When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom. “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up－again－and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
【小題1】Why did Mary feel regretful?

A．She didn’t achieve her ambition.
B．She didn’t take care of her mother.
C．She didn’t complete her high school.
D．She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.
【小題2】We can know that before 1995 Mary      .
A．had two books published
B．received many career awards
C．knew how to use a computer
D．supported the JDRF by writing
【小題3】Mary’s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her      .
A．living with diabetesB．successful show business
C．service for an organizationD．remembrance of her mother
【小題4】When Mary received the life-changing news, she      .
A．lost control of herselfB．began a balanced diet
C．tried to get a treatment D．behaved in an adult way
【小題5】What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Mary feels pity for herself.
B．Mary has recovered from her disease.
C．Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D．Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：這是一篇人物介紹。文章講述了Mary Moore的故事。她是一個贏得過許多獎項(xiàng)的女演員，流產(chǎn)和身患糖尿病使她曾經(jīng)逃避、沉淪但隨后她覺醒振作，最終投身糖尿病的防治。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第二句：Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom.可知Mary Moore是在為未能聽從母親的建議而懊悔。選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句：Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress…可知，她的第二本書并不像1995出版的自傳那樣，對自己獲得的獎項(xiàng)卻介紹得更少了。由此可推斷Mary Moore在1995年之前獲得過不少獎項(xiàng)。第二段第二句：In her career, Mary won many awards也有提示。所以答案選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題�？稍诘谌蔚谝痪洌骸環(huán)er second book is less about life as an　award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病)中找到答案。可知瑪麗的第二本書Growing Up Again主要是關(guān)于她的得糖尿病的生活，選A。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段，特別是第四、五句“In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up－again－and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her.”當(dāng)Mary Moore聽到改變她人生的消息時，她孩子氣地選擇了逃避，數(shù)年后，她才意識到她必須控制糖尿病而不是被它控制，由此可推斷她當(dāng)時失去了控制。選A。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第四、五、六句“Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”可知Mary Moore感受到了幫助別人的重要性，并盡可能地去幫助別人。故選C。
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When asked what it meant that her name would now be mentioned at the same moment as German greats like Thomas Mann and Heinrich Bll, Ms Müller remained calm.“I am now nothing better and I'm nothing worse，” she said.“My inner thing is writing.That's what I can persist_in,_and if nothing special happens, I will never give up.”
Earlier in the day, at a news conference in Stockholm, Peter Englund，secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Ms Müller was honored for her “very, very special language” and because “she has really a story to tell about...and growing up as a stranger in your own family.”
【小題1】Which of the following statements about Ms Müller is true?

A．Most of her works have been translated into English.
B．She immigrated to Germany from Romania when she was 35.
C．She's the first Romanian writer that has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
D．She is the first German writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature in the 21st
century.
【小題2】Before getting the Nobel Prize, Ms Müller __________.
A．was famous for her works
B．lived a poor but happy life
C．was not well?known to most people
D．had enough confidence in winning it
【小題3】The underlined words “persist in” in Paragraph 6 mean __________.
A．refuse to do B．continue to do
C．stop to do D．a(chǎn)gree to do
【小題4】We can learn from the passage that __________.
A．Ms Müller's special language and experience made her get the Nobel Prize
B．most of Ms Müller's novels are unsuccessful works
C．Ms Müller felt much better after she won the Nobel Prize
D．Ms Müller was honored because of her wonderful description about German's
life

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