I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.“Mom，come here！There's this lady here my size！”
The mother rushed to her son；then she turned to me to say sorry to me.
I smiled and told her，“It's OK.”Then I talked to the boy，“Hi，I'm Dory Kramer. How are you？”
He studied me from head to toe，and asked，“Are you a little mommy？”
“Yes，I have a son,” I answered.
“Why are you so little?”he asked.
“It's the way I was born,” I said.“Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions，I shook the boy's hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance( 一瞥) to see I’m different. I stand three feet nine inches tall(=1.14 metres).I was born a dwarf．In spite of this，I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids called me names (辱骂).Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year.
But I learned to smile and face the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality. When people are rude，I remind myself，“Look what else I have－a great family，nice friends.”
1.Why did the mother say sorry to Dory Kramer?
A．Because the boy ran into the author.
B．Because the boy hit the author.
C．Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D．Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.
2.What does a dwarf look like?
A．Of medium height. B．Very tall.
C．Very short. D．Very thin.
3.When did the author realize that she was too short?
A．When she grew up.
B．When she was 47 years old.
C．When she began to go to school.
D．When she met the boy in the supermarket.
4.What does the sentence “What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality”mean?
A. Although I am not tall, I often dress up to make myself different.
B. Although I am not tall, I can make myself tall by dressing up.
C. Although I am not tall, I try to keep it as my personal secrets.
D. Although I am not tall, I can make myself good with good personal qualities.
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Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one 16 that I will never forget.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us about 17 things in life and about devoting ourselves to what we really need. This is how the story went:
18 lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the underground. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and 19 . He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at 20 street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His 21 was dirty, and a stench （恶臭） came out. The neighbors could not bear the 22 any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and 23 the house. There were small bags of 24 all over the house that he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon 25 that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house expecting to 26 the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a 27 man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said 28 ;he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up 29 ,went to the underground, sat at the same street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, 30 or anything significant (重大的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story but to stay focused on the things we enjoy doing.
1.A. class B. teacher C. lesson D. study
2.A. important B. difficult C. thoughtful D. grateful
3.A. An office man B. An old man C. A sick man D. A rude man
4.A. sing B. sleep C. think D. beg
5.A. a different B. another C. the same D. a strange
6.A. house B. coat C. cap D. bag
7.A. smell B. house C. rubbish D. money
8.A. moved B. cleaned C. hit D. opened
9.A. food B. money C. books D. clothes
10.A. told B. said C. realized D. thought
11.A. tell B. share C. cover D. discuss
12.A. rich B. lucky C. nice D. hardworking
13.A. thanks B. something C. nothing D. much
14.A. much later B. much earlier C. so quickly D. as usual
15.A. friends B. jobs C. chances D. dreams
—Did you hear about the terrible accident ?
—Yes, but I don’t know _________.
A. where was it happened
B. where it was happened
C. where did it happen
D. where it happened
The World Bank has warned that rising food prices are pushing ________ people below poverty line (ƶ����).
A. millions of B. million of C. million D. millions
Tina is showing off her new phone. She won't stop ________about it.
A. talk B. to talk C. talks D. talking
