Mary was a four-year-old girl. She was interested in drawing very much. Mary showed her drawings to everyone. She especially wanted to impress her father, but her dad always seemed to be too busy.

One day, Mary wanted to learn to draw houses. She used many hours to draw a really beautiful house with a big garden. Herself, Mom and Dad were looking out of the house. On the lawn was the little dog, she wanted to have it so much.

“Look, mom!”

“Oh, Mary, this is so beautiful! Your best ever!”

Mary was very happy and said, “I’ll show this to Dad now!”

She ran to the door of the room where her dad worked.

“Dad!” Mary knocked on the door. “I want you to see the house I made!”

“I’m sorry, Mary, I am busy. Can’t you show it to someone else?” her dad answered in the room. Mary looked down at her drawing and her tears came down.

“I don’t want to show it to anyone else. I want to show it to my dad. You’re the only dad I have!”

Mary’s mom felt so heavy in her heart and she got ready for a hug. But before she took another step, the door opened and Mary’s dad appeared.

“I’m sorry Mary. I was foolish! Come here and we’ll look at your drawing!”

Daughter and the only dad she had walked into the room to enjoy the child’s beautiful work of art.

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

  A. Mary liked drawing very much.

  B. Mary’s mother saw Mary’s drawing.

  C. Mary’s brother often played with her in the garden.

  D. Mary wanted her father to see her drawing very much.

2. The underlined word “lawn” may be ______ in Chinese.

  A. 海滩       B. 草坪     C. 森林     D. 广场

3. We can learn from the passage that _______.

  A. In fact, Mary really drew very well. 

  B. Mary’s mother could draw well too.

  C. Mary loved her father deeply.

  D. Mary’s father was repairing a bike at that time.

4. What did Mary draw on her drawing?

  A. A beautiful house with a big garden.

  B. Her parents and herself.

  C. A little dog that she dreamed to own.

  D. All above.

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

  A. You’re My Only Dad.       B. My Drawing was the Best.

  C. Buy a Lovely Dog for Me.   D. Parents Love Me.

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.

When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.

They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.

On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.

The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.

Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.

“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”

1. After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.

A. to study industrial management (工业管理)

B. to buy and read more mystery books

C. to do market research on book business

D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore

2. How did their bookstore do in the first year?

A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.

B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.

C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.

D. They failed though they worked hard.

3.According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _________.

A. to pay for children’s education

B. to get to know more writers

C. to set up more bookstores

D. to do what they like to do

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her  job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole  $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
【小题1】 After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.