摘要: --Are you b enough to go out alone at midnight? -- No. I don’t think I dare to.

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Rising above the names

   I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.

  “Mom,come here!There's this lady here my size!”

   The mother rushed to her son;then she turned to me to apologize.

   I smiled and told her,“It's okay.”Then I talked to the boy,“Hi,I'm Darryl Kramer.How are you?”

   He studied me from head to toe,and asked,“Are you a little mommy?”

  “Yes,I have a son,”I answered.

  “Why are you so little?”he asked.

  “It's the way I was born,”I said.“Some people are little.Some are tall.I'm just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions,I shook the boy's hand and left.

   My life as a little person is filled with stories like that.I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

   It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness.I stand three feet nine inches tall.I was born an achondroplasia dwarf(侏儒).Despite this,I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

   I didn't realize how short I was until I started school.Some kids picked on me,calling me names.Then I knew.I began to hate the first day of school each year.New students would always stare at me as I struggled to climb the school bus stairs.

   But I learned to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage.What I lacked in height,I made up for in personality.

   I'm 47 now,and the stares have not diminished as I've grown older.People are amazed when they see me driving.I try to keep a good attitude.When people are rude,I remind myself,“Look what else I have-a great family,nice friends.”

   It's the children's questions that make my life special.I enjoy answering their questions.My hope is that I will encourage them to accept their peers(a person of the same age,class,position,etc.),whatever size and shape they come in,and treat them with respect.

1.Why did the mother apologize to the author?

A.Because the boy ran into the author.

B.Because the boy laughed at the author.

C.Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.

D.Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.

2.When did the author realize that she was too short?

A.When she grew up.

B.When she was 47 years old.

C.When she began to go to school.

D.When she met the boy in the supermarket.

3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word“diminished”?

A.Dismissed.      B.Increased.

C.Decreased.      D.Discriminated.

4.How does the author feel about people's stares?

A.Angry.        B.Calm.

C.Painful.       D.Discouraged.

 

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  On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate.I was looking around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I found a little old lady with a warm smile.

  She said, “Hi, handsome! I'm Rose.I'm 87 years old.Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?” I laughed and heartily responded, “Of course!”

  “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent(天真的)age?” I asked.

  She jokingly replied, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around.”

  “No, seriously,” I asked.I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.

  “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!” She told me.We became instant friends.

  Over the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像)and she easily made friends wherever she went.She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students.She was living it up

  At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.I'll never forget what she taught us.

  “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.Here are the secrets to staying young.You have to laugh and find humor every day.You've got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams, you die.We have many people walking around who are dead, and they don't even know it!” she said.

  “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.Anybody can grow older.That doesn't take any talent or ability,” she added.“But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change.The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.”

  One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep.She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

(1)

Rose started college at the age of 87 in order to ________

[  ]

A.

marry a rich man

B.

travel around the world

C.

make more friends

D.

realize her dream

(2)

Which of the following best explains “she was living it up” in the seventh paragraph?

[  ]

A.

She was living a long life.

B.

She was enjoying herself.

C.

She was spending a lot of money.

D.

She was killing time.

(3)

When you lose your dreams, you die because ________

[  ]

A.

there's no sense in living without your aim

B.

you can't sleep well every night

C.

you are too old and have to stop playing

D.

something is terribly wrong with your brain

(4)

What would be the best title for the passage?

[  ]

A.

Meet the Challenge

B.

Never Waste Time

C.

Grow Up or Grow Old?

D.

Have You Got Ready?

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