WhenIwasachild,Iwasshockedattheideathatmysisterscouldbemybestfriends.Now,Iwouldn’thaveitanyotherway.Atthetime,theideaofmytwosistersbeingmyclosestfriendsseemedstrangetome.Wefoughtallthetimeovert

　　WhenIwasachild,Iwasshockedattheideathatmysisterscouldbemybestfriends.Now,Iwouldn’thaveitanyotherway.Atthetime,theideaofmytwosistersbeingmyclosestfriendsseemedstrangetome.Wefoughtallthetimeovertoys,food,attention,whattowatchontelevision—younameit,andwequarreledaboutitatsomepoint.Howcouldmysistersbemybestfriends?Theyweren’tthesameageasI.Weallhadourownfriendsinschool.

　　Mymotherneverletthethreeofusforgetthatsistersarelifelongfriends.Herwishlikemostparents’wastogiveussomethingthatsheneverhad.Growingupasanonlychild,shelongedfor(渴望)siblings.Whenshegavebirthtothreedaughters,thefulfillment(实现)ofherdreamhadonlyjustbegun.Shehadgiveneachofusagiftandshewantedtomakesurewedidnottakethatgiftforgranted.Shewouldfrequentlytellushowluckywewere.Buttherewereother,moresubtle(难以察觉的)waysthatsheencouragedustogrowcloser.Shenevershowedfavoritismtoonedaughterovertheother,asnottocausejealousyorbitternessbetweensisters.Sheconstantlytookusplacestogether—skating,shoppingandswimming,sothatwedevelopedcommoninterests.Andwhenwewereteenagers,Momalwayspunishedusequally,givingusyetanotherbonding(密切相连)experience.

　　Wedidn’talwaysgetalongbeautifullyandfoughtjustlikeanyothersiblings.ButsomewhereinbetweenMom’slectures,thefamilyvacationsandthesharedmemories,werealizedthatourmotherwasright.TodayIsharethingswithmysistersthatIdowithnooneelse.MysisterCindyandIrantheNewYorkCityMarathontogether,sidebyside,evenholdinghandswhenwecrossedthefinishline.WhenmysisterKarengotmarried,Iwashermaidofhonor(伴娘).CindyandItraveledthroughEuropetogetherandevensharedanapartmentfortwoyears.Thethreeofustrusteachotherwithourgreatestsecrets.

　　Itwastwenty-threeyearsagothatmymotherfirstaskedmewhomytwobestfriendswere.Todayshedoesn’thaveto.Shealreadyknows.

　　小题1:Asachild,theauthorwasshockedathermother’sideabecause________.A．hersistersseemedstrangetoherB．hersistersdidn’tliketobeherfriendsC．noneofthegirlshadtheirownfriendsD．theydidn’thavemuc