I will be the first to say that I am not materialistic. My friends regard me as a goody-goody; my parents say I am conservative and modest when it comes to clothes. None of my skirts or shorts end above my knees.
So why, why did I feel so invited? My family and I were in Target, and there it was, waiting. A skirt, specifically designed not to cover anything. It looked like something that one of those modern schoolgirls would wear.
I checked my purse. The skirt cost $10. I had the money. I could buy it. I imagined walking into school and my friends’ jaws (下巴) dropping. Guys would ask me out, and I would be happy. I could buy it, no, — I should buy it.
I showed my mother. She was surprised but said it was my decision. My sister looked on enviously.
I went into the dressing room to try it on. So sure was I that this skirt would change me, somehow make me not what I am but what I wished to be. I slid my jeans off and put it on. I looked in the mirror. There I was — a terrible girl in a Superman T-shirt and sneakers. My glasses fogged up as I started to cry.
The skirt did not change me. Though it fit well and might make me look good in the eyes of today’s world, it was not me. I am not a girl who wears cool clothes to fit in.
I took the thing off and slid back into the comfort of modesty. My mom knocked on the door. “Emily, are you okay?”
I wiped away my tears. “I’m fine.” I looked in the mirror again and saw a slim girl with funny glasses. I saw myself.
小题1:In the author’s eyes the skirt that interested her was ______.
A．not modern
B．very short
C．too expensive
D．poorly designed小题2:The author thought if she went to school in this skirt her schoolmates would be ______.
A．shocked
B．hurt
C．confused
D．happier小题3:The underlined sentence in the 3rd paragraph indicates the author ______.
A．hesitated about buying the skirt
B．made up her mind to buy the skirt
C．was able to afford to buy the skirt
D．worried about others’ opinion on the skirt小题4:The author cried because ______.
A．she found that she looked ugly in the skirt
B．she was aware the skirt didn’t fit her well
C．she realized it’s a wrong decision to make a change
D．she was disappointed the skirt failed to change her