My sister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship: we couldn’t stand each o

    Mysister and I shared a typical sisterly relationship: we couldn’t stand eachother．Or, tobe honest, she couldn’t stand me．I took her as a hero．My clothes mysteriously looked like hers, and even my words tendedto copy those I heard from her．Any sort of talk we hadusually became a fighting, and try as I might, my sister had an extra six yearsworth of rude vocabulary．

    Aftera while, I stopped trying to impress her and learned to be totally indifferent（冷漠的）；we soon fell into asad pattern — I avoided her, she paid no attention tome, and deep inside, it hurt．She was only a sister inname．I truly believed that we would forever be apart,two housemates without conversation, two strangers without warmth．

    Istill remember the day I learned to ride a bike．I had received the bike that Christmas, whichwas great, until I realized I had no idea how to ride it．My mom had long since abandoned any attempt to teach me; I hadproved to be a frustrating student．I had to learn bymyself, a little bit each day, but unsuccessfully．Onthat day I was so disappointed that I threw my bike aside and began to cry, Iguess that was what caused my sister to come outside．Atfirst I was nervous, as I thought she would begin to laugh at me．She did not．She gently picked my bike up．That was the beginning．She fearlessly heldmy hand while the tears dried on my cheeks．She neveronce let me fall．And for three hours — three wonderful hours — we learned to ridemy bike．No shouting．No fighting．No arguing．

    Thatday I learned that my sister was human — how else could she have been my teacher? It wasa life-changing experience．We still occasionally haveour quarrels, but since that day, it’s been easier to get along because we havean unspoken respect for each other．

1.From the first paragraph, wecan infer that _____．

    A．the writer’s sisterusually won the fighting

    B．the writer was not alwayshonest with her sister

    C．the writer showed littlerespect for her sister

    D．the writer’s sister had agood memory

2.When the writer failed toimpress her sister, she _____．

    A．felt hurt and treated hersister as a stranger

    B．decided to be indifferentto her sister

    C．didn’t talk with anymember of the family

    D．kept apart from her sisterfor a long time

3.What caused the writer to crywhen she learned to ride a bike?

    A．She fell off the bike andhurt herself seriously．

    B．Her mother refused to buyher a bike．

    C．She couldn’t learn how toride a bike by herself．

    D．Her sister laughed at herold bike．

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C