One day, I couldn’t help saying to Mom, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?” I burst into tears.

My mom sat down next to me and said softly. “Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught.”

I looked up at her. “What are you talking about?”

Mom said with care, “One day she will really want something. Maybe she will find out that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t always be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.”

She continued, “I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want. You’ll know how to look for bargains and save money, but she won’t. You’ll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won’t. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she’ll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you’ve got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food.”

It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.

  28. During the author’s elementary school years, she __________.

A. wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany’s

B. went to school with Tiffany every day

C. usually compared her lesson with Tiffany’s

D. sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany

  29. Why did the author’s mom always say “Poor Tiffany”?

A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.

B. She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.

C. She thought that Tiffany was spoiled(溺爱） by her mother.

D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.

  30. What do we learn about the author’s mother?

A. She was strict and taught the author to be independent.

B. She cared for other people’s children more than her own.

C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.

D. She was so poor that she couldn’t give the author much money.

  31. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past. 河南高中学业水平考试试题  http://www.yggk.net/xueye/henan/zhenti/