“Hi! John.” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I’m going to have a dance performance tonight. I hope you’ll come. Here is the ticket. Don’t forget!” Then she    41  in a hurry.
“What? Dance? Is that    42  ?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was quite common one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact, she really did not know    43   to dress up. What a terrible thing!
“I should go to, I must go to.” I thought.
I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my seat and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a    44   time before her turn, for I had no sense of art,    45   her performance was worth(值得)watching, no matter how long I would wait.
Time went    46  , I tried my best not to fall asleep.
Just then, came the words, “Let’s welcome the next exciting dance – Latin!”
Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible,    47   to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shiny skirt, Mary appeared. She danced with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying … I could    48   believe my eyes.
After all the performance ended, I    49   her at the gate.
“Hi!” She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶) shoes. “How do you feel?”
“Fantastic!” I answered.
“Ha, ha. I knew it would be.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing    50  a child.
At that time, I realized that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

【小题1】
A.cameB.jumpedC.leftD.moved
【小题2】
A.possibleB.luckyC.funnyD.careful
【小题3】
A.why B.whereC.whenD.how
【小题4】
A.greatB.shortC.hardD.relaxing
【小题5】
A.orB.soC.butD.and
【小题6】
A.quicklyB.slowlyC.safelyD.easily
【小题7】
A.hopingB.fearingC.planningD.hating
【小题8】
A.seriouslyB.hardlyC.nearlyD.certainly
【小题9】
A.waited forB.looked forC.paid forD.cared for
【小题10】
A.asB.likeC.forD.at

Mary was a 911 operator(接线员) in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a young child who said, “Mom is ill, Mom is ill”, again and again. Mary hurried to find the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk! She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother’s hand. Tears(眼泪) were running down her face.
The doctor gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people , “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. One Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911.” “It’s the first time I’ve seen a two-year-old child call 911.”
【小题1】 What did Mary do every day? ______________

A.She answered the telephone calls.
B.She talked with the policemen and the doctors.
C.She played with the children.
D.She dealt with emergencies(紧急情况).
【小题2】 How did she feel when she answered the little girl’s call? _______________
A.She was worried.B.She was sorry.
C.She was surprised.D.She was happy.
【小题3】How did the police and the doctors get into the house?_________________
A.They went in through the windows.B.They broke the door open.
C.They didn’t go in.D.The woman was outside. They didn’t need to go in.
【小题4】 How could the little girl learn to call 911?________________
A.She learnt it by herself.B.She called it by chance.(偶然地)
C.Her mother taught her one MondayD.Her mother often taught her.
【小题5】 How old was the little girl?_________________-
A.Only two.B.She was nine.
C.She was five.D.She couldn’t walk, so she must be less one.

The Girl From the Street

The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage(孤儿院)knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent(独立). At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.(秘书)And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.

Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.

Mary studied management(管理)at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.

The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

1.Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________.

A.She had lived with her parents whose names were not known

B.She had lived in the street for many years

C.The workers knew her well

D.She had learned to write and read by herself

2.The sentence “orphanage girl could be something” means that orphanage girls could be_________.

A.popular and successful                   B.understood by others

C.Miss Hong Kong                         D.known to everybody

3.This passage is probably taken from___________.

A.a newspaper       B.a science magazine C.a history textbook   D.a novel

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.All the children at the orphanage liked Mary.  B.Mary was not happy as a secretary.

C.Mary’s boyfriend was good at English.       D.Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult.

 

Mary and Donald Smith lived in the same building. Donald 41 a toy company. One day Donald gave Mary. the 4-year-old girl. a new toy. She played with it and said. "This is fun! A few weeks later Donald gave her 42 toy. She played with it and then said. "I'm not 43 in this toy. It doesn't work." For years Donald gave Mary new toys.  and she gave him very good   44   about the toys.

When Mary was 13 years old. Donald showed her a new ball. Mary wanted to 45 the ball with small stones to make it 46 .The company made this change. Mary's idea was a great success! The company sold thousands of the balls.

   That Christmas. Donald gave Mary an  47 gift. He made her vice-president(副总裁) of the toy company. She made $200,000 a year. Her job was lo see 48 the new toys were fun. She worked 49 three or four hours a day at her job, then she had to do her homework.

Today Mary works at a college. The little vice-president with bright ideas helps students think about their 50.

1.A. owned        B. rioted        c. owns      D. closes

2.A. other          B. other        C. the other   D. another

3.A. excited       B. interested     C. relaxed    D. bored

4.A. ways         B. designs      C. questions   D. ideas

5.A. fill          B. full         C. add        D. pour

6.A. noisy       B. quiet        C. light        D. future

7.A. special       B. awful        C. amazing      D. useful

8. A. when        B. if            C. as          D. since

9.A.BI           B. in           C. for          D. with

10.A. company       B. toys       C. homework    D. future

 

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