I was at the store with Mom and baby Lucy. I was looking at the pictures in the pattern book,trying to decide what to be for Halloween. I wanted to be a fairy princess (公主) ，but I didn't get a chance to ask Mom to help me find that page. She was busy.
All the women were bent over Lucy's carrier. Mom wasn’t even looking at me. Lucy started to cry. Mom asked me, “Mary,have you decided yet?” Last year we picked out my costume together.
I looked down at the book and saw a picture of a kid in a banana costume. I pointed at the banana. Mom bought the banana pattern and a pea-pod (碗豆莢) pattern for Lucy.
When Mom finished making my costume,I knew I had made a mistake. Mom said it was too late. So,in the evening I was going to be at the Halloween party,a big banana in yellow tights (褲襪) . “ Everyone will laugh at me”’ I thought.
When we walk into the party,everyone smiles at cute baby Lucy who was on my mother's back. Everyone,the clowns (小丑) and the pop stars and the grown-ups,smiled when they saw my costume. Some of them told me I was cute. I guessed people liked bananas. I realized that it didn't bother me when people laughed. I kind of liked it. I smiled. And everyone was looking at me. They thought I was funny,but in a good way. And guess what? I was the only banana at the party. There were three fairy princesses.
1. When Lucy started to cry,what was Mary doing?
A. She was reading a book in the library.
B. She was looking after her baby sister.
C. She was choosing a costume for Halloween.
D. She was buying some bananas in the store.
2. At the party,baby Lucy looked like .
A. a princess B. a banana
C. a pea-pod D. a clown
3. How did Mary choose her costume?
A. By mistake.
B. With the help of her mother.
C. Without reading the pattern book.
D. By drawing the pictures herself.
4. We can infer from the passage that .
A. Mary's mother didn't love her at all
B. Mary was a little afraid before going to the party
C. Mary's mother didn't go to the party
D. Mary was laughed at by the grown-ups at the party
5. Mary was happy at the party because she was.
A. funny B. famous
C. ugly D. different
在萬圣節聚會上，“我”穿了一件香蕉樣式的衣服，本來 “我”以為會受到朋友們的嘲笑，沒想到“我”的打扮在聚會上是獨一無二的，“我”感到非常開心。
1. C細節理解題。根據第一段中“I was looking at the pictures in the pattern book,trying to decide what to be for Halloween. ” 以及第二段“All the women were bent over Lucy's carrier. ” 可知，當 Lucy 在哭的時候，Mary 正在看圖案書來挑選萬圣節的服裝。故選C項。
2. C細節理解題。由第三段最后一句“Mom bought the banana pattern and a pea-pod pattern for Lucy. ” 可知， Lucy的衣服是豌豆莢造型的，所以在萬圣節上，她看 起來像一個豌豆莢，因此選C項。
3. A細節理解題。根據第四段第一句“When Mom finished making my costume,I knew I had made a mistake.”可 知，Mary不喜歡這件“香蕉”衣服，所以她認為當初的 選擇是個錯誤。故選A項。
4. B推理判斷題。由第四段最后一句“ ‘ Everyone will laugh at me,’ I thought. ”可推斷，Mary認為穿這樣的衣服會受到嘲笑，所以推斷她在聚會前有一點擔心。B項符 合題意。A、C、D表達錯誤。
5. D細節理解題。根據短文最后一段中“I realized that it didn't bother me when people laughed. I kind of liked it.I smiled. ” 以及最后兩句“I was the only banana at the party. There were three fairy princesses.”可知，Mary 在聚會上很開心是因為她的著裝在聚會上是獨一無二 的。D項符合題意。
pattern n. 花樣;樣式
costume n. (流行的) 服飾；(特定場合的) 套裝
fairy n.小精靈,小仙子
障礙句分析
I was looking at the pictures in the pattern book,trying to decide what to be for Halloween.我一直在樣式書里尋找圖 片，試圖決定萬圣節時裝扮成什么。
現在分詞短語 trying to decide what to be for Halloween在句中作伴隨狀語。
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