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"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
look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet nine inches tall. I was born an
achondroplasia 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.
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.
B. When she was 47 years old.
C. When she began to go to school.
D. When she met the boy in the supermarket.
B. increased
C. decreased
D. discriminated
B. Calm.
C. Painful.
D. Discouraged.
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the woman on the line had the wrong number. The woman on the phone sounded extremely 2 as her electricity
wasn"t working. Her husband tried to replace a wall 3 , but now some of their lights wouldn"t turn on, and the
heat had 4 .
The woman thought she was 5 an electrician who had done work for her in the past. I had just recently
changed my 6 and she got me instead. I"m not an electrician but I do work with 7 .
I 8 her that she had the wrong number, and I didn"t know what her old electrician changed his number to.
She 9 , and we said goodbye. After I hung up the phone I thought 10 I could help her so I dialed back and
found out she was just one town over.
When I got to her house, I told her I would help her, but I would not 11 any money. This confused her and
she asked 12 I would bother if I wasn"t getting paid. I told her it was an act of 13 and to "pay it forward."
Dorothy and Jacob, who were both retired, seemed 14 and said they never met anyone like me.
Her husband had installed the 15 switch which was causing a short. After I was done, they thanked me and
tried to give me some 16 . I told them I wouldn"t accept anything, and that the best 17 would be to find
someone else to help out. I 8 said if you can"t find someone else to repay then just be extra nice to each other.
They were both incredibly happy that I 9 to solve their electrical problems quickly, but I think I was even 10
at the opportunity to help them.
| ( )1. A. noticed ( )2. A. anxious ( )3. A. glass ( )4. A. shown off ( )5. A. introducing ( )6. A. mind ( )7. A. organization ( )8. A. encouraged ( )9. A. apologized ( )10. A. maybe ( )11. A. provide ( )12. A. when ( )13. A. honesty ( )14. A. embarrassed ( )15. A. wrong ( )16. A. candy ( )17. A. decision ( )18. A. also ( )19. A. decided ( )20. A. better | B. imagined B. excited B. switch B. paid off B. calling B. address B. electricity B. warned B. complained B. anyway B. receive B. whether B. kindness B. excited B. necessary B. praise B. solution B. ever B. succeeded B. happier | C. believed C. frustrated C. light C. shut off C. expecting C. cellphone C. decoration C. taught C. shouted C. otherwise C. reward C. why C. courage C. interested C. proper C. money C. reaction C. just C. managed C. easier | D. realized | |||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| After Maggie Doyne graduated from high school, she decided to spend a year traveling the world before starting college. The journey changed her life and the lives of hundreds of orphaned children forever. In 2006, Doyne took a trip in Nepal, Asia. Having grown up in New Jersey, Doyne was shocked to see so many orphaned children living on the streets. She wanted to do something about it. Doyne used her savings to buy an acre of land. Then, she built the kids a home, the Kopila Valley Children"s Home. Now, the Do Something foundation is doing something for Doyne. The organization provides resources and support for teens that want to make a difference in the world. On Thursday night, the foundation named Doyne the $100,000 prize winner of the 2009 Do Something Award. The Kopila Valley Children"s Home officially opened its doors in 2008. Doyne, now 22 years old, cares for 26 kids. She has helped more than 700 other orphans find families. She also runs a program that provides scholarships for needy families to send their children to school. The children learn basic skills such as sewing and cooking. They also grow their own food in their garden and raise farm animals. Doyne admits that she didn"t have it all figured out when she first arrived in Nepal. "I just felt that there was something there for me," she said. Her parents were supportive of her. But it was a challenge to convince other adults that an 18-year-old girl could accomplish such a big project. Still, Doyne never gave up on fund raising. In just over a year, she had enough money to build her dream home. "When all the kids are sitting at the table for breakfast, or they"re happy and all dancing... it"s the best feeling in the world." she says. | ||||||||||||||
| 1. After graduation from high school, Doyne determined _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. to continue her education in college B. to change the lives of orphaned children C. to tour the world before going to college D. to set up the Kopila Valley Children"s Home | ||||||||||||||
| 2. What do we know about the Do Something foundation? | ||||||||||||||
| A. It is an organization intended for orphans. B. It is an organization set up in Nepal, Asia. C. It officially opened its doors in 2008. D. It offers Doyne great honor and support. | ||||||||||||||
