一、阅读理解。
第一节阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项。
A
When I was 12 years old, I was at a very hard stage in life. I was short and fat, which was bad for a girl, so movement was not one of my strongest features. On the other hand, my mother was a very talented softball (垒球) player who even acted as my coach. Night after night, I would try my best to impress “my coach”. Unfortunately, I just felt like a terrible disappointment to my mother.