2014 届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读理解极限突破测试卷(32) <br />When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and <br />take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have <br />something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment <br />on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," <br />she recalls. <br /> The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many <br />awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret <br />ignoring her morn," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits. <br /> Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life <br />as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the <br />money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), <br />an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for <br />a book like this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics <br />to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing <br />the disease." <br /> But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes <br />that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing <br />news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that <br />she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to <br />a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow <br />u p ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then <br />did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, <br />and begin to follow a balanced diet. <br /> Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines <br />of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, <br />'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one <br />is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make <br />things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've <br />grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be." <br />( ) 1. Why did Mary feel regretful? <br /> A. She didn't achieve her ambition. <br /> B. She didn't take care of her mother. <br />C. She didn't complete her high school. <br />D. She didn't follow her mother's advice. <br />( ) 2. We can know that before 1995 Mary <br /> A. had two books published <br />B. received many career awards <br />C. knew how to use a computer <br />D. supported the JDRF by writing <br />( ) 3. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her . <br />A. living with diabetes <br /> B. successful show business <br />C. service for an ...
