Erin Brockovich grew up in Kansas, USA. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.

In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm (律师事务所) helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later.

Her job was to organize papers (文件). One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual, so she started to look for more information about the town.

Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory called Pacific Gas and Electric. Then she discovered that there was something called chromium(铬) in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.

Erin started a law case (诉讼) against Pacific Gas and Electric. The factory wasn’t happy about this. They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water — but in 1996 the judge (法官) ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.

In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own firm and she gives talks all over the world.

1.Erin worked for a law firm because _______.

A. she studied law in college B. she wanted to help sick people

C. the firm paid her lots of money D. the firm helped her after a car accident

2.How might Erin feel when she found many papers had to do with Hinkley?

A. Strange. B. Satisfied. C. Angry. D. Worried.

3.What does the underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?

A. 坚持 B. 考虑 C. 发现 D. 抱怨

4.The passage is mainly about _______.

A. Erin’s life experience B. a film in 2000

C. how to work on a law case D. how to care for sick people

A teenage girl couldn’t stand her parents’ family rules, so she left home.

She wanted to be ______, but she had poor education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has died. Her mother is an old woman. But she is still ______ her daughter. She has been to every corner of the city. Everywhere she goes, she ______ a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “I still love you..., ______ home!”

One day, the daughter saw one of the photos. The face was familiar (熟悉). “Is that my mother?” She moved closer and read the ______: I still love you... She cried. When she got home, it was early morning. She ______ the door. The door opened itself. She rushed to her mother’s ______. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, “It’s me! Your ______ is back home!” The mother and daughter held each other, full of ______ tears (眼泪). The daughter asked, “Why is the door not locked? A thief could get in.” The mother answered ______, “The door has never been locked since you left.”

The door of parents’ love for their children will never be closed.

1.A. poor B. famous C. pretty D. sick

2.A. looking through B. looking for C. looking after D. looking up

3.A. looks at B. gives up C. finds out D. puts up

4.A. come back B. go back C. run back D. run away

5.A. words B. photo C. poster D. picture

6.A. pulled B. unlocked C. knocked on D. locked

7.A. bathroom B. living room C. kitchen D. bedroom

8.A. daughter B. son C. grandchild D. father

9.A. angry B. moody C. happy D. sad

10.A. politely B. softly C. exactly D. loudly

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