As-dream-comes-true.doc

As dream comes true
We all have dreams. Yet so few of us fulfill (履行，实现)them. Often , a dream dies as quickly as it is born because we lack the confidence to keep it. When I was old enough to understand the realities of life , I realized that society puts a high value on youth , beauty and intellectual（智力的，聪明的） achievement. This discovery gave me some idea to develop my dream.
I know beauty is something I will never have. So I didn’t dream of becoming beautiful. But I didn’t see it as something bad because it forced me to concentrate my energy to develop my other qualities. What people see in the handicapped（障碍，不利条件） is only their appearance of being handicapped. People are not impressed with the ability that lies inside every handicapped person.
My dream was simple. I dreamed of becoming a typist（打字员） when I was in secondary school. I always hoped to be able to master the typewriter. This magic machine would be my passport（护照，通行证） to getting a job. I come from a poor family of five children and the best that my parents could give us was a good school education. But, of course, this achievement proved to be no sure guarantee of getting a job in an office. The employment field was a highly competitive place. It gave not only keen（强烈的，热心的） competition to a handicapped job-seeker but also the unfriendly treatment from the physically strong and healthy. They see the handicapped as the back row of society.
However, I refused to sit in the back row. I took a brave step to break through the wall that isolates（使隔离） the handicapped. I decided to take a course in typing run by the governmnet. I filled in the detailed information in the application form and wrote down typing as my training course. When I handed over the form to the interviewer, she looked at me then moved her eyes to my body. She left and discussed with another member of the staff at the center. I had decided that it must be typing, or nothing. When the interviewer returned, she advised me to changemy choice from typing. “ Why don’t you take up dressmaking so you can earn while at home ? You cannot hope to compete with college graduates,” she said. “ Offices prefer to hire smartlu dressed, pretty girls with beautiful hands, ” she added.
I knew I didn’t have those qualifications. But I was determined to stay with my choice of typing, “ I will be a really good typist,” I told her. She accepted me. The typing instuctor admitted me into his class to give me one month as a trial（试验的） period to find out whether I could really handle the course well. I had tried my very best to master the machine. I was allowed to continue with the course after the trial period.
On the fifth month of the six-month course, I was called to the office of the chief instructor. I was one of five students in our class who was chosen to do some copy typing from the files（文件，文档） of the department. I knew I would was chosen to do some copy typing from the files of the department. I knew I would be very efficient. While I was working hard on the typewriter, taking every care to neat（整洁，整齐） and fast, my other companions spent their time talking and reading. I finished half of the work given to all of us.
More work came to me after this test. I could see quite clearly the way to achieving my dream. I was taken on as one of the typists in one of the offices immediately after my graduation. I did not mind starting at the bottom of the ladder. Being a typist was just the beginning of the climb. Having achieved one dream, I set out to achieve others. I worked and studied at the same time, which was no easy task. But the sacrifice proved rewarding.
Overcoming one challenge after another gives me self-confidence. The challenges help strengthen my courage and build up my positive attitude toward life. All these elements are necessary for the dream-come-true formula（公式）, Dreamers should keep reaching out for their dreams, no matter what the pain, until they get what they want in life. When they are settled comfortably, they can sit back and tell the world, “ I did it alone .”

Select the most appropriate answer for each of the following questions.
1. The theme of the article is______
A) that typing is suituable for handicapped people
B) to tell how a handicapped person fulfilled her dream of becoming a typist
C) to encourage the handicapped to become typists
D) that it is not easy for the handicapped to become typists
2. The tone of the article is _______
A) encouraging
B) sad
C) hopeful
D) disappointing
3. For the writer, being physically unattractive is ______
A) unfortunate
B) a good force to develop her other abilities
C) fortunate
D) an obstacle to becoming a typist
4. The sentence “ I refused to sit in the back row. ” ( para.4 , line 1) means that the writer ______
A) didn’t like sitting behind everybody else
B) liked to sit in the front
C) wanted to change her seat
D) didn’t like being looked down on by other people
5. The writer eventually _______
A) became the cleverest student in the typing class
B) achieved her dream
C) failed in her attempt to get the right qualifications
D) gave up dressmaking