| 3. It can be inferred from the passage that _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. Doyne overcame great difficulties in building the home B. everything in Nepal worked out as Doyne had expected C. with her parents" help, Doyne stopped raising funds D. it was easy to persuade adults around to support Doyne | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following words can best describe Maggie Doyne? | ||||||||||||||
| A. Brave B. Caring C. Talented D. Cautious | ||||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||||
| If I were writing a history of my family, some of the darkest moments recorded would be those about Christmas trees. One would certainly think otherwise; selecting and putting up our trees have always been filled with risk. For example, one afternoon dangerously close to Christmas Eve my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain, a glorious tree that was so full and tall that we could hardly get it into the house. Once we did, my father immediately realized that we would have to hire a carpenter (木匠) to build a stand for it. Another December, perhaps the very next one, we bought a tree earlier than we ever had before. We were happy with its shape and delighted that its size was manageable. We easily placed it in a stand, decorated (装饰) it from top to bottom, and then self-satisfiedly sat back by the fire in its soft light. Two or three days passed and the truth could not be hidden; we had bought a tree cut so long ago that its needles were coming off. There was nothing to do but undecorate it, take it down, and begin tree shopping again. Our most recent Christmas tree offered still another difficult task. When we brought it home, once again it seemed larger than it was in the great outdoors. To complicate matters, we had bought a new stand, one whose nuts (螺帽) and bolts (闩子) worked more mysteriously than those of our old stands. I persuaded two young neighbors to stop playing basketball and to help us get the tree into the house and set it correctly in the stand. Unfortunately, no one noticed the mud on our helpers" shoes, so only after removing several reddish brown spots from the carpet were we able to discuss the question of where the lights and ornaments (装饰物) were stored. Perhaps those who cut their own trees have tales more painful than these. I don"t care to hear them, as my family"s experiences are enough to cause me to make the following suggestion:"Let"s forget the tree next Christmas. Let"s simply hang some flowers on the front door and over the mirror in the hall." | ||||||||||||||
| 1. The darkest moments in the writer"s family were with the fact that _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. the family bought big Christmas trees B. they had problems decorating their Christmas trees C. they had problems picking suitable Christmas trees D. they had problems finding carpenters for putting up Christmas trees | ||||||||||||||
| 2. We can learn from the passage that the writer would like to _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. forget about Christmas stories B. get the neighbors to put up their trees C. buy a better tree to celebrate Christmas D. make other decorations rather than Christmas trees | ||||||||||||||
| 3. When the writer said "my mother bought what she thought to be a bargain", he means _____. | ||||||||||||||
| A. she bought the tree at a cheap price B. she didn"t really want to buy it C. she had to bargain hard with the salesman D. she couldn"t afford a more expensive one | ||||||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? | ||||||||||||||
| A. How to Choose a Christmas Tree B. No More Christmas Tree for Us C. Dark Moments of Life D. Christmas Without Trees | ||||||||||||||
| 完型填空。 | ||||||||||||||
| Last weekend, I helped my friend Alex get money for poor children at Crossroads Mall. He 1 needed volunteers, especially of the female. I decided that this was a pretty good 2 , so the next day I got ready to go. I arrived at Crossroads about five minutes 3 , and helped Alex and 4 of the volunteers. There were only three 5 at first, and we figured we might as well get started 6 just waiting for more to arrive. I held the 7 , and suddenly felt extremely shy. I did not 8 asking people for donations. In fact, I"m usually one of those people who try to 9 those boring stands and ask you for a little contribution. For heaven"s sake, I can contribute to a few, 10 I cannot alone 11 every single cause in the world! I really didn"t like the idea of asking anyone for donations to our cause. 12 , I watched my friends speak to the strangers, and noticed that they were extra polite to everyone-no matter whether they 13 . I realized that 14 I wasn"t pushy (强求的), it would be okay, and my conscience could be 15 . I pasted on a large smile, and started asking people passing by. My mouth tripped over words, and I continually said"um" while I thought of the correct terms. 16 I talked to more and more people. Not only improved, but also started noticing small 17 . Instead of saying "donate", which made most people walk away 18 . I started suing the word "contribute". I added the phrase "every little bit counts", and people started to donate small amounts in larger quantities. As the day went on, I learned how to pull on the hearts of the 19 , and I became a successful fundraiser. At the end of the day, we all gathered at Alex"s house and 20 how much money we raised. I was so surprised: we raised over $300! We celebrated, and went home tired, but satisfied that we helped a great cause. | ||||||||||||||
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