1.Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________.
A. New York B. London C. New Jersey D. Washington
2.When Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ________.
A. their hometown B. the capital of England C. New Jersey D. a small city in England
3.They went to London by ________.
A. sea B. plane C. train D. bus
4.From the story we know that this was the ________ time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to
London.
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
5.What does the sentence "But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London"
mean?
A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.
B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.
C. We can see more sights of London.
D. We have little time to see the sights of London.
二十四 CBBAD
二十五
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage (孤儿院) knew little about her. The
streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They
left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and
write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else to be independent(独
立). At twenty - one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary(秘书). And then, in
1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She
entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now
her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because' she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be
something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into
television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had
trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” she says. Luckily, she had a
boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management(管理) at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She
started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the
University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography(摄影). She has
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