阅读理解.Iclosedmyeyesastightastheycouldgo.Thelightswentoff,andIunboltedthedoorofmemory.Irememberdrivinghomebymyselfforthefirsttime.IlookedintothefutureandimaginedthatIwaswalkingonthestageto
阅读理解.
Iclosedmyeyesastightastheycouldgo.
Thelightswentoff,andIunboltedthedoorofmemory.Irememberdrivinghomebymyselffor
thefirsttime.IlookedintothefutureandimaginedthatIwaswalkingonthestagetoreceivemycollege
diploma.Ilookedatthebleacherspackedwithfamiliesandfriends.Isawmyparentssmilewithpride,
andIlookedtotheirsideforKatieandKevin'sapproval.ButKatie,myeldersister,wasnotthere.I
cou7ldholdbackmytears.
Isuddenlyopenedmyeyesandreturnedtoreality.IrememberbeingcalledoutofSpanishclassin
thetenthgradeandtakentothehospitaltoseeKatie,whowasdyingofcancer.Katie'sroomwas
exactlythewayshehadleftitonaFridaynightinSeptember,1993,whenshewasgotintotheambulance.ShediedjustafewweeksinherfreshmanyearattheUniversityofMiami.
WhenKatiewassixyearsold,shedeclaredherselfoldenoughtotakecareofherlittlesisterand
brother,becauseshewantedtolightenourmother'sburden.Katiewouldalwaysdoupmyhairand
goshoppingwithme.ShewouldalwaystutorKevinandbuyhimicecreamasarewardforhishard
work.Clearly,Katiewasmorethanoureldersister.
Adiplomaisplacedinmyhand."Ido"Icry.Katiesaidshelovedmeandhuggedmetightona
Septemberafternoonin1993.justbeforeIstepupmycollegeauditoriumstage,Ilookatthespectators
inthebleachersandseemother,fatherandKevin.Katieissittingrightbesidethem,cheeringmeon.
1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"unboltedmean?A.Opened
B.Closed
C.Held
D.Ruined2.Whentheauthorrecalledhereldersister,shewasmostprobably__.Adrivingbacktoherhome
Btakingarestinherbedroom
C.lookingathercollegediploma
D.drivingforhercollegegraduation3.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethattheauthor'ssisterdied___.A.motlongaftersheentereduniversity
B.onaFridaynightinSeptember,1993
C.whentheauthorwasabouttofinishhighschool
D.whenthea