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.
() 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.
() 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
() 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.
() 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