Every school has an ugly girl. In my primary school, it was me.
From first grade through fourth, I had to wear heavy orthopedic(整形外科的)shoes because of my weak ankles. I sounded like overweight elephant wearing bricks whenever I took a single step.
“Hey, Bigfoot!”
“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”
Then in sixth grade I had to start wear glasses. Mom asked for the least expensive ones and that made me look like a fool.
“Four eyes!”
“Couldn’t you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?”
In Seventh, I started peting on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face. Wrong again. I loved being fast and winning ribbons now and then, but now I had red, wet eyes from the chlorine(氯) in the pool. I also did not develop a killer body.
I changed my strategy at Eighth grade, the last year of middle school. I offered my help to anyone who needs. I worked for other girls, so they could hang out with their friends. My new program began to work. People who would never have acknowledged my existence before were suddenly seeking me out.
I’d been feeling pretty good until one day I went to Christine’s house to help her fill envelopes. Going into each envelope was invitation to Christine’s birthday party; it was a big event at a fancy hotel. Complete with dinner. She asked me to help her address these envelopes. There was no envelope for me.
My heart was broken. I tried to escape from all the eyes. High school had to be better, right？ Yes and no. Now that I’m here, I know there are still lots of shallow people judging you on what you’re wearing or how cool your hair is , but there are also kids who talk to you because they liked your answers or just as you’re kind, honest, and a good friend.
I still do kind things because I like the feeling I get when I am helping people. I, with my friends, went to Children’s hospital, playing games and reading to the sick kids.
I still had wet red and not a smart look, but you cannot tell me I am not beautiful. Every time I visit hospital, five-year-old Terry grasps my hand, “Morri, you are so nice. I want to grow up to be just like you.”
【小题1】Why was Morri laughed at by her classmates when she was in primary school?A．She had weak ankles and eyesight.B．Her glasses couldn’t cover up her face.C．She couldn’t get along well with them.D．She looked like an overweight elephant.【小题2】Which of the following is the real reason for Morri peting on the city swim team?A．To win more ribbons.B．To shift others’ attention from her face.C．To develop a killer body.D．To have red wet eyes.【小题3】From what Morri experienced in the last year of middle school, we can learn that .A．her classmates thought highly of her B．she was popular among her classmatesC．she was often cheated by her classmatesD．her classmates just made use of her【小题4】The passage is intended to encourage people to .A．address as many as invitation envelopes as possible B．take more sport activities including swimmingC．take others’ ments into careful considerationD．take positive attitude towards disadvantages in lifeA
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(答案→)A
解析：
试题分析:作者是一位身患残疾的女孩。因为自身的残疾她经常受到别人的嘲笑，因此她想通过别的方面来让别人去认可她自己，于是她去学游泳，去努力帮助别人，但是最终她意识到了，只有自己改变对自己的态度，才会获得快乐的生活。
【小题1】A细节理解题。文章第二段提到作者的残疾，根据下文中孩子们的话“Hey, Bigfoot!”“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”可知因为她的残疾而受到别人的嘲笑，选A。
【小题2】B 细节理解题。根据文中I started peting on the city swim team, thinking that if I got a killer body, nobody would notice my face.可知选B。
【小题3】D细节理解题。作者努力去帮助别人，但是在那么多圣诞party的邀请中却没有她的名字，由此可知别人只是利用她，而从未把她当做真正的朋友看待，选D。
【小题4】D推理判断题。在文中作者讲述了自己因为残疾而受到的嘲笑以及自己想改变这一切的努力，最后终于明白了一个道理：要积极乐观，做真正的自己。由此判断作者的目的是告诉读者面对生活中的挫折困境要乐观，选D。