as she was going down the slide.

　　When one of the kids had his or her birthday, we would bring candies and balloons, eat a cake and sing happy birthday in kindergarten. I was so excited when my birthday was drawing near. One day, one of my favorite teachers came to me, holding the tiny girl's hand. "You girls can celebrate your birthdays together! Gaja, your birthday is on the 19th and hers just a day later! Isn't that amazing?"

　　I was excited on my 4th birthday. When I saw Ann, she came to me. She was holding two beautiful crowns (王冠）made out of paper. One was green and the other was red. She gave me the red one and wished me a happy birthday. I was thankful. From that day on, we were inseparable (分不开的).

　　We're now finishing high school in the same class and in fall we're going to share an apartment at University of Chicago, She's going to study fashion design and I'm probably going for architecture (建筑）. That makes me especially stressed out, because I only have a month left to decide and I'm interested in so many things! To this day, I'm still so happy that I'm such a cheap person and she was able to buy my friendship with a paper crown. 15 years later, we're almost like sisters and I will love her forever.

24. Why was the author angry with Ann at first?

A. Because Ann was not brave.

B. Because Ann was not friendly.

C. Because Ann was the youngest in the class.

D. Because teachers helped Ann too much.

25. The teacher wanted to celebrate the author's birthday with Ann' s because -_

A. their birthdays were on the same day

B. their birthdays were close

C. they were good friends

D. Ann asked the teacher to do it

26. What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A. The author was angry on her 4th birthday.

B. The author got a green paper crown on her 4th birthday.

C. The author and Ann became good friends on her 4th birthday.