Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. When she was 16, her father
her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and
education, the future didn't look bright for Lilly.
Lilly's father was a stubborn man who
took “no” for an answer. He told Lilly to find a job. With small hope of gaining
, each day, she would just ride to the city, walk
around and at dusk return home.
On one of her trips, Lilly saw a sign at a big company.
she knocked on her very first door. In her
English, Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the position of being a secretary. The manager
to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a single letter, and then
. Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11：40 a．m. She thought everyone would be leaving for lunch at noon, when she could
away in the crowd. But she knew she should
the letter.
On her first try, Lilly got through one line of five words and made four mistakes. On her second attempt, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock: 11：55—five minutes to
. Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly over to Lilly, read the letter and said, “Lilly, you're doing
work !”
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her
began to grow. Lilly thought，“Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay！” Lilly did stay—all because someone gave a
and uncertain girl the gift of self---confidence when she knocked on the door.
| 小题1: | | A．reminded | B．forced | C．encouraged | D．helped |
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| 小题2: | | A．poor | B．formal | C．good | D．modern |
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| 小题3: | | A．often | B．usually | C．sometimes | D．hardly |
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| 小题4: | | A．employment | B．improvement | C．judgment | D．development |
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| 小题5: | | A．carefully | B．happily | C．aimlessly | D．rapidly |
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| 小题6: | | A．Confidently | B．Proudly | C．Calmly | D．Nervously |
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| 小题7: | | A．broken | B．perfect | C．written | D．fluent |
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| 小题8: | | A．refused | B．decided | C．pretended | D．failed |
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| 小题9: | | A．stopped | B．continued | C．left | D．sighed |
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| 小题10: | | A．break | B．slip | C．pass | D．drive |
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| 小题11: | | A．read | B．write | C．attempt | D．deliver |
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| 小题12: | | A．freedom | B．success | C．discussion | D．reward |
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| 小题13: | | A．terrible | B．excellent | C．honest | D．easy |
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| 小题14: | | A．belief | B．patience | C．confidence | D．strength |
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| 小题15: | | A．shy | B．lonely | C．selfless | D．modest |
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