As I sat beside the window of our classroom that afternoon, my heart sank further with eac

As I sat beside the window of our classroom that afternoon, my heart sank further with each passing car. This was a day I’d looked forward to for weeks: Miss Pace’s fourth-grade, end-of-the-year party.
I had happily volunteered my mother when Miss Pace looked for cookie volunteers. Mom’s chocolate chips were well-known, and I knew they’d be a hit with my classmates. But two o’clock passed, and there was no sign of her. Most of the other mothers had already e and gone, dropping off their sweet offerings.
The three o’clock bell soon took me away from my thoughts and I took my book bag from my desk.
I decided I would slam the front door, and refuse to return her hug. But when I arrived, she wasn’t at home.
I was lying face-down on my bed upstairs when I heard her e through the front door.
“Robbie,” she called out a bit urgently. “Where are you?”
I could then hear her rushing anxiously from room to room, wondering where I could be. I remained silent.
Coming through the door, she said: “I’m so sorry, honey,” she said. “I just forgot. I got busy and forgot.”
Then my mother did something pletely unexpected. She began to laugh! How could she laugh at a time like this? I rolled over and faced her, ready to let her see my rage (愤怒).
But my mother wasn’t laughing at all. She was crying. “I’m so sorry,” she said. “I let you down. I let my little boy down.”
I was moved by her tears.
I tried to remember her kind words from times past when I’d skinned knees or cut myself, times when she knew just the right thing to say.
“It’s okay, Mom. We didn’t even need those cookies. There was plenty of stuff to eat. Don’t cry. It’s all right. Really.”
We didn’t say another word. We just held each other. When we came to the point where I would usually pull away, I decided that, this time, I could hold on, perhaps, just a little bit longer.
【小题1】. The author was pretty down because     .A．he couldn’t go to the party he had been looking forward toB．his mother didn’t turn up at the party as she had promisedC．his mother had refused to make chocolate chips for the partyD．the cookies his mom made was not popular at the party【小题2】. When the author returned home,     .A．he was so angry that he slammed the front doorB．he was silent and refused to return his mother’s hug C．he rushed from room to room looking for his motherD．he was disappointed that he couldn’t express his anger to his mother【小题3】. We can tell from the story that     .A．the mother didn’t get to the party because of the traffic jamB．the mother was sorry for her absence and laughed at herselfC．the author was a caring and thoughtful boyD．the author was overe with anger【小题4】. The article expresses the message that     .A．it is silly to be angry with your familyB．everybody should keep his or her promisesC．true love is based on understandingD．understanding how to fort people in low spirits is a true skill.B