| ( )1. A. graduation ( )2. A. from ( )3. A. dormitory ( )4. A. at ( )5. A. close ( )6. A. gap ( )7. A. lonely ( )8. A. comfort ( )9. A. helping ( )10. A. skill ( )11. A. introduction ( )12. A. even if ( )13. A. difficult ( )14. A. relationship ( )15. A. schooling ( )16. A. writer ( )17. A. tired ( )18. A. an education ( )19. A. help ( )20. A. succeeded | B. employment B. resist B. door B. already B. near B. thought B. depressed B. help B. directing B. patience B. manner B. while B. slow B. friendship B. life B. scholar B. glad B. a rich boyfriend B. expectations B. got | C. college C. follow C. desk C. beyond C. happy C. action C. independent C. support C. watching C. time C. spirit C. as C. efficient C. thought C. hope C. scientist C. useless C. a well-paid job C. examination C. made | D. school D. break D. bed D. halfway D. relaxed D. accident D.comfortable D. explanation D. blaming D. practice D. advice D. though D. fast D. life D. expectation D. specialist D. ready D. a good writing D. watch D. found | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rising above the names I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice. "Mom, come here! There"s this lady here my size!" The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to apologize. I smiled and told her, "It"s okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I"m Darryl Kramer. How are you ?" He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy?" "Yes, I have a son," I answered. "Why are you so little?" he asked. "It"s the way I was born," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I"m just not going to grow any bigger. " After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy"s hand and left. My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I 1ook different from their parents. It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an a chondroplasia dwarf (侏儒). Despite this, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up. I didn"t realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs. But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality. I"m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I"ve grown older. People are amazed when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I remind myself, "Look what else I have -- a great family, nice friends. " It"s the children"s questions that make my life special. I enjoy answering their questions. My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers ( a person of the same age, class, position, etc. ), whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect. 1. Why did the mother apologize to the author? A. Because the boy ran into the author. B. Because the boy laughed at the author. C. Because the boy said the author was fatter than him. D. Because the mother thought the boy"s words had hurt the author. 2. When did the author realize that she was too short? A. When she grew up. B. When she was 47 years old. C. When she began to go to school. D. When she met the boy in the supermarket. 3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word"diminished" ? A. dismissed B. increased C. decreased D. discriminated 4. How does the author feel about people"s stares? A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Painful. D. Discouraged. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The crowd cheered as the young man walked across the stage to receive his award as the company"s top producer. He looked over the audience and trembled, and there was a clear pause that brought a silence to the room. It took him a moment to control himself. "The last three months hit me pretty hard," he began. "And I feel the need to share a piece of my story though I"m not sure why. A friend called me about his new marketing system, an outbound (发往外国 的) fax(传真)service that could reach thousands of potential customers at very little cost. I checked it out, got excited and accepted it. After thousands of faxes, it seemed that what I did was illegal . I was punished a dollar for every one sent out. The crowd was surprised. "I failed to do proper research, and didn"t pay attention to the details. Now I am heavily in debt. As some of you know, I recently move up here from down south. I stored my stuff (资料)in my old office, which I closed down. When I drove back to pick it all up, I found that everything except my computer and the clothes I brought with me was gone." He continued, "I drive a sports car. I love that car. One day while driving it, I stepped on the accelerator (油门), lost control at 85 miles an hour, and hit the guard rail. I damaged my car very badly." "In three months, I got charged, lost everything I owned, and damaged my car. We all face challenges," he smiled. "I guess I wanted to share mine with you. Thanks for listening. " He left to a standing ovation (鼓掌). Standing in the back of the room, I realized how much respect that young man earned. He faced his fear, publicly admitted his mistakes and never gave up, in spite of the difficulties. That day, he won much more than a trophy (奖杯). 1. According to the first paragraph, which word can describe the young man? A. Calm. B. Brave. C. Shy. D. Nervous. 2. Why was the young man punished? A. He made a serious mistake in his research. B. He illegally sent faxes to customers. C. He stole a computer from an office. D. He drove his car at a high speed. 3. The young man told his experiences perhaps to _________. . A. encourage others to face challenges bravely B. let the audience forgive him C. show his misunderstanding of the law D. complain about being treated unfairly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to 1 my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome 2 from one end of the city to another and to 3 among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the 4 , so the friendship I knew at school was 5 . I put up with it for a short period. It was 6 long a walk on cold winter"s nights and it was hard to put my 7 into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home. By chance, I 8 some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a 9 company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I 10 at her in astonishment (吃惊) and disbelief. She wanted to make a short 11 about me, to which I said, "No, I couldn"t do that." Not that I had any real 12 . I was just frightened. In the end she 13 me that I should do it the following day. So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my 14 and I became 15 interested in literature than ever. I 16 what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not 17 myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly (犹豫地) told my parents that I wanted to _ 18 to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was 19 , and if I knew what it meant and 20 I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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