B

My problem started after I went to a boarding school. I was only 14, and at first I missed my family a lot. I often called them and cried on the phone. But after two weeks, I found I enjoyed being with my classmates at school.

I had many friends who were boys. I thought of them as my best friends – but only friends. I never guessed my friendships with boys would become a problem.

Then, three months later, my friends told me that some teachers and girls said I was hanging out with boys all day long in order to get attention from them. Seven months after that, the head teacher Mr. Wang asked the class to choose some students to join the Student Union. I thought I could win for I was doing well in school. I’d already won prizes for the best math and English exams. A week later, the list came out and it didn’t include me. I was sad.

Mr. Wang came to me and said, “Don’t be sad. I know you’re excellent! Maybe. You’re a little distant from the girls in our class. They don’t know much about you, so some of them didn’t choose you. It doesn’t matter. Do your best to get along well with everyone and I think you’ll make it next time.”

(    )61. What was the writer’s problem when she first entered the boarding school?

A、She didn’t like her new school

B、She didn’t get along well with her classmates

C、She missed her family very much.

D、She didn’t like her new teacher.

(    )62. Many of the writer’s friends in hr new school were ________.

A、teachers         B、boys         C、girls         D、bad young men

(    )63. Why did the writer fail to join the Student Union?

A、Her teachers didn’t like her           B、She was a poor student

C、She likes hanging out with boys       D、Some girls didn’t choose her

(    )64. The word “distant” means “________” in Chinese.

A、热诚的         B、好斗的         C、疏远的         D、无礼的

(    )65. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?

A、The writer won prizes for the best science and English exams.

B、The writer didn’t think that her friendships with boys would cause problems

C、The writer was sad because she failed to join the Student Union.

D、The head teacher thought she was an excellent student.

C

One night, I was sitting in my kitchen half listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t notice when Kevin ran up the stairs with hurt on his face.

About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey, Kevin, do you want to talk?” No answer. I tried again, “Hey, why don’t you come out of there?” Again, no answer. So I took a stack of cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and the other was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his unpleasant feelings into words for me. When I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me, I’m not clever. Tommy thinks I’m a fool and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”