Question

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”

“It’s terrible,” I replied.

“And marriage is even worse!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1.The writer lived in       when she was a teenager.

A. Russia       B. Japan        C. China

2.At first she thought life in the factory would be       than in school.

A. more careful     B. more colorful       C. more beautiful

3.When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement       .

A. by doing nothing    B. in a special way     C. by saying nothing

4.After they visited the factory, the girl       .

A. decided to work there     B. decided to get married    C. changed her mind

5.The underlined work “horrible” means “    ” in Chinese.

A. 糟糕的       B. 紧张的       C. 浪漫的

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者在这篇短文中介绍了她自己在小时候不爱上学，后来父亲亲自带她去工厂参观，改变了她的浪漫想法，从而开始努力学习。最终在英语方面取得不凡的成就，去了联合国工作。

1.根据When I was a teenager growing up in Russia,描述可知她小时候住在俄罗斯，故选A。

2.根据I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory.及下文描述可知他认为在工厂的生活会比学校的生活更多姿多彩，故选B。

3.根据第一段I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We’ll go to the brick factory.”及下文描述，可知父亲用一种特殊的方式回答了我的问题，故选B。

4.根据It was terrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”及上下文描述，可知作者做个改变了他的浪漫想法。故选C。

5.联系下文I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”及“It’s terrible,”，可知她认为这里是很糟糕的。故选A。

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