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8 .D 细节理解题。根据第一段“···I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more.” 及第二段中”She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English…”可知老师也认为 Alice 不爱学习了，故答案为 D。
9.A 词义猜测题。根据此句后面“…between my responsibility to help Alice, and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.” 可知是 陷入了两难的境地，不知道如何选择，故此处 torn 表示“难以抉择的”，故答案为 A。
10.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段作者的反省可知，老师、家长都只注重孩子的成绩，再 由第一段妈妈说的话和第二段第一句（作者同意妈妈所说的）可推断 Alice 成绩很棒， 故答案为 A。
B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中两句话 We taught her to fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.可知是我们教会了她害怕失败，正是这种害怕摧毁了她对学 习的热爱。故答案为 B。