I was 15 months old, a happy carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. Since then my face looks ugly, my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lives on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. When kids played games, I was always the "monster". I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.     

Yet Mom would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world." I began to depend on that saying. As a child, I thought Mom meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump(撞) into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me. In high school I even became the class president. But in my heart , I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside."     

When I met the man who became my husband, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out. My mom's love was the spark (火花) that gave me confidence. I learned not only to appreciate myself but also to have deep compassion (怜悯) for others. "Hold your head up high" has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. I say it to my children. The gift my mom gave me lives on in another generation.

1.The world “carefree”in the first line probably means“ ______” in Chinese.

A. 无忧无虑的 B. 争强好胜的 C. 小心翼翼的 D. 与众不同的

2.Why did the author's mother tell her to hold her head up high and face the world ?

A. Because her mother wanted to show sympathy(同情) for her.

B. Because her mother wanted her to be confident.

C. Because her mother didn't want her to be seen as a "monster".

D. Because her mother thought the author looked prettier when she did that.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author managed to hide her disability in high school.

B. The author gave her children encouragement and love, as her mother had given her.

C. The author was always confident after the accident.

D. In high school the author was chosen to be president of the student's union(学生会).

4.The underlined sentence "Each of my children has felt its invitation." means her children ______.

A. each received an invitation from her mother B. didn't quite understand the meaning of her words.

C. faced the same difficulty as their mother. D. benefited(受益)from their mother's words.

5.Which would be the best title for the article?

A. My mom's gift to me B. How I found my life-partner

C. My terrible childhood accident D. Disability is no shame

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Kwame Alexander is an American writer of children's fiction. His novel The Crossover was written in poetic (诗歌的) form and won several awards in 2015. Alexander's most recent novel Booked is about a middle school student Nick Hall, whose love for soccer helps him deal with the challenges of growing up. Recently, a reporter had an interview with Alexander about his books.

(R=Reporter, A= Alexander)

R: 1.

A: It has to do with my love of sports. As a kid, I loved to play sports. I was a tennis player. I love to watch sports and to get excited about what happens on the field. Why not use sports as a way to tell these stories? I know kids are going to get into it. What kid doesn't love tennis or swimming or soccer?

R: 2.

A: I've always been interested in the power of poetry. I've been trying to write my feelings and ideas about the world we live in and poetry allows me to talk about some heavy and deep things in a pleasant way. I love poetry and for me, it's so cool.

R: 3.

A: Video games and television mostly offer fantasy (幻想). They offer interesting and unrealistic fantasy. Literature (文学) opens up a world of possibility to readers. As a writer for kids, I want to help readers imagine what's possible in the world — how to make it better and how to make themselves better in it.

R: 4.

A: Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, E. E. Cummings — those are the main ones. It's the things they wrote about, the way they played with language and held the readers' attention.

R: Are you planning a new novel?  5. 

A: It will be. I'm writing a prequel (前传) to The Crossover. It's about the father, Chuck Bell, when he was 12 years old.

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

A. Will it be in poetic form?

B. What can literature offer young people that video games and television cannot?

C. Why are both of your recent novels about sports?

D. Do you write from your experience or imagination?

E. Why did you write these two novels in poetic form? 

F. Which writers have had the greatest influence on your writing?

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