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For some years，my mother worked for a charity as President and Secretary.Selling raffle tickets(兑奖券) was her main means of bringing in the charity’s muchneeded funds.We girls would accompany her，selling tickets with great success.My father made and donated beautiful wooden toys，jewellery boxes and other lovely items as prizes.
Now my sister was always coming up with “good ideas”，most of which didn’t work out to plan.But that didn’t deter her.She had many just waiting to be tested.When she was eight and I was just five，we had a wonderful idea for a business adventure.We decided we would sell raffle tickets for charity，and that charity was us!
So one afternoon，we told our mother we were going to play in the park with our cousins as we did most days after school.But instead，we walked around the streets armed with a raffle book，a pen and a large cloth bag to carry the money.
We’d accompanied our mother many times when she sold tickets，so people were familiar with us when we appeared at their doors.Despite the blank looks they received when asking about the prizes on offer，they were very generous.Although there were no actual prizes，our mother’s previous track record enabled us to sell nearly the whole book of raffle tickets.
Like a little pair of lottery(彩票) winners，we walked home and proudly showed off our takings.But our enjoyment of this sudden wealth was shortlived，and our plans for spending it quickly failed.Our angry mother took us back to every ticket buyer，making us apologise and give the money back.Thankfully，our sweet neighbours didn’t make a big deal of our “clever” misbehavior and thus my mother’s fundraising career could continue safely.We were taught a good lesson by our mother that day.Also I remember my sister’s entrepreneurial(企业家的) spirit dried up a bit after that.
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语篇解读 本文是记叙文，姐妹俩假借妈妈之名出售兑奖券且企图将所得据为己有。事后在妈妈的教育下，姐妹俩意识到自己的错误，对自己的行为进行了诚恳地道歉。
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1．What does the underlined word “deter” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Embarrass. B．Shock.
C．Discourage. D．Mislead.
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。由转折词But以及下文提到的姐姐继续具体实施她的想法可知，之前的失败并没有阻止姐姐。deter意为“阻止”。
2．What can be learned about the author and her sister while selling raffle tickets?
A．They ran into their mother.
B．They met some generous strangers.
C．They got lost while walking around the streets.
D．They took advantage of people’s trust in their mother.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Although there were no actual prizes，our mother’s previous track record enabled us to sell nearly the whole book of raffle tickets.”可知，姐妹俩利用人们对妈妈的信任得以出售出很多兑奖券。
3．What lesson did the author and her sister learn?
A．Honesty is the best policy.
B．What’s done can’t be undone.
C．Misfortune never comes alone.
D．Good advice is beyond all price.
答案 A
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Our angry mother...making us apologise and give the money back...We were taught a good lesson by our mother that day.”可知，妈妈对于姐妹俩故作聪明的小把戏非常气愤，命令二人向奖券购买者道歉，并退还所得。根据故事情节推断，妈妈应是教姐妹俩做人要诚实。
