When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, " No! You are going to college. " He took me by surprise when he said, "OK. We'll go to the brick factory. "
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. ' I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gates, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, "Take your time. Look around." I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my. father and said, "I want to go home. "
He asked me, "What do you think of the factory?"
"It's terrible," I replied.
"And marriage is even worse!" he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!
小题1: The writer lived in_________ when she was a teenager.
A. Russia B. Japan C. China
小题2:At first she thought life in the factory would be _ _ than in school.
A. more careful B. more colorful C. more beautiful
小题3:When she told her father that she wanted to leave school, he expressed his disagreement________.
A. by doing nothing B. in a special way C. by saying nothing
小题4: After they visited the factory, the girl________.
A. decided to work there B. decided to get married C. changed her mind
小题5:The underlined word "horrible" means "_ _" in Chinese.
A. 糟糕的 B. 紧张的 C. 浪漫的
