题型：阅读选择 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
北京市北京交通大学附属中学2019-2020学年七年级上学期英语期中考试试卷
The Basket
Two things changed my life; my mother and a white, pretty bike basket. My mother is a strict parent and I had to earn my pocket money by doing housework around the house.
One day, my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixed, and there it was in the window; white, shiny, and decorated with beautiful flowers. It was so special and I knew I had to have the basket. "It's beautiful," my mother said when I pointed it out to her.
"Mom, please, can I get it? I'll do more housework for as long as you say, but I need that basket. I really love it……"
"You know," she said gently, "If you save up, you could buy this yourself." "By the time I make enough, it'll be gone!"
"I'll buy the basket for you, but you have to work for it," she said.
My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some secret place I couldn't find. Each week I eagerly counted my growing income. And then, weeks later, I jumped for joy. Oh, happy day! I made it! I finally had the exact amount we'd agreed upon.
Days later, the unthinkable thing happened. A neighbor girl appeared with the exact same basket on her shiny, new bike. The eight-year-old me cried and ran fast back home to tell my mother about this terrible news.
And then came the lesson I've taken with me through my life; "Honey, it doesn't matter that the baskets look the same. Your basket is extra-special," Mom said, gently drying my hot tears. "Your basket is special because you got the basket through your hard work."
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