I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to her that my left arm was missing, below the elbow. Then he gave her some advice: “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls. Demand more.” And she did!

My mother had to work to support our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen and said, “Mum, I can’t peel potatoes. I only have one hand.”

“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”

Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand, while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a way, and Mom knew it. “If you try hard enough,” she’d say, “you can do anything.”

Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars(单杠). When it was my turn, I shook my head. Some kids laughed. I went home crying.

After work the next afternoon, Mom took me back to the school playground.

“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I practiced, and she praised me when I made progress.

I’ll never forget the praised time when I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.

It was the way with everything. When I fear I can’t deal with things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.

46.Which of the following about the writer is TRUE?

A. Her mother took better care of her than of her sister.   B. She was born without the left hand.

C. She had five sisters in her family.                  D. She never wrote at school.

47.From this reading, we know that_______

A. the writer’s mother was a housewife at home 

B. the writer had to race across the monkey bars once a year at school 

C. the writer’s mother was asked to school to teach her to race across the monkey bars

D. the writer had a strict but patient mother

48.The sentence “The kids were standing there with their mouths open.” shows that_______.

A. the kids were hungry            B. there was something wrong with their mouths.

C. the kids felt very surprised.       D. the kids wanted to open their mouths to say “Ah…”

49.The writer’s mum asked her to peel potatoes because_______.

A. her mum was too busy cooking and had no time to do it herself

B. her mum wanted to teach her a lesson because she had told a lie.

C. her mum was teaching her to learn to solve problems in her own way

D. her sisters couldn’t help her mum do the housework

50.This reading mainly tells us_______.

A. the writer had a hard childhood

B. how the writer learned to peel potatoes and cross the monkey bars.

C. it is Mom’s encouragement that helped the writer learn and get over difficulties

D. the writer had an able mother

阅读理解

　　Mrs White is twenty-six years old now. She worked in a shop until she had a baby two years ago. She and her husband love their son, Jim, very much. He told her to leave the shop and stay at home. She takes good care of the little boy. Her husband is pleased. Now the boy is strong. He can walk and speak. Mr White always plays with him when he was free.

　　It was Monday yesterday. The weather was cold and Mrs White forgot to put on her sweater when she went to do some cooking for Jim. She didn't fell very well after lunch and had to go to a hospital. A doctor looked her over and said she had a cold and gave her some medicine. When she got home, she went to pour (倒) some water for herself. But she found the little boy swallowed a pill (吞下一片药) . She was very afraid and didn't know what to do. She thought for a few minutes and called her mother and told her about it on the telephone.

　　“Does your husband know about it?” asked the old woman.

　　“No, he is at work now,” answered Mrs White, “I'm sure he'll be angry with me if he knows about it!”

　　“You're right, my dear! Now take your son's clothes off!”

根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。

1．Mrs White had a baby when she was twenty-two.

2．Mr White told his wife to leave the shop because she had to take care of herself.

3．Mrs White was too fat, so she went to see the doctor.

4．Mrs White was afraid her husband would be angry with her.

5．The old woman told her daughter to take Jim's clothes off.

完成对话，每空格限填一词。