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Years ago I worked at a factory in a small county. Every day I got up very early and often did
much extra work at night. I was so tired and exhausted. My whole life was hopeless. Then one day I
read the following article from a magazine:
"A woman went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert (沙漠) during the war.
She simply hated the place: the heat was almost un-bearable, 125 degrees in the shade, the wind blew
incessantly, and there was sand-sand everywhere. Finally, in desperation (不顾一切地) she wrote her
parents in Ohio that she couldn't stand it another minute and was coming home.
Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father——just two lines:
"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw the mud, the other saw stars."
The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intellect (思维) but also with her heart. She
decided to stick to her post.
She made friends with the natives, learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book about
it.
The desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had. Because she listened with her heart to the words
her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her."
A change of attitude could change everything.
After reading the article, I was deep in thought (陷入沉思)…
1. The underlined word "unbearable" means ____________ in Chinese.
A. 难以想象的
B. 难以克服的
C. 难以忍受的
D. 难以适应的
2. After she received her father's reply, the woman__________.
A. went back home
B. was coming home
C. decided to stay there
D. decided to go back home with her husband
3. From her father's reply, we can infer (推断) that ____________.
A. two men looked out from prison bars
B. one man was in prison, the other was out of prison
C. two men were out of prison
D. her parents wanted her to stay there with her husband
4. Which of the followingis wrong according to the passage?
A. A woman went to live with her husband in a big city.
B. The woman finally made friends with the natives.
C. She wrote her parents that she was coming.
D. The woman received her parents' reply by airmail.
5. The main idea of this passage is that __________.
A. a woman went to live with her husband in camp
B. the desert hadn't changed, but her attitude had
C. the daughter's parents wanted her to stay with her husband
D. a change of attitude could change everything
