My10-year-oldDonnasaid，"Mom，Imadeanewfriendatschooltoday．Canshecomeovertomorrow？"DonnawasashygirlandIwantedhertomakesomefriendstobringheroutofhershell．"Sure，honey，thatsoundsgreat．&quot

Question

My 10-year-old Donna said，"Mom，I made a new friend at school today．Can she come over tomorrow？"Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell．
"Sure，honey，that sounds great．"I said，thinking back to my own best friend，Lillian．We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights，New York．We met at the age of 10，too．Like my daughter，I was shy，but Lillian drew me out．She was one of the friendliest people in school，with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile．
In senior high school，Lillian went on a trip to Florida．This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days．"I'll be back soon．"she told me．But three days later，Lillian's sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn't come out any more．Soon，my family moved to New Jersey．Whenever I thought of her，tears came into my eyes．
The next day Donna brought her new friend home．"Hi，Mrs．Loggia．"the little girl said．Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile．"My name is Laura．"
My daughter's new friend was so much like Lillian．I was still puzzled （迷惑） when Laura's mom came to pick her up later that afternoon．I opened the door to let her in．"Judy!"she cried．"It's me，Lillian's sister，from Washington Heights．"Yes，my daughter's friend looked familiar．She was Lillian's niece．
36．The underlined words in the first paragraph"to bring her out of her shell"mean___．
A．to help her become less shy
B．to help her become smart
C．to help her live happily       
D．to help her walk out of her house
37．Laura looked familiar to the writer because she___．
A．was her daughter's friend
B．was as old as her daughter
C．was from Washington Heights
D．had shiny black hair and a big smile，too
38．Why did the writer lose her best friend？Because___．
A．she moved to New Jersey
B．they were different from each other
C．her best friend travelled to Florida
D．her best friend lost her life on a trip
39．The sentence"I knew we would be best friends forever．"from the passage is probably put at the end of___．
A．Paragraph 2   
B．Paragraph 3   
C．Paragraph 4
D．Paragraph 5
40．We can infer （推断） from the passage that___．
A．Laura is outgoing            
B．Laura helps Donna a lot
C．Laura and Donna are of the same age
D．Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian's death．

Answer 1

答案：36-40 ADDAA
36题答案：A 考查猜测词义题．根据Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell．Donna是一个害羞的女孩，作者希望交新朋友能让她从这样的性格中走出来，即让他不是这么害羞，故A正确．
37题答案：D 考查细节题．根据第二段最后一行with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile．乌黑发亮的头发和大大的微笑和倒数第二段最后一行Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile她的头发乌黑发亮，给我一个大大的微笑说明D正确．
38题答案：D 考查细节题．根据第三段3，4行Lillian's sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn't come out any more．莉莲的妹妹告诉我她掉入河里再也回不来了．说明D正确．
39题答案：A考查 推理题．这句话是表示两个人有深刻的友谊，故应该放在第二段我和Lillian见面以后的情景．
40题答案：A考查推断题．根据文章第二段I was shy，but Lillian drew me out我很害羞，但是莉莲帮我改变，可知Lillian是外向的，最后一段可知Laura是Lillian的侄女，她们的长相和性格应该很相似，性格也有可能很外向．故A正确．