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二、阅读理解：（每小题2分，共计40分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
By the time I was in second grade, Dad had become a professor. We moved to a small university town in Illinois and found ourselves living next to a lot of young students. Almost every morning, as Dede would walk me to my school, we’d walk through the students’ party wasteland covered with things I was too young to know about and Dede was too old to care about.
One day, a group of guys started shouting “Ali Baba” at us and laughing. I turned red and begged Dede to cross the street with me. But she refused. Instead, she laughed in her usual way, yelled “Ali Baba” and waved at them as we walked by. They just watched us in shocked silence and never said anything to us again.
Dede set an example for me that day and forever after, because she taught me to be always proud of who I was.
Her stories were like a movie that was rich and imaginative and she never sugarcoated anything. While Dede preferred the Queen’s English, her vocabulary was just as alive. The landscapes she created in her stories were so vibrant(充满活力的) and filled with a wild cast of characters.
Almost every day, I would interrupt Dede, whatever she was busy with, and beg her to tell me a story. She would silently stare at me through the large glasses that took up half of her face. Whether it was only 10 minutes or several hours, I would barely speak as Dede took me to places I never wanted to come back from.
My mother died while I was a child. Without the care and guidance of Dede in every aspect of life, I couldn’t have lived happily. Dede taught me so much, not only in daily life, but also in her attitude to dealing with unpleasant things that I don’t want to confront.
21. How did the author feel when the boys shouted “Ali Baba” at them?
   A. Shocked.        B. Ashamed.       C. Afraid.      D. Excited.
22. Why was the author always asking Dede to tell stories?
A. Her stories were lively and interesting.
B. The author had no friends and felt lonely.
C. The author liked Dede to speak in the Queen’s English.
D. She could make a dull landscape seem beautiful.
23. From the text, we can infer that Dede was the author’s_________.
A. mother       B. neighbour        C. aunt         D. housekeeper
24. We can learn from the text that the author__________.
A. appreciated Dede very much
B. didn’t like her father
C. was very selfish
D. thought of Dede as her teacher
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