During my elementary school years，I used to compare my mom with my best friend  Tiffany’s mom.
Tiffany’s mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food.Her morn allowed her to do anything she liked.I really admired Tiffany.My mom didn’t give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave my self.1 was annoyed with her.
Whenever I didn’t get what 1 wanted，1 would complain to my mom，Tiffany’s mom would give her that!1 wish she were my mom.”Every time，my mom would calmly say “Poor Tiffany”.
I couldn’t understand her.“She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!”I thought.“She should be feeling sorry for me.”
One day，I couldn’t help saying to Morn，”Poor Tiffany？Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her？”I burst into tears.
My mom sat down next to me and said softly , “Yes，I do feel sorry for her.I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.”
I looked up at her.“What are you talking about？”
Mom said with care，“One day she will really want something.Maybe she’11 find out that she can’t have it.Her mother won’t always be around to give her money，and what’s more，money can’t buy everything.”
She continued，“I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want.You’11 know how to look for bargains and save money，but she won’t.You’11 under stand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won’t.When Tiffany is a grown woman，she’11 wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you’ve got.Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.’’
It took some time，but I eventually understood my mom’s words.Now I am a happy and successful woman.

1. 1.

   During the author’s elementary school years，she       .

   1. A.
      wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s
   2. B.
      went to school with Tiffany every day
   3. C.
      usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s
   4. D.
      sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany
2. 2.

   Why did the author’s mom always say “Poor Tiffany”？

   1. A.
      She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.
   2. B.
      She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.
   3. C.
      She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.
   4. D.
      She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.
3. 3.

   What do we learn about the author’s mother？

   1. A.
      She was strict and taught the author to be independent.
   2. B.
      She cared for other people’s children more than her own.
   3. C.
      She thought that life lessons were as important as money.
   4. D.
      She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money.
4. 4.

   What can we infer from the passage？

   1. A.
      The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.
   2. B.
      The author’s mother felt sorry for Tiffany.
   3. C.
      Tiffany’s mother took the author’s mother’s advice.
   4. D.
      The author is thankful to her mother now.

Each year, prizes are presented to adults who make great achievements in art, writing, science, and economics. So why not give awards to kids?
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996. As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world. The awards the World of Children presents are nicknamed（給……起綽號(hào)）the “ Children’s Nobel Prize”.
“You know, children are so important,” Leibowitz, a retired business manager, told me. “ We should have prizes for children if we’re going to have prizes for everything else.”
Talia Leman, from Iowa, was awarded a Founder’s Youth Award for Leadership this year. She is only 13 years old, but she has completed a lot. In 2005, she founded “ RandomKid”. Since then, it has raised more than$10 million to help kids in 48 states in the U.S. and in 19 other countries.
One place helped by RandomKid was a school built in Cambodia to enable 300 kids to go to school. The organization has also helped fix a school for 200 kids in Louisiana, and provided interactive play centers that serve more than 500 kids in hospitals in Iowa. In faraway places like Africa, RandomKid has provided money to buy water pumps（水泵）.
Talia never thought that the organization she founded would be as successful as it has become. She said, “ My first goal was to raise $1million. That seemed really high, but when you reach a goal, you always wind up reaching higher, and we actually raised $10 million.”
I asked her what advice she would offer to other young people who want to help kids in need. “ Well, I’d say the first thing would be to find an adult and tell them your idea,” Talia said. “ They’re really the people who can help, and from there I think it can just really take off.”
【小題1】 The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to tell us     .

Each year, prizes are presented to adults who make great achievements in art, writing, science, and economics. So why not give awards to kids?
Harry Leibowitz asked himself that question in 1996. As an answer, he and his wife, Kay, created the World of Children organization and began handing out awards to kids and adults whose work has helped kids all over the world. The awards the World of Children presents are nicknamed（給……起綽號(hào)）the “ Children’s Nobel Prize”.
“You know, children are so important,” Leibowitz, a retired business manager, told me. “ We should have prizes for children if we’re going to have prizes for everything else.”
Talia Leman, from Iowa, was awarded a Founder’s Youth Award for Leadership this year. She is only 13 years old, but she has completed a lot. In 2005, she founded “ RandomKid”. Since then, it has raised more than$10 million to help kids in 48 states in the U.S. and in 19 other countries.
One place helped by RandomKid was a school built in Cambodia to enable 300 kids to go to school. The organization has also helped fix a school for 200 kids in Louisiana, and provided interactive play centers that serve more than 500 kids in hospitals in Iowa. In faraway places like Africa, RandomKid has provided money to buy water pumps（水泵）.
Talia never thought that the organization she founded would be as successful as it has become. She said, “ My first goal was to raise $1million. That seemed really high, but when you reach a goal, you always wind up reaching higher, and we actually raised $10 million.”
I asked her what advice she would offer to other young people who want to help kids in need. “ Well, I’d say the first thing would be to find an adult and tell them your idea,” Talia said. “ They’re really the people who can help, and from there I think it can just really take off.”

1. 1.

   The purpose of the first two paragraphs is to tell us     .

   1. A.
      the origin of the Nobe1 Prize
   2. B.
      the achievements Harry and his wife made
   3. C.
      how the “ Children’s Nobe1 Prize” was started
   4. D.
      how Harry and his wife helped kids
2. 2.

   The World of Children presents awards to those who   .

   1. A.
      help the kids in the U.S
   2. B.
      realize the importance of education
   3. C.
      raise a lot of money for the poor
   4. D.
      do a lot to help kids in need
3. 3.

   Which of the following is TRUE about Talia?

   1. A.
      She founded a hospital for 500 kids in Iowa.
   2. B.
      She offered money to buy water pumps for Africans.
   3. C.
      She helped teach 300 kids in a school in Cambodia.
   4. D.
      She built a school for 200 kids in Louisiana.
4. 4.

   What advice is given by Talia to those who want to help kids in need?

   1. A.
      To ask for an idea from adults.
   2. B.
      To set a higher goal at first.
   3. C.
      To win help from adults.
   4. D.
      To make an idea become popular.