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.

 

阅读理解

One of the problems career people(上班族) have in the morning is dressing for the office when there will be an evening party immediately followed, with no time to return home to change. The easiest solution is to keep a full set of toiletries (洗漱用品) and make-ups stored somewhere at the office. A woman going to an evening party should dress in one of her “basic dresses” in the morning—the kind that can change into a different look with an added scarf or jewelry. In fifteen minutes, when her office day has ended, she can metamorphose(彻底变化) herself into another person with freshly cleaned teeth, combed hair, a new face, a different and dressier(漂亮的) pair of shoes, and some sparkling jewelry. If she must wear a long dress for the party, she should bring it to the office in a protective bag and store it safely until she has to put it on.

1.What’s a problem for the career people from this passage?

A. They must wear uniforms at work.

B. They have no dresses to wear.

C. They often have no time to change clothes for an evening party after work.

D. They have to go to the party.

2. The easiest solution is ____.

A. to keep a full set of toiletries and make-ups stored somewhere at the office

B. not to go to the party

C. to take a taxi home

D. to finish work earlier

3. If a woman is going to a party, she should wear ____ in the morning.

A. a nice dress B. a “basic dress”    C. her uniform        D. casual clothes

4. How long does it take a woman to change herself at least?

A. About five minutes. B. About fifteen minutes.

C. About half an hour. D. About fifty minutes.

5.If a woman must wear a long dress for the party, she should ____.

A. wear it in the morning                  B. buy one in the shop

C. borrow one from her workmate            D. bring it to the office

 

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.”
【小题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.

【小题2】What does a dwarf look like?

A．Of medium height.	B．Very tall.
C．Very short.	D．Very thin.

【小题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.

【小题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.

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a stranger. “My mum made it just for me,” She said with tears in her eyes.

“Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”

The little girl answered in a low voice, “After mum made me this dress, she went away. My dad says that she's up in heaven now with Grandfather.”

Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms.

Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange. She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing. She sang softly. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, “My mum often sang that song to me before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop.”

“See”, she said loudly, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot (印迹) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my mum kissed  my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”

Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother. The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer.

So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress. Now her child was wearing it so proudly.

The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (包) in her mother's love.

46. Who told the little girl to sing a song when she was crying?                       

A. the lady.                               B. her father.        

C. her mother.                             D. her grandfather.

47. Why was the little girl crying?                                

A. Because her mother went to a big city.   

B. Because her mother died.

C. Because her mother went out with her grandfather.        

D. Because her mother was ill in hospital.

48. The little girl showed the lady           .                        

A. how rich she was                        B. her happiness

C. how beautiful she was                   D. her mother's love

49. What do we know about the lady in the passage?                              

A. She was kind to the girl.               B. She was beautiful.

C. She was worried to see the girl.        D. She was a careless woman.

50. It can be learned from the passage that            .                                           

A. The girl's mother went away because of cancer.

B. Mother's love is the greatest in the world

C. A girl should wear a dress made by her mother

D. A mother should take her child with her wherever she goes.