When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could
this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my
I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “
You are going to college.” I was very
when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later,
took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends,
together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I
I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we
the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were
. I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was
. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the
?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage is even
!” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard
I could get into a good college. I
studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college. Thanks to my father and our
to the paper 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!
| 小题2: | | A．teacher | B．friend | C．father | D．husband |
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| 小题3: | | A．Yes! | B．No! | C．Really? | D．OK? |
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| 小题4: | | A．angry | B．tired | C．nervous | D．surprised |
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| 小题6: | | A．working | B．studying | C．singing | D．farming |
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| 小题8: | | A．looked at | B．returned to | C．arrived at | D．left for |
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| 小题9: | | A．outside | B．inside | C．back | D．away |
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| 小题10: | | A．terrible | B．wonderful | C．funny | D．special |
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| 小题11: | | A．workers | B．guard | C．building | D．factory |
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| 小题12: | | A．better | B．harder | C．worse | D．easier |
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| 小题13: | | A．but | B．if | C．so that | D．such that |
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| 小题14: | | A．enjoyed | B．stopped | C．disliked | D．minded |
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