Olivia Rusk-an excellent bald girl

Olivia Rusk has filled a lot of roles for someone who’s 14.She is a model.She delivers encouraging speeches, she’s a talk-show host for Radio Disney.

Now the high school freshman from Indianapolis has published a book, Just Your Average Teenager Who Happens to Be Bald(禿頂) .She hopes to give 20, 000 free copies to young people.

  Where does she get her motivation to do so many things? At least partially, she credits her baldness. "Something that could have traumatized me has actually given me so many opportunities that I would have never had," she says. “Most people assume I have cancer," she says, "which is totally fine. (But) I'm not sick or anything."

    She was hired by Radio Disney at age 10 after another on-air personality interviewed her about what it was like as a girl living without hair. Managers at Disney were so impressed with her articulate answers and maturity that they offered her a job.

    She decided early in her childhood — months after losing most of her hair — not to cover up her condition. "When I was 8 years old, I got a custom wig(假發(fā))," she says. "No one knew I was bald. It looked completely natural. But one day I woke up and said, 'Mom, I'm not wearing my wig to school. I want people to know the real me.' "

    She speaks out against bullying(斯侮)through her group, Olivia's Cause. She does not recall ever being bullied herself — which she attributes to her confidence in dealing with others. She knows others with alopecia have been bullied, however, and has felt it necessary to form this group.

    Her mom daily admires her daughter's pluck. "She's one of the strongest and most determined people I've known," Sandy Rusk says. "She's been that way since she was little."

56.Although Olivia Rusk is very young, she _   

  A. has played many roles in films B. is at college in Indianapolis

C. has got a job in Radio Disney     D. has written 20,000 books

57.According to the passage Olivia Rusk's baldness      

  A. is very important as a model        B.has hurt her too much

  C. is a kind of terrible cancer       D.gives benefit instead of harm

58.Why did Olivia Rusk decide not to wear her wig?

  A. Because her wig looked completely natural.

  B. Because she has been offered a job at Disney

  C. Because she wanted to he real herself.

  D. Because she was bullied by other students.

59.Olivia Rusk formed the organization of Olivia's Cause to     

  A.show her self-trust             B. fight against bullying

C. learn about baldness           D. help the strongest people

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Fun Day

To celebrate the Year of the snake

Organised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High School

Date: 2 February 2013

Time: 10 am—5 pm

Place: Kwun Tong Playground

Fee: $20 (buy three get one free)

Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance

Highlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera

          2) learn to make festival food

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                All are welcome!

                  Free Soft Drinks

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● Tickets are available at the General Office of Lam Tin Youth Center

● For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.

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C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.

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A. $20.                         B. $40.                        C.$80.                 D. $60.      

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Fun Day

To celebrate the Year of the snake

Organised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High School

Date: 2 February 2013

Time: 10 am—5 pm

Place: Kwun Tong Playground

Fee: $20 (buy three get one free)

Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance

Highlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera

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                  Free Soft Drinks

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● For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.

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C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

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4.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.

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