Question

  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

Answer 1

[文章大意]這是一篇人物介紹。文章講述了Mary Moore 的故事。她是一個(gè)贏得過(guò)許多獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的女演員，然而流產(chǎn)和身患糖尿病的不幸經(jīng)歷曾使她逃避和沉淪，但隨后她覺醒和振作起來(lái)，并最終投身于糖尿病的防治工作之中。

4. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句"Only recently,when she began to write Growing Up Again,did she regret igno?ring her mum."可知，Mary Moore是在為她沒(méi)有聽從母親的建議而懊悔。

5. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第-段第一句"UnHke her 1995 auto-biography,After All,her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress…”可知，Mary Moore在1995年之前獲得過(guò)不少獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。第二段第二句"In her career,Mary won many awards."也有提示。所以答案是B.

6. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第王段中的"…h(huán)er second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病) ."可知選A.

7. A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的"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 again and take control of her diabetes.”可知，當(dāng)Mary Moore聽到改變她人生的消息時(shí)，她孩子氣地選擇了逃避，數(shù)年后，她才意識(shí)到她必須控制糖尿病。由此可推斷她當(dāng)時(shí)情緒失控。