9. A. always B. ever C. never D. hardly ( ) 10. A. some B. many C. any D. much 答案解析1.C Jenny有三个姐姐，她是最年轻的。 2. A 她的三个姐姐每天早晨乘坐公共汽车去上学。 3.D 我和丈夫要去欧洲出差，我非常担心Jenny。她年龄太小，脆弱。 4.B 我们不在时，请你帮我照顾她好吗？ look at表动作，意为“看”； look after意为“照顾；照看”；look for意为“寻找”；look like意为“看起来像”。根据上下文语境，应用look after。 5.C 作为一名孩子的妈妈，我知道如果离开孩子，妈妈会多么担心自己的孩