Jenny was new in this city. She didn’t have any friends. And her classmates didn’t seem friendly to her. Sometimes she complained to her mom, and her mom always said that Jenny could get used to (习惯) that and that everything would be OK.
A card arrived on Monday: Come to Melissa’s 10th birthday party! Jenny was excited to receive the card. She didn’t know Melissa very well, but she was glad to think that Melissa wanted to be her friend. Jenny put the card into her schoolbag. After dinner, she showed it to her mother. “It’s a swimming party, Jenny.” her mother said. Hearing that, she grabbed (抢) it and read each word aloud. She stopped when she read where it would be: the Elm Street Pool.
Jenny didn’t even have a bathing suit (游泳衣). She liked skating. She played baseball. She was very good at playing chess. But in her mind, swimming was for ducks, and she wanted no part of it.
“This might be a good time to learn to swim,” her mother said. “I can take you to the pool every day after school. Really, you might even like it.”
Even the idea of swimming scared (使害怕) Jenny. And right then, in her own swimming pool, she felt like she was drowning (溺水). However, when she thought that she could make a lot of friends, she decided to have a try.
【小题1】The underlined word “complained” means “________” in Chinese.| A．抱怨 | B．炫耀 | C．解释 |
| A．Worried. | B．Happy. | C．Angry. |
| A．Why Melissa was going to have the party. |
| B．Where the party was going to take place. |
| C．When the party was going to take place. |
| A．She wasn’t able to swim. |
| B．She didn’t have a beautiful dress. |
| C．She wasn’t Melissa’s good friend. |
| A．A Good Friend | B．A Swimming Party | C．New City |
