When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951,her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course 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 a-bout 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 mum. "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 practised 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 had passed before she realized she had to grow up a-gain and take control of her diabetes. 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 the earth can ask, 'Why me?'" she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache,pain,and disappointment. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this sec?ond time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”

4. Why did Mary feel regretful?

   A. She didn't achieve her ambition.

   B. She didn't take care of her father.

   C. She didn't complete her high school.

   D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.

5. We can know that before 1995 Mary      .

   A. had two books published

   B. received many career awards

   C. knew how to use a computer

   D. supported the JDRF by writing

6. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her         .

   A. living with diabetes

   B. successful show business

   C. service for an organization

   D. remembrance of her mother

7. When Mary received the life-changing news,she      .

   A. lost control of herself   B. began a balanced diet

   C. tried to get a treatment   D. behaved in an adult way

  Don't let Aurora's small stature (身材) fool you―her spirit is strong. She is one of 140 chickens 27        from a farm. When we saved her,she was tiny and sick and it seemed 28        that she would survive. Having never got the right 29     ,many of the chickens were sick and some 30        died.

  At a young age,Aurora and her sisters and brothers were 31        by their mum. Luckily,another mother 32        their care. Aurora seemed the last to 33        food and attention. She grew at a much slower 34        than her brothers and sisters. Everything seemed 35        her.

  At the young age of seven months,Aurora had lost two mums and was 36        to find a place with the other chickens.

  Aurora 37        found comfort with an old chicken named Margaret,staying under her wings during the cold nights,38        Margaret was so old that a few months later she died. Aurora,in her own way,thought of Mar?garet. Every evening,you would find her in the 39        spot where she kept Margaret company. 40      when the other chickens tried to 41        her away. Aurora came back.

As Aurora grew,we became 42        at her love to simply live. Nothing 43        her.

  So remember,when life seems so 44        that you can't take it,think of Aurora. She has lost two mums,watched her sisters and brothers die,and 45        from se?rious illnesses. Yet she enjoys the small,sweet 46        life has offered―safety,food,warmth and good friend?ships.

27. A. raised   B. purchased   C. rescued   D. collected 

28. A. hopeful   B. proper   C. possible   D. unlikely 

29. A. touch   B. care

  C. gift   D. partner 

30.A. sadly   B. angrily   C. coldly   D. calmly 

31.A. punished   B. refused   C. abandoned   D. scolded 

32.A. took on   B. put forward   C. looked after   D. brought about 

33.A. get   B. eat   C. draw   D. offer 

34. A. cost   B. rate   C. standard   D. value 

35. A. for   B. around   C. about   D. against 

36.A. arranging   B. choosing   C. struggling   D. affording 

37.A. lately   B. eventually   C. constantly   D. frequently 

38.A. unless   B. so   C. because   D. but 

39. A. same   B. relevant   C. similar   D. normal

40.A. Still   B. Thus   C. Even   D. Yet 

41. A. clear   B. put   C. turn   D. push 

42.A. nervous   B. amazed

   C. excited   D. disappointed 

43.A. helped   B. attracted   C. impressed   D. stopped 

44.A. tough   B. different   C. smooth   D. boring 

45. A. waked   B. made   C. recovered   D. learned 

46.A. chances   B. pleasures   C. dreams   D. services

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