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“OK,”I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoon bowl of rice．“What’s going on with you and your friend J．?” J．is the leader of a group of third-graders at her camp-- a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer．Now she’s the one on the outs．and every day at snack time, she tells me all about it, while I offer the unhelpful advice all summer long．

“She’s fond of giving orders, ”Lucy complained．“She’s turning everyone against me．She’s mean．And she’s fat．” “Excuse me,” I said, struggling for calm．“What did you just said?” “She’s fat．” Lucy mumbled（含糊地说）．“We’re going upstairs,” I said, my voice cold．“We’re going to discuss this．” And up we went．I’d spent the nine years since her birth getting ready for this day, the day we’d have the conversation about this horrible word．I knew exactly what to say to the girl on the receiving end of the teasing, but in all of my imaginings, it never once occurred to me that my daughter would be the one who used the F word-Fat．

My daughter sat on her bed, and I sat beside her．“How would you feel if someone made fun of you for something that wasn’t your fault?” I began．“She could stop eating so much,” Lucy mumbled, mouthing the simple advice a thousand doctors have given overweight women for years．

“It’s not always that easy,” I said ．“Everyone’s different in terms of how they treat food．” Lucy looked at me, waiting for me to go on．I opened my mouth, then closed it．Should I tell her that, in teasing a woman’s weight, she’s joined the long tradition of critics? Should I tell her I didn’t cry when someone posted my picture and commented , “I’m sorry, but aren’t authors who write books marketed to young women supposed to be pretty?”

Does she need to know, now, that life isn’t fair ? I feel her eyes on me, waiting for an answer I don’t have．Words are my tools．Stories are my job．It’s possible she’ll remember what I say forever, and I have no idea what to say．

So I tell her the only thing I can come up with that is absolutely true．I say to my daughter, “I love you, and there is nothing you could ever do to make me not love you．But I’m disappointed in you right now．There are plenty of reasons for not liking someone．What she looks like isn’t one of them．”

Lucy nods, tears on her cheeks．“I won’t say that again,” she tells me, and I pull her close, pressing my nose against her hair．As we sit there together,  I pray for her to be smart and strong．I pray for her to find friends, work she loves, a partner who loves her．And still, always, I pray that she will never struggle as I’ve struggled, that weight will never be her cross to bear．She may not be able to use the word in our home, but I can use in my head．I pray that she will never get fat．

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 indicates that Lucy ______．

A．often makes fun of her friend J．

B．has turned against her friend J．

C．gets along well with her friend J．

D．has begun to compete with her friend J．

2.Why does the author want to discuss with Lucy?

A．Because she wants to offer some other helpful advice．

B．Because she has prepared the conversation for nine years．

C．Because she is really shocked at Lucy’s rudeness．

D．Because she decides to tell Lucy a similar story of her own．

3.What does the author want to tell her daughter?

A．It is not easy to take the doctors’ advice to eat less．

B．People shouldn’t complain because life is unfair．

C．She herself was once laughed at for her appearance．

D．People shouldn’t be blamed for their appearance．

4.It can be inferred from the passage that_________．

A．the author earns a living by writing stories．

B．the author is a fat but good-looking woman．

C．the author will stop loving her daughter for what she said．

D．the author’s daughter agreed with her from the very beginning．

5.We can learn from the last paragraph that_________．

A．Lucy was deeply moved by her mother’s prayer．

B．a mother’s prayer will shape her daughter’s attitude towards life

C．the author allows her daughter to use the F word in her head

D．the author hopes her daughter will never have weight trouble

6.The author’s attitude towards her daughter can be best described as _________．

A．loving but strict        B．indifferent but patient

C．satisfied and friendly   D．unsatisfied and angry

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.A

【解析】

试题分析：在这个以瘦为美的世界里，你也许是个异类而被嘲笑、被排挤，从满怀期待到默然不语，一直尝试摆脱这一切却发现实属不易。这世上没有人能更爱你：一位胖母亲用自己的成长故事说出了对女儿的爱和期许。

1.推理判断题。根据"What's going on with you and your friend J?" J. is the leader of a group of third-graders at her camp—a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer. Now she's the one on the outs,作者询问女儿和J之间发生了什么事，J现在是夏令营领导，这个职位以前是Lucy的，得知Lucy和J反目成仇了。选B。

2.推理判断题。 根据第二、三段得知Lucy抱怨J.爱发号施令长得又肥又胖，听到这些作者感到出乎意料，没想到女儿会用肥胖这个粗鲁的词眼。因此选C。

3.细节理解题。根据My daughter sat on her bed, and I sat beside her. “How would you feel if someone made fun of you for something that wasn't your fault?”得知作者想要告诉女儿：人们不应该因为外貌而被别人指责。选D。

4.推理判断题。根据Words are my tools. Stories are my job.得知作者是靠写作谋生的。选A。

5.推理判断题。根据I pray that she will never get fat．得知作者希望女儿不会有体重方面的困扰。选D。

6.作者态度题。通过作者和女儿的对话，可知作者深爱女儿但是又严格要求。选A。

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