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When I was 4 years old, I met my best friend Ann in kindergarten (幼儿园). She was really small because she was only 3 years old, a year younger than the rest of us. At first I really disliked her. The teachers had to help her with everything! She even needed them to hold her hand as she was going down the slide (滑梯). We would play jokes on her tiny nose and I thought it was quite funny.
When one of the kids had his/her birthday, we would bring lots of candies, balloons, eat a cake and sing Happy Birthday to You in kindergarten. I was so delirious when my birthday was drawing near. However, a teacher held the tiny girl's hand and they came to me. “You girls can celebrate your birthday together! Gaja, your birthday is on the 19th and her birthday is just a day later! Isn't that surprising？” Perfectly surprising. I was angry.
The next day was my birthday and I felt that I was the happiest kid in the entire world. I should also mention that I was unable to stop imagining myself as a princess at the time. When I almost forgot about the tiny girl, she came to me. I saw she was holding two beautiful crowns (王冠) that were made out of paper. One was green and the other one was red. She gave me the red one and wished me a happy birthday. You can imagine I was really, really grateful. Since that day, we became very close friends.
We're now finishing high school in the same class and in fall we're going to study at the same university. To this day, I still feel so lucky that Ann was able to buy my friendship with a paper crown. 15 years later, we're almost like sisters and I love her so much.
语篇解读：本文是记叙文。作者与Ann在幼儿园里相识。起初，作者并不喜欢Ann，但后来两人成了情同姐妹的好朋友。
21．Why did the author dislike Ann at first?
A．Ann had a tiny nose.
B．Ann was younger than her.
C．She thought Ann was not brave.
D．She thought Ann was a trouble.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第一段的“The teachers had to help her with everything! She even needed them to hold her hand as she was going down the slide (滑梯)．”可知，Ann做什么事都需要老师的帮助，甚至她滑滑梯时还需要别人拉住她的手。因此，作者认为Ann是个麻烦不断的人，因此不喜欢她。
22．What does the underlined word “delirious” in the second paragraph mean?
A．Lucky. B．Excited.
C．Grateful. D．Satisfied.
解析：选B 词义猜测题。根据该词前后的“When one of the kids had his/her birthday ... sing Happy Birthday to You in kindergarten”和“when my birthday was drawing near”可知，生日当天孩子们会带来很多糖果、气球，吃蛋糕和唱生日歌，所以快到作者的生日时，她感到很兴奋。
23．What happened on the author's birthday?
A．Ann came late on purpose.
B．Ann promised to be her friend.
C．She changed her mind about Ann.
D．She was angry at Ann's appearance.
解析：选C 推理判断题。结合第一段的“At first I really disliked her”，第二段的“I was angry”和第三段的“You can imagine I was really, really grateful ... very close friends”可以推知，作者过生日时Ann送了作者一顶红色的王冠，作者由原本不喜欢Ann到和Ann成为了非常亲密的朋友，作者改变了对Ann的看法。
