When I was a teenager growing up
in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could
do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I
was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would
say, " No! You are going to college. " He took me by surprise when he
said, "OK. We'll go to the brick factory. "
Two days later, he took me to the
factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. ' I had imagined
everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there
would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a
teenager.
When we arrived at the factory
gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father
said, "Take your time. Look around." I walked around the factory
looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was
horrible. I ran back to my. father and said, "I want to go home. "
He asked me, "What do you
think of the factory?"
"It's terrible," I
replied.
"And marriage is even
worse!" he said.
I went back to school the next
day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed
studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my
father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and
my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much
better than it would have been working in the factory!
1. The writer lived in_________ when she was a
teenager.
A. Russia B. Japan C. China
2.At first she thought life in the factory
would be _ _ than in school.
A. more careful B. more colorful
C. more beautiful
3.When she told her father that she wanted to
leave school, he expressed his disagreement________.
A. by doing nothing B.
in a special way C. by saying nothing
4. After they visited the factory, the girl________.
A. decided to work
there B. decided to get
married C. changed her mind
5.The underlined word "horrible"
means "_ _" in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的 B. 紧张的 C. 浪漫的
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And B. So C.
But D. Then
D.
will