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.

I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman."You look36  Come and sit here,she  said. 37   are you going?"

"I don' t know. I just want to catch a 38          and see what it will be like at the

end."

"I' m afraid you' 11 see     39   there. Why don't you enjoy the sights on the way?"

“How can I do that while my heart’s  40  ?” I asked sadly. “My best friend had left me.”

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. "Don' t cry, little girl. Ive had a similar experience to you.Thirty- five     41    ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad.I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took     42    to the sea.    43they seemed to know what would happen, so they    44   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me 45     . How could I    46  my hope to live for one of life' s problems? Alter that,I worked hard to raise the children.Now They all live 47      and one of lthem has his own family.

Then the woman gave me a     48  ,” We should never wait for the door to 49       before us.We should find the key to the 50  or try to find another way.”

The bus came and I got on it with a smile.

1.A. tired              B. excited        C. happy

2.A. What       B. How          C. Where

3.A. train       B. bus           C. boat

4.A. nothing     B. everything     C. something

5.A. smiling     B. breaking       C. dancing

6.A. days        B. weeks         C. years

7.A. her         B. them          C. him 

8.A. So          B. Or            C. However

9.A. laughed     B. cried          C. spoke

10.A. in           B. out           C. up

11.A. give away    B. give up        C. get up

12.A. happily      B. sadly          C. badly

13.A. cry          B. shout         C. smile

14.A. open        B. close          C. lock

15.A. classroom   B. office          C. door

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I worked in a shop three years ago. A girl started working there a few months after me. I met her often but we never t_1._. We just saw each o__2.__ and smiled.

She would always smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the same department again. She smiled as if she was the h___3.___ girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s w___4.___ with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I can feel you’re very sad but you’re always t___5.___ to hide it.” Her mouth just dropped as if I had discovered her deepest s___6.____, so we started talking. She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was trying to hide it. Time w__7.___ by and we became good friends. Later she said that I had changed her life in many w__8.__. Today this girl is one of my best friends. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that you never know when you’re helping y___9.___. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a t___10.___ friend.

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Jane spent her holiday in Scotland. Two days ago, she  【小题1】 a letter to Mary and today Mr. Black received a card   【小题2】 her.
"What does Jane  【小题3】 in her card, Mum? Let me have a look." Mary said.
Jane said in her card, "I visited a lot of places. How are you all? I miss you very much."
Mary stopped   【小题4】 the card and said, "The words in the card are less than  【小题5】 in the letter. Her letter was  【小题6】 of things. Let me read it for you." "I went to Edinburgh by train. I stayed there for three    【小题7】 and then I went to the mountains. I met a lot of young people there. They have climbed some mountains. I have been to many  【小题8】 lakes. I find that Scotland is   【小题9】 more beautiful than England. By the way, the restaurant is very nice  【小题10】  I have made many new friends. I'm having a wonderful time here now."