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　　Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside．They often talked of opening their own store one day．

　　When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious．Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job．

　　They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry．“We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar, ” says Mary．One figure caught her attention：She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than ＄300 a year on books．She and Richard were themselves mystery readers．

　　On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home．With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop．To cover the ＄100 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank．

　　The store merely broke even in its first year, with only ＄120 000 in sales．But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers．The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dimmers for book clubs that met in the store．She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories．

　　Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about ＄420 000 a year．After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about ＄34 000．

　　“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income, ” says Richard．“This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money．”

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　　When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing curse 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 about 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 mom．“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 form 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 practiced 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 would pass before she realized she had to grow up－again－and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her．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 earth can ask, ‘why me?' about something or other,” she insists．“It doesn't do any good．No one is immune(免疫的)to heartache, pain, and disappointments．Sometimes we can make things better by helping others．I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time．I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be．”

阅读理解

　　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 about 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 morn," 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 practiced 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 would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her．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 earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists．"It doesn't do any good．No one is immune(免疫的)to heartache, pain, and disappointments．Sometimes we can make things better by helping others．I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time．I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be．"

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　　Mary’s parents are different from the average．While she was 　　1　　 up they required her to 　　2　　．First of all she had to work around their home．Later on Mary worked for other people．

　　When Mary was 14 years old, her mother and father told her that they were no 　　3　　 going to buy her clothes．Sure, they would continue to buy shoes for her and also the special clothes 　　4　　 suits, but 　　5　　 else was her responsibility(责任)．Some people thought that they were 　　6　　．But they wanted to teach Mary some 　　7　　 lessons．One thing she learned was that nothing is cheap or 　　8　　．She learned how to deal with her money 　　9　　．Another thing she learned was how to keep from 　　10　　 out her clothes too fast．

　　Also, even 　　11　　 Mary went to school she was 　　12　　 to work．All through her high school and 　　13　　 years she worked as well as studied．Mary’s parents had plenty of 　　14　　 but they felt she would 　　15　　 her education more if she had to 　　16　　 it．And strange 　　17　　 it may seem, they had heard that students who worked part time generally got 　　18　　 grades than students who did no work．

　　Now Mary is a mother herself．She requires her 　　19　　 to do the same 　　20　　 she did, especially working part time as they go to school．