After these two events I gained more courage to try new things.I guess my mom was right.I'd never know if I never tried.

　　语篇解读：本文为记叙文。作者总是不敢去尝试新的事物，是母亲的鼓励让作者获得了很多宝贵的机会。

　　1．By "you don't know unless you try"， the author's mom intended to ________.

　　A．warn the author B．blame the author

　　C．delight the author D．encourage the author

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。分析第一段可知，作者总是不敢尝试新的事物，因此妈妈说这句话的目的是鼓励她。

　　2．Before helping out at a preschool, the author thought it would ________.

　　A．be quite cool

　　B．give her much pleasure

　　C．give her a chance to learn

　　D．be an unpleasant experience

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。由第二段"I thought it would be a month of pure annoyance ..."可知，作者去学前班之前认为跟孩子们待在一起会很不愉快。

　　3．The author went to the school dance because ________.

　　A．she liked dancing

　　B．she was afraid of missing it

　　C．she thought it would be enjoyable

　　D．she was forced to go by her mother

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。由第三段"At first I really did not want to go but my mom forced me to go anyway."可知，作者不愿意去参加舞会，是她妈妈逼迫她去的。

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　　One day, I was waiting for my train in the waiting room, in __1__ I saw large crowds of people.Among the crowds __2__ (be) a little boy carrying some pairs of sunglasses in his hands.

　　The boy was about 10 years old.He was selling sunglasses.He tried from one person to another, but __3__ (sad), nobody seemed interested in his sunglasses.Judging from the __4__ (express) on his face, the boy was very __5__ (disappoint)．

　　Out of sympathy for the poor boy, I __6__ (give) him 20 dollars, saying that I was not in need of the sunglasses.__7__ my surprise, he became angry.I didn't know what __8__ (say) next.Then the boy said to me, "Either you buy a pair of sunglasses __9__ you take back your money.I don't need your pity.I want to earn money with my own hands." I apologized to the boy, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.

The boy managed to keep his self­respect and chose to make a living on his own.I couldn't