“It could kill him. It must be removed immediately，” the doctor said. This was the news the doctor told to my parents before I was one year old. My parents thought I was a baby who happened to cry a lot. When they noticed me rubbing my right ear, they brought me to the doctor, expecting him to give me some medicine. But to their surprise, he explained that I had a tumor(肿瘤) in my right ear. After the operation, everything was fine. I just needed to go to the doctor every six months to get my ear cleaned out. Every day my ear produced a liquid(液体). It didn’t smell good. To avoid being made fun of in school, I kept a cotton ball in my ear all the time.
On the first day of my third grade, I almost missed the bus, so I forgot to bring a cotton ball. At school, my ear began to produce the liquid. Because I was so excited about my new school, I didn’t notice that the other kids had begun to notice the smell. I was very embarrassed at that time. Since then, I didn’t have even a single friend at school. I had always thought that my brother’s friends in my neighborhood, who were a year older than me, were also my friends, but I was wrong. They also disliked me because of my ear.
I wasn’t sure if I was ready to have close friends in fear of getting hurt. The real test was when I would need another operation. I was out of school for a week and a half, and I was nervous when I returned. Everywhere I went, kids wanted to know why my ear was different. When I finally got to my favorite class, I was comforted(安慰) by my friends who told me that things hadn’t been the same without me, and no one mentioned anything about my ear. This was the test that proved they were my true friends.
【解题导语】 作者讲述了自己小时候右耳做手术后，怕其他学生嘲笑的心路历程。
1．What happened to the author when he was a few months old？
A．He couldn’t hear anything.
B．He was abandoned by his parents.
C．He almost died of a tumor inside his ear.
D．His parents were against the operation.
C 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知，作者右耳长了一个肿瘤，如果不切除它，可能会造成生命危险。
2．What did the author’s parents probably feel when they heard the news about the author?
A．Disappointed. B．Shocked.
C．Embarrassed. D．Angry.
B 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段的My parents thought I was a baby who happened to cry a lot...expecting him to give me some medicine. But to their surprise...可知，作者的父母并没有想到他的病情如此严重，听到医生的解释后，他们很震惊。
3．What happened to the author on his first day of Grade 3?
A．He missed the school bus.
B．He borrowed a cotton ball from his teacher.
C．He had an argument with one of his classmates.
D．He forgot to put a cotton ball into his right ear.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的On the first day of my third grade, I almost missed the bus, so I forgot to bring a cotton ball.可知，作者上三年级的第一天，为了赶公交，忘了带棉球，所以那天他耳朵里没有棉球。
4．What can be learned from the last paragraph?
A．True friendship should be tested.
B．The author was in hospital for a week.
C．True friends care less about each other’s shortcomings.
D．The author didn’t care about what others said about his ear.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的I was comforted(安慰) by my friends who told me that things hadn’t been the same without me, and no one mentioned anything about my ear.可知，真正的朋友不在乎彼此的缺陷。
