In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom (開花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school In Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (憂郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom. I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t know, poke greens are a weed-type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph. D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (傳家寶), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things. (360 words)
小題1:“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.
A．a(chǎn) program directed by Dorothy
B．a(chǎn) course given by the author
C．a(chǎn)n activity held by the students
D．a(chǎn)n organization sponsored by Union college
小題2: In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing __________.
A．the long trackB．the poor houses
C．the same trainD．the winding road
小題3:Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by __________.
A．a(chǎn) warm welcomeB．the sight of poke greens
C．Dorothy’s latest projectsD．a(chǎn) big dinner made for her
小題4:What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?
A. She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.
B. She got a pen as a gift from the author.
C. She passed the required assessment.
D. She received her Ph. D. degree.
小題5:What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.
B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment.
C．However poor you are, you have the right to education,
D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D

小題1:根據(jù)文章第一段的意思特別是when I was teaching Early Children        Development through a program.可知。這是作者所教的課程。
小題2:根據(jù)文章第二段的描述，特別是the poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses ·····可知，shabby “破舊的;破敗的;破爛的”。
小題3:根據(jù)文章第三段：I was greeted with smiling face an treat......serving poke greens salad ...可知，作者受到了這所小學學生和老師的熱烈歡迎。
小題4:根據(jù)最后一段：Dorothy was ready,She came to the assessment and passed in all areas.可知。
小題5:根據(jù)文章的描述，Dorothy在那么貧窮的地方，卻把 Early Children Development“早期兒童教育”做得那么出色，給作者留下了深刻的印象�？芍墙鹱臃旁谀膬憾寄馨l(fā)光。故選D。A項：whatever you do ,you must do it carefully“無論你做什么，你必須要小心”。B項：whoever you are ,you deserve equal treatment.“不管你是誰，你應該得到平等的待遇。”項：however poor you are, you have the right to education.“不管你有多貧窮，你有教育的權利�！�
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