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so when this show business thing doesn"t work out, you"ll have something to rely on." Mary responded in
typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a
typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently,
when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, "I don"t know how to use a
computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, after all, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress
and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was
a need for a book like this," she says. "I didn"t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things
get better when we"re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn"t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40
years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying,
and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a
box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up again and take control
of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her
addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses
to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, "why me?" about something or other," she insists. "It doesn"t
do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make
things better by helping others. I"ve come to realize the importance of that as I"ve grown up this second time.
I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
B. She didn"t take care of her mother.
C. She didn"t complete her high school.
D. She didn"t follow her mother"s advice.
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D. remembrance of her mother
B. began a balanced diet
C. Med to get a treatment
D. behaved in an adult way
B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
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On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another
household as they unwrap the presents she carefully chose for them. Linda has never met the children, but that"s
all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas, she says.
"It"s an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis," says Linda. "It brings a whole new
meaning to the holidays."
Linda and Tony are an American couple living in Toronto, Canada, and Linda did charitable work as a
member of the American Women"s Club of Toronto. As the name suggests, members are U.S. citizens living in
Toronto, who join together for fellowship and community service.
To find her "adopted" family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that"s
struggling to survive. Last year she helped a single mother with three children. The mother works as a cleaning
lady in a nursing home.
"The list is always heartbreaking. They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite,
asking for basic clothes or simple toys," she says. "We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves."
She also buys gifts for the parents.
Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list-one that didn"t include the basics. "Every child
should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime." She purchased iPods for the two older children
and a video game system for the youngest. "I have learned a very valuable lesson in all of this," says Linda. "Pay
attention to what"s going on in your own backyard-no matter where you live."
The joy of giving as secret Santas is much sweeter when the gift is anonymous.
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2. Why did Linda join the American Women"s Club of Toronto? (No more than 10 words)
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3. Why did Linda ask for a second wish list? (No more than 15 words)
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4. What kind of people does "secret Santas" in the passage refer to? (No more than 12 words)
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was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father 1 me to her with these
words:"I would like you to meet the fellow who is 2 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably
start throwing rocks at you no 3 than tomorrow morning."
My stepmother walked over to me, 4 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she
looked at my father and replied, "You are 5 . This is not the worst boy at all, 6 the smartest one who hasn"t
yet found an outlet (释放的途径) for his enthusiasm."
That statement began a(n) 7 between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had
built me up in my 8 as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She 9 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors.
She moved our family into the county seat, where my father"s career could be more 10 and my brother and I
could be better 11 .
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 12 and told me that she believed that I could become
a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, I 13 it had already improved our lives. I accepted her 14 and began to write
for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of 15 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and
received the task which became my life"s work later. I wasn"t the 16 beneficiary (受益者). My father became
the 17 man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college
president.
What power 18 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one"s purpose and is 19
strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible (不可抗拒的) force which poverty and temporary defeat can
never 20 .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it. This is probably the greatest work you can do
with your enthusiasm.
| ( )1. A. rushed ( )2. A. distinguished ( )3. A. sooner ( )4. A. dragged ( )5. A. perfect ( )6. A. but ( )7. A. agreement ( )8. A. opinion ( )9. A. begged ( )10. A. successful ( )11. A. treated ( )12. A. camera ( )13. A. considered ( )14. A. belief ( )15. A. teaching ( )16. A. next ( )17. A. cleverest ( )18. A. enthusiasm ( )19. A. deliberately ( )20. A. win | B. sent B. favored B. later B. shook B. right B. so B. friendship B. image B. persuaded B. meaningful B. entertained B. radio B. suspected B. request B. writing B. same B. wealthiest B. sympathy B. happily B. match | C. carried C. mistaken C. longer C. raised C. wrong C. and C. gap C. expectation C. ordered C. helpful C. educated C. bicycle C. ignored C. criticism C. studying C. only C. strongest C. fortune C. traditionally C. reach | D. introduced D. rewarded D. earlier D. bent D. impolite D. or D. relationship D. mind D. invited D. useful D. respected D. typewriter D. appreciated D. description D. reading D. real D. healthiest D. confidence D. constantly D. doubt | ||||
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| It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog"s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place. This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future, But the dream didn"t last long. The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately. The villagers decided that they couldn"t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (***虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left. Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn"t been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases. Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. | |||||||
| 1. From paragraph I we learn that the villagers _____. | |||||||
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| A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers | |||||||
| 2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? | |||||||
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| A. the frogs were easy money B. They needs money to buy medicine C. they wanted to please the visitors D. the frogs made too much noise | |||||||
| 3. What might be the cause if the children"s sickness? | |||||||
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| A. the crops didn"t do well B. there were too many insects C. the visits brought in diseases D. the pesticides were overused | |||||||
| 4. What can we inform from the last sentence of the text? | |||||||
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| A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country B. Health is more important than money C. The harmony between man and nature is important D. good old day will never be forgotten | |||||||
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| Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often 1 that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so 2 with the city that he had to leave. So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily 3 up their new home, the light suddenly went out. Terry was regretful to have forgotten bringing along candles and had to wait 4 in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant (犹豫的) knocks on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the 5 night. "Who"s it?" he wondered, since Terry was a 6 to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be 7 , so he went to the door and opened it 8 . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, "Sir, do you have candles? I"m your neighbor." "No," answered Terry in anger and shut the door violently. "What a nuisance (讨厌)!" he complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to 9 things." After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. 10 this time she was holding two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She 11 me here to give you these." Terry was very 12 by what he saw. At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 13 in life. It was his 14 and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was 15 nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind. | |||||||
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