One Sunday morning in June 1959 my mother walked into my room. “Surprise!” she said, proudly holding up a yellow dress. “I made it just for you. What do you think?”

I bit my tongue. How could I tell Mom it was the ugliest dress I had ever seen?

“It’s perfect for church,” my mother continued delightedly.“I wish someone had made a dress like this for me.”

Too bad you can’t wear it, I thought. But I knew Mom had spent a lot of time on the dress. No one should refuse.

Unwillingly I put it on.

All through church I prayed（祈祷）,Lord, let me get out of here without anyone seeing me. Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on, one of the coolest boys at Neptune High School. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had never taken any notice of me. Every time I got near him, I became tongue-tied.

At the end of the service I rushed for the door. But I had to wait on the steps while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer…Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the Pearces coming near. Before I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.

I started talking, hoping if I kept it up he wouldn’t notice my ugly dress. “I’m going to college in September,” I said.

“That’s great,” Dennis replied “I got accepted to police academy（学院）.”

“Wow!” I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. The next thing I knew Dennis had asked me out on a date!

We courted（恋爱）through college, and eventually got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day he had first asked me out.

“Certainly I do,” he said.“You were always quiet in school. I didn’t think you’d be much fun. But you were so lively when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better.” Maybe that yellow dress wasn’t what I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.

小题1:Why did she accept such a dress?

A．She was fond of its new pattern.

B．Her Mom just brought it for her.

C．It was proper to go to church in it．

D．She understood her Mom’s love．小题2:The author tried to carry the dialog on，hoping        .

A．she would catch other boys’ attention

B．Dennis would get her out for a date

C．Dennis wouldn’t take notice of her dress

D．she could be noticed by Dennis’s parents小题3:The underlined part“had a crush on’’ in Paragraph 6 probably means：“     ”.

A．10ved deeply

B．met by chance

C．100ked down on

D．worried about小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．An Ugly Dress

B．A Perfect Dress

C．A Dress for the Church

D．A Dress for the Date