Passage 25【2020•东营市】

Mom was cooking in the kitchen. She could hear the girls arguing in the living room. It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing. A few minutes later, Maria rushed into her bedroom angrily and closed the door heavily.
“Come to the kitchen, young lady,” Mom firmly （坚定地） said to Maria in her best mother tone （语气） of voice.
Maria walked into the kitchen and shouted, “I can’t stand living with Felicia another minute. I don’t ever want to talk to her again!”
Mom called out, “Felicia, come to the kitchen right now.”
While Felicia was on her way, Mom put two chairs opposite each other but very close together.
“Maria, you sit here and Felicia you sit there.” The girls sat face to face, with their knees almost touching. “Now you look each other in the eye for five minutes,” Mom ordered.
At first the girls moved their bodies from side to side. Mom said firmly, “You must stay staring at each other for five minutes. Each minute you don’t make eye contact （眼神交流） means another minute sitting in the chairs. ” They both wanted out, so they had to sit there and look at each other.
Felicia looked at Maria’s pouting （噘嘴的） face while Maria looked at Felicia’s angry face. They each thought the other one looked ridiculous （可笑的）. In fact, they were being ridiculous to fight and be mad at each other over nothing.
Soon Maria couldn’t stand it any longer and began giggling （咯咯地笑） and so did Felicia. They giggled and laughed.
Mom wisely didn’t say anything except, “Okay girls, you can go now.”
26. Maria and Felicia argued a lot this week. What was the reason?
A. They argued over nothing.
B. They didn’t want to live together.
C. They didn’t want to talk to each other.
D. They each thought the other one was ridiculous.
27. Which is the right picture to show the way the girls sat?
A. B. C. D.
28. The right order of the following statements is _______.
① Maria and Felicia stared at each other.
② Maria argued with Felicia.
③ Maria and Felicia giggled and laughed.
④ Mom asked Maria and Felicia to sit opposite each other.
A. ②④③① B. ④②①③ C. ②④①③ D. ②①④③
29. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Maria had quite a good relationship with Felicia recently.
B. The kitchen is a good place to stop an argument.
C. Mom solved the girls’ problem wisely.
D. The girls were under pressure from Mom to make it up （和好）.
30. After reading the passage, we can know ________.
A. parents can do nothing about the argument between children
B. it’s difficult to deal with the argument between children
C. there is no need to deal with the argument between children
D. 5-minute eye contact is helpful to deal with the argument between children
本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了两姐妹玛利亚和菲利希亚经常吵架，母亲让她们安静地互相对视五分钟，这种方法解决了两姐妹之间的矛盾。
26.A【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段“It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing”可知，她们之间争吵没有原因，总是无缘无故地争吵。故选A。
27.A【解析】细节理解题。根据第六段“The girls sat face to face, with their knees almost touching.”可知，两个女孩面对面坐着，膝盖几乎碰在一起。结合选项可知，A选项中的图片符合两个女孩坐着的方式。故选A。
28.C【解析】细节理解题。根据“It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing…Mom put two chairs opposite each other but very close together…Felicia looked at Maria’s pouting （噘嘴的） face while Maria looked at Felicia’s angry face…They giggled and laughed”可知，两个女孩争吵之后，母亲让她们面对面坐着，然后两个女孩互相盯着对方看，最后她们两个咯咯地笑了，故事情发展的顺序应为②④①③。故选C。
29.C【解析】细节理解题。A选项：玛丽亚最近和菲莉西亚关系很好。根据“It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing”可知，她们最近经常争吵，选项错误；B选项：厨房是制止争吵的好地方。文章并没有提到“厨房可以制止争吵”，选项错误；C选项：妈妈明智地解决了女孩们的问题。根据文章内容可知，母亲让两个女孩面对面的对视，最终让两个女孩和好如初，所以明智地解决了孩子们的问题，选项正确；D选项：女孩们迫于妈妈的压力和好了。根据文章内容可知，女孩们是在对视过程中自发地和好的，选项错误。故选C。
30.D【解析】推理判断题。根据“Now you look each other in the eye for five minutes…They giggled and laughed”可知，母亲让孩子们对视五分钟，女孩们在这五分钟里和好如初，故五分钟的眼神交流对于处理孩子们之间的争吵是有帮助的。故选D。