Lill was a young French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community．At the age of l6, her father thought that she had enough schooling and forced her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income．In l922, with limited education and skills, the future didn't look bright for Lill．Her father demanded that Lill find a job as soon as possible, but she didn't have the confidence to ask for a job．
One day, Lill gathered her courage and knocked on her very first door．She was met by Margaret Costello, the office manager．In her broken English, Lill told her she was interested in the secretarial position．Margaret decided to give her a chance．
Margaret sat her down at a typewriter and said, “Lill, let's see how good you really are．”She directed Lill to type a single letter, and then left．Lill looked at the clock and saw that it was ll：40 a．m．Everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon．She thought she should at least attempt the letter．
On her first try, she got through one line but made four mistakes．She pulled the paper out and threw it away．The clock now read 11∶45．“At noon, ” she said to herself, “I'll move out with the crowd, and they will never see me again．”
On her second attempt, things didn't get any better．Again the started over and finally completed the letter, full of mistakes, though．She looked at the clock：11∶55-five minutes to freedom．
Just then, Margaret walked in．She came directly over to Lill, and put one hand on the desk and the other on the girl's shoulder．She read the letter and paused．Then she said, ”Lill, you're doing good work! ”
Lill was surprised．She looked at the letter, then up at Margaret．With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her confidence began to grow．She thought, “Well, if she thinks it's good, then it must be good．I think I'll stay! ”
Lill did stay at Carhartt Overall Company…for 5l years, through two world wars and ll presidents-all because someone had the insight to give a shy and uncertain young girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door．
(1)
Why did Lill leave school at an early age?
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A．
To learn English well．
B．
To earn money for her family．
C．
To get self-confidence．
D．
To become a typist．
(2)
When Lill applied for the job, she ________．
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A．
could speak good English
B．
didn't know much about typing
C．
knew Margaret very well
D．
never wrote any letter
(3)
How many attempts did Lill make to type the letter?
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A．
One．
B．
Two．
C．
Three．
D．
Four．
(4)
Who does the underlined word “someone” in the last paragraph refer to?
Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 1 , with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 2 ．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy． 3 , it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 4 ．
For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 5 his education as most of students do, 6 a chance to get away from his hometown to 7 new people, to become a totally 8 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 9 else in his town．Ali was 10 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 11 he had them．
His hands 12 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 13 ．It was OK．He hadn't done 14 , but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 15 ．
When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 16 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 17 to Ali．He was looking forward to 18 new things．
The University was a short 19 from the city centre．It was much more attractive than the 20 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．
As I drove my blue Buick into the garage, I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was 1 too close to my space．I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 2 space．That left 3 enough room to open the door．Then one day I arrived home 4 , and just as I turned off the engine, the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space－too close to my car, 5 ．At last I had a chance to meet the driver．My patience had 6 and I shouted at her, “Can’t you see you’re not 7 me enough space?Park farther over．”Banging(猛推)open her door into 8 , the driver shouted back：“Make me!” 9 this she stepped out of the garage．Still, each time she got home first, she parked too close to my 10 ．Then one day, I thought,“What can I do?”I soon found 11 ．The next day the woman 12 a note on her windshield(挡风玻璃)：
Dear Yellow Oldsmobile,
I’m sorry my mistress(女主人)shouted at yours the other day．She’s been sorry about it．I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while 13 ．It wasn’t like her to scream 14 ．Fact is, she’d just got bad news and was taking it out on you two．I 15 you and your mistress will 16 her．
Your neighbor,
Blue Buick
When I went to the 17 the next morning, the Oldsmobile was gone, but there was a note on my windshield：
Dear Blue Buick,
My mistress is sorry, too．She parked so 18 because she just learned to drive．We will park much farther over after this．I’m glad we can be 19 now．
Your neighbor,
Yellow Oldsmobile
After that, whenever Blue Buick 20 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road, their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled．
My husband Val and I had not been getting along well lately．We didn’t argue, but we hardly 1 ．I knew that one 2 was that I often scold him．Unfortunately, I looked only at his faults and forgot to notice how 3 he had done in everything．
I really didn’t want to be 4 talking too much, but it almost seemed as if I could not 5 ．However, I made up my mind to 6 ．Could I?
I decided to try．Each day I would find one thing I liked in 7 and mentioned it to him．The first day, again, appeared the greatest problem．I noticed 8 things I didn’t like about Val．Why did he leave his books everywhere in his study instead of putting them 9 ?How could he wear that 10 shirt again?And I had a difficult time 11 with anything good I could mention．
I thought and thought． 12 he was good sometimes．When something needed repair around the house, Val 13 until he discovered what was wrong．
14 , I told Val I was glad he was patient with my faults and said 15 about the way I often scold him．He smiled a small, weak smile that made me 16 ,“Maybe this isn’t going to work．”I said to myself．But as three weeks continued, finding something good about my husband came 17 ．He deals honestly with everyone; he treats our children with 18 ．Why had I seen so many unpleasant things?
By the end of the 21 days, I couldn’t believe how easy 19 had become to praise Val．And Val did seem 20 ．In fact, he mentioned that I seemed to have changed a lot．