Mom was cooking in the kitchen．She could hear the girls arguing in the living room．It was the third time this week that the sisters had been arguing over nothing．A few minutes later，Maria rushed into her bedroom angrily and closed the door heavily．
   "Come to the kitchen，young lady，" Mom firmly （堅(jiān)定地） said to Maria in her best mother tone （語(yǔ)氣） of voice．
   Maria walked into the kitchen and shouted，"I can't stand living with Felicia another minute．I don't ever want to talk to her again!"
   Mom called out， "Felicia，come to the kitchen right now．"
   While Felicia was on her way，Mom put two chairs opposite each other but very close together．
   "Maria，you sit here and Felicia you sit there．" The girls sat face to face，with their knees almost touching．"Now you look each other in the eye for five minutes，" Mom ordered．
   At first the girls moved their bodies from side to side．Mom said firmly，"You must stay staring at each other for five minutes．Each minute you don't make eye contact （眼神交流） means another minute sitting in the chairs．" They both wanted out，so they had to sit there and look at each other．
   Felicia looked at Maria's pouting （噘嘴的） face while Maria looked at Felicia's angry face．They each thought the other one looked ridiculous （可笑的）．In fact，they were being ridiculous to fight and be mad at each other over nothing．
   Soon Maria couldn't stand it any longer and began giggling （咯咯地笑） and so did Felicia．They giggled and laughed．
   Mom wisely didn't say anything except，"Okay girls，you can go now．"

（1）Maria and Felicia argued a lot this week．What was the reason？

A

A

A．They argued over nothing．
B．They didn't want to live together．
C．They didn't want to talk to each other．
D．They each thought the other one was ridiculous．
（2）Which is the right picture to show the way the girls sat？

A

A

A．
B．
C．
D．
（3）The right order of the following statements is

C

C

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①M(fèi)aria and Felicia stared at each other．
②Maria argued with Felicia．
③Maria and Felicia giggled and laughed．
④Mom asked Maria and Felicia to sit opposite each other．
A．②④③①
B．④②①③
C．②④①③
D．②①④③
（4）Which of the following is TRUE？

C

C

A．Maria had quite a good relationship with Felicia recently．
B．The kitchen is a good place to stop an argument．
C．Mom solved the girls' problem wisely．
D．The girls were under pressure from Mom to make it up （和好）．
（5）After reading the passage，we can know

D

D

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A．parents can do nothing about the argument between children
B．it's difficult to deal with the argument between children
C．there is no need to deal with the argument between children
D．5-minute eye contact is helpful to deal with the argument between children