阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。One evening, Brian told Mom that the boys at school had been laughing at him, because they knew he had to do the dishes every night at home. "I didn't like it. Today 1 called me Cinderella," he said seriously. Mom could tell that Brian was 2 about what had happened. After dinner, Brian went straight upstairs, without stopping to 3 as usual. "I've got a lot of homework to do," he said. Mom was surprised but said nothing.
When Brian got home from school the next day, he said 4 , "I've solved it, Mom" He had told the boys at school that he wouldn't do the dishes anymore, as he wasn't a 5 . "I'm not Cinderella," he said.
The next morning, Brian came downstairs, ate his breakfast, 6 his lunchbox and set off to school as usual. But at noon he rushed into the 7 again. "Mom, there was nothing in my 8 !" he said. "How strange," Mom said. Brian 9 made himself two sandwiches and rushed off to school.
That evening, before going to bed, Brian asked, "Mom, do you have a 10 pair of trousers for me? My laundry (洗衣) basket is full." Mom answered that she had been busy that day. The next evening 11 dinner, when Brian headed upstairs later to start his homework as usual, he came straight back down again. "Mom, my laundry basket is still full. Can you tell me 12 you will put a wash on?" he said. "Maybe tomorrow." Mom answered.
All week long, 13 Brian kept asking his mom for things, Mom kept giving him almost the same answers. Until, this afternoon after school, Brian got home and 14 his mom alone preparing dinner for the family, he suddenly got the 15 Mom had been trying to tell him: he might not want to be Cinderella, but neither did his mom. After dinner. Brian did the dishes again himself.
