This big-sister thing wasn’t pleasant. I was five, and my sister Lisa was two years younger. Every time we did something that we shouldn’t do, I got into more trouble. It seemed everybody paid attention to her. And we had to go to bed at the same time. I’d had it.
One day I was playing with the kids next door, and found out that in other people’s houses, the older kids had later bedtime. Going to my mother with my new-found information, I advocated
for policy change and was denied.
So I went to my room and started to pack. Into the suitcase went my books and some Barbies. Putting some more clothes into it, I went downstairs. Mum looked up and asked if I was running away. As I told her yes, she wasn’t nearly as upset as I expected.
“Are you going to Grandma Sylvia’s?” I couldn’t believe she could figure this out. She was like a witch.
Without answering her, I went out. Suitcases with wheels hadn’t invented in the 1970s, and mine was full of books. I dragged my suitcase and sweated, not knowing Mum was following and waving concerned citizens away.
Finally, I went to Grandma’s apartment building about two kilometers away. I went upstairs and before I knocked, the door opened. Grandma told me she was happy to see me, and I realized Mum had called ahead and I had been betrayed.
Soon Mum swept in, sat in my grandfather’s chair, took my hot little face in her hands and said, “Sweet-heart, I don’t want you to be so miserable. If it’s hard for you to live with Lisa, tomorrow I’ll call the orphanage and send her away.”
Knowing what an orphanage was, I started to cry. “Don’t send my sister away!” Mum unwillingly agreed that we would all go home and give it another try. That night, Mum fed us, gave us a bath and sent us to bed at the same time.
In the following years, once in a while Lisa and I would have a fight, and to this day, if I turn over my shoulder and say, “Mum, Lisa’s being mean to me!” Mum always answers in the same way, “You had your chance.”
24.What did the author find unpleasant?
A.Going to bed later than Lisa for her studies.
B.Having to share the same attention as her sister.
C.Being blamed more when doing something wrong.
D.Taking care of Lisa when her parents were busy.
25.What did the author’s mother do when following her?
A.Sign others not to be concerned about her.
B.Ask others for help to stop her from leaving.
C.Call her grandma to wait and persuade her.
D.Connect the orphanage to get Lisa back.
26.Why did the author say Mum was like a witch?
A.Mum figured out where she would go.
B.Mum tried to prevent her from leaving.
C.Mum blamed her for Lisa’s mistakes.

D.Mum always broke her promises.
27.Why does Mum say the author had her chance?
A.She can choose to send Lisa to the orphanage.
B.She should learn to get along well with Lisa.
C.She can have the chance to be mean to Lisa.
D.She tried to make Lisa and herself homeless.


B 篇：【24 题】细节理解题。第一段作者说，自己比妹妹大两岁，却要跟她有一样的就寝时间；每次做了不该做的事，自己的麻烦总比妹妹多，由此可知选 C。
【25 题】 推理判断题。第五段最后说，作者闹离家出走，拉着行李箱艰难地走在去爷爷奶奶家的路上，妈妈在后面跟着，同时示意那些关注的人们离开，因此选A。
【26 题】 细节理解题。第四段说，作者拖着行李箱准备出门的时候妈妈说她这是要去奶奶家，于是作者不敢相信她连这个也能猜出来，简直就像个女巫。结合语境判断，这是因为作者的妈妈竟然猜到她离家出走要去哪里，因此选 A。
【27 题】推理判断题。文章最后说，每次作者与妹妹发生冲突向妈妈抱怨的时候，妈妈就会回答，“你曾经有过机会的”。结合语境判断，这里的“机会”说的是前文交代的作者的母亲曾经故意提议要把妹妹送回孤儿院的建议，那么母亲这句话的含义是说，作者必须学会与妹妹友好相处，并学会谦让妹妹，因此选B。