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。
Bella arrived home late from school that day. When she walked past her mother's room, she found her mum was 1 in bed, and seemed to be very weak.
Bella entered her room and heard the cries from her little sister. She knew her dad would expect her to 2 her sister. And she also bad to prepare meals for the whole family3 her mum did before.
Bella thought it was not4 because she also had schoolwork to do, just like everyone else in her class. Why did she have to be the grown-up?
When she got out of the room, she saw her5 sitting at the kitchen table, lonely and tired. Suddenly, something happened inside Bella. She 6 that her father, as well as a husband, must be really 7 .
Then she heard a deep voice from her father, "Make the8 , will you, Bella?"
She was going to find a(n)9 to meet her friends, but she stopped and said to herself, "It is a 10 time for everyone in our family. I guess making meals is just what I can do to help. " Then she 11 went into the kitchen and began peeling potatoes.
"OK, Daddy. " said Bella. " 12 will be all right and we can manage. " At the moment, she saw a smile on her father's face. She felt 13 —grown-up, somehow. It was really good to 14 a smile to her father's face, even for only a moment.
"Daddy, whatever happens, we will be OK. Right?" "Yes, we will. If we15 each other, we'll always be all right. " They both smiled at each other over the table.