文章大意:本文讲述了米娅喜欢写作,而妈妈却想让她学好数学,妈妈不相信米娅的英语写作能和白人孩子一样好,米娅认为妈妈错了,她相信,如果自己努力学习英语写作,就一定会和那些白人孩子一样优秀。
I ran up the stairs two at a time, holding the book from the library, the one with my essay printed out in it. I couldn’t wait to tell my parents. Before I could open my mouth, my mother looked at my book and frowned (皱眉).
“Another new book, Mia?” she said. “You should be spending more time doing Maths. Something you can actually get good at.” Then she became homesick. “You know when I was your age, I used to attend my brother’s Maths lessons ...”
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn’t have time for this.
“I’m not you, Mom,” I yelled. The words came shooting out of my mouth, and my mom was shocked. “I’m sorry. I just mean ... Maybe I like something else.”
“Like what?” she asked. She put her broom down and crossed her arms.
I bit my lip.
“Like writing?”
“English writing?” she asked, “like it was the most useless thing in the world, like I’d said basket weaving?”
I nodded.
“You gotta be native at English. And I’m sorry, but we are just not. You can, however, be native at Maths.”
“I don’t want to be native at Maths ...” I said.
My mom frowned.
“You’re not getting it, are you?” she said. She sat down on the bed and looked at me in the eye. “You just can’t be as good as the white kids in their language, honey. It’s their language.”
My gaze sank to the floor.
As I dragged myself out of the room, my mother called after me, “Someday you’ll thank me!”
“________.” I said to myself firmly.
33. How did Mia feel when she ran up the stairs?
A.Impatient. | B.Excited. | C.Stressed. | D.Nervous. |
34. What was Mom good at when she was young?
A.Maths. | B.Writing. | C.Basketball. | D.English. |
35. Why did Mom frown at Mia again and again?
A.Because Mia wasn’t good at English. |
B.Because Mia wasn’t good at Maths. |
C.Because Mia couldn’t write as well as the white kids. |
D.Because Mia didn’t spend as much time as she expected on Maths. |
36. What can be filled in the blank at the end of the text?
A.Thanks. I will work harder at Maths. |
B.Yeah, English writing is not so useful as Maths. |
C.You are wrong. I believe I will be as good as the white kids at English writing some day. |
D.I tried my best, but it’s really difficult for me to be as good as the white kids at English writing. |