四、阅读理解
Whenever I see banana pudding on a menu, I think of a special moment in my life when I learned an important lesson about envy（嫉妒）and love.
It happened when Suzy came to visit me after her father married（娶）me.
I liked the kid. Of course, as her stepmother（继母）, I wanted to win her. She seemed to like me, but I wasn't sure, especially（尤其）at mealtime. She enjoyed watching me prepare the evening meal very much.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Making potato salad,” I replied.
My answers did not seem to please her. She shook（摇）her head disappointedly. “My mama doesn't make it that way,” she said.
Unluckily, her father believed that children should eat everything on their plate, including a dish that I made in a different way from her mama did. At the table, Suzy cried and shouted, “Mama doesn't make it that way.” By this time, I got to dislike both her mother and her way of cooking.
Then, I found a dish her mother didn't make, but the kid liked. That is banana pudding. She helped me in the kitchen. It was a time of sharing happiness and laughter.
On the last night before she went back home, we made the banana pudding again. Suddenly, I knew that when Suzy got back home, her mother would hear a lot about “Karen doesn't do it that way”. I thought her mama must know I loved her child. Mothers all use one important ingredient（原料）in their cooking, the best one—love.
（
A. Because she didn't like the stepchild.
B. Because she was not sure if the child liked her.
C. Because she knew the girl liked potato salad.
D. Because she envied the child's mother and her cooking.
（
A. not as good as you hoped
B. really exciting
C. good enough
D. in a strange way
（
A. Suzy taught the writer to make banana pudding.
B. The writer was good at making banana pudding.
C. Suzy and the writer began to love and win each other.
D. Both Suzy and the writer liked eating banana pudding.
（
A. Potato Salad
B. How to Make Banana Pudding
C. One Ingredient in Cooking—Love
D. Two Different Dishes
Whenever I see banana pudding on a menu, I think of a special moment in my life when I learned an important lesson about envy（嫉妒）and love.
It happened when Suzy came to visit me after her father married（娶）me.
I liked the kid. Of course, as her stepmother（继母）, I wanted to win her. She seemed to like me, but I wasn't sure, especially（尤其）at mealtime. She enjoyed watching me prepare the evening meal very much.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“Making potato salad,” I replied.
My answers did not seem to please her. She shook（摇）her head disappointedly. “My mama doesn't make it that way,” she said.
Unluckily, her father believed that children should eat everything on their plate, including a dish that I made in a different way from her mama did. At the table, Suzy cried and shouted, “Mama doesn't make it that way.” By this time, I got to dislike both her mother and her way of cooking.
Then, I found a dish her mother didn't make, but the kid liked. That is banana pudding. She helped me in the kitchen. It was a time of sharing happiness and laughter.
On the last night before she went back home, we made the banana pudding again. Suddenly, I knew that when Suzy got back home, her mother would hear a lot about “Karen doesn't do it that way”. I thought her mama must know I loved her child. Mothers all use one important ingredient（原料）in their cooking, the best one—love.
（
B
）1. Why did the writer want to win the child?A. Because she didn't like the stepchild.
B. Because she was not sure if the child liked her.
C. Because she knew the girl liked potato salad.
D. Because she envied the child's mother and her cooking.
（
A
）2. The underlined word “disappointedly” means that you feel something is .A. not as good as you hoped
B. really exciting
C. good enough
D. in a strange way
（
C
）3. What can we know from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 8?A. Suzy taught the writer to make banana pudding.
B. The writer was good at making banana pudding.
C. Suzy and the writer began to love and win each other.
D. Both Suzy and the writer liked eating banana pudding.
（
C
）4. What's the best title for the passage?A. Potato Salad
B. How to Make Banana Pudding
C. One Ingredient in Cooking—Love
D. Two Different Dishes
答案：1.B
2.A
3.C
4.C
2.A
3.C
4.C
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇情感类英语阅读理解，解题思路如下：1. 细节理解题：定位题干关键词，回到原文查找对应原因；2. 词义猜测题：结合划线词所在语境推测词义；3. 句意理解题：联系划线句上下文，分析句子深层含义；4. 主旨大意题：关注文末点明主旨的句子，提炼核心主题。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段“Of course, as her stepmother（继母）, I wanted to win her. She seemed to like me, but I wasn't sure...”可知，作者不确定孩子是否真的喜欢自己，所以想赢得孩子的好感，对应选项B。
2. 词义猜测题：划线词“disappointedly”意为“失望地”，结合语境，孩子看到作者做的土豆沙拉，说“我妈妈不那样做”并摇头，说明她觉得作者的做法不如自己希望的（妈妈的做法），对应选项A。
3. 句意理解题：划线句所在段落讲述作者找到孩子喜欢的香蕉布丁，两人一起制作的时光充满快乐与笑声，结合前文因饮食差异产生的矛盾，可知这句话体现了继母与继女开始彼此接纳、建立爱的关系，对应选项C。
4. 主旨大意题：文章最后一段明确点明主旨“Mothers all use one important ingredient（原料）in their cooking, the best one—love.”，核心是烹饪中的爱，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.B；2.A；3.C；4.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、主旨大意
【点评】
本文通过继母与继女的相处故事，传递了“爱”的核心主题，解题需结合原文细节、语境及主旨句分析，是初中英语常见的情感类阅读题，注重对学生文本理解能力的考查。
【难度系数】
0.5
这是一篇情感类英语阅读理解，解题思路如下：1. 细节理解题：定位题干关键词，回到原文查找对应原因；2. 词义猜测题：结合划线词所在语境推测词义；3. 句意理解题：联系划线句上下文，分析句子深层含义；4. 主旨大意题：关注文末点明主旨的句子，提炼核心主题。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段“Of course, as her stepmother（继母）, I wanted to win her. She seemed to like me, but I wasn't sure...”可知，作者不确定孩子是否真的喜欢自己，所以想赢得孩子的好感，对应选项B。
2. 词义猜测题：划线词“disappointedly”意为“失望地”，结合语境，孩子看到作者做的土豆沙拉，说“我妈妈不那样做”并摇头，说明她觉得作者的做法不如自己希望的（妈妈的做法），对应选项A。
3. 句意理解题：划线句所在段落讲述作者找到孩子喜欢的香蕉布丁，两人一起制作的时光充满快乐与笑声，结合前文因饮食差异产生的矛盾，可知这句话体现了继母与继女开始彼此接纳、建立爱的关系，对应选项C。
4. 主旨大意题：文章最后一段明确点明主旨“Mothers all use one important ingredient（原料）in their cooking, the best one—love.”，核心是烹饪中的爱，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.B；2.A；3.C；4.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、词义猜测、主旨大意
【点评】
本文通过继母与继女的相处故事，传递了“爱”的核心主题，解题需结合原文细节、语境及主旨句分析，是初中英语常见的情感类阅读题，注重对学生文本理解能力的考查。
【难度系数】
0.5