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Mary Cochran went out of the rooms where she lived with her father, Dr, Lester Cochran, at seven o’clock on a Sunday evening. It was June of the year 1988, and Mary was eighteen years old. She was walking along Tremont, lined with small shops and shabby houses, a rather quiet cheerless place on Sundays where there few people about. She had told her father she was going to church but did not intend anything of the kind. She did not know what she wanted to do. “I will get off by myself and think,” she told herself as she walked slowly along. The night, she thought, promised to be too fine to spent sitting in a church and hearing a man talk of things that had nothing to do with her own problem. Her own affairs were approaching nothing but a crisis, and it was time for her to begin thinking seriously of her future.

The thoughtful serious state of mind in which Mary found herself had been put by a conversation she had with her father on the evening before. Without any talk of the kind before and quite suddenly, he had told her that he was a victim of heart disease and might be gone at any moment. He had made the announcement as they stood together in his office, behind which the father and daughter lived.

1.What did Mary intend to do that night?

    A.She decided to go to church.

    B.She decided not to think about the problem.

    C.She decided to talk over the problem with her father again.

    D.She wanted to be left alone.

2.What put Mary in a serious state of mind?

    A.The uncertainty of her future

    B.Her knowledge of her father’s health condition.

    C.Her concern about her father’s sudden decision.

    D.Her worry about her meeting with the churchman.

3.Where did Mary live?

    A.Opposite the church.            

B.In a shabby house.

    C.In a small shop                                   

D.In the same building as her father’s office.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

    A.A Life Challenge to Mary Cochran.                 

B.How to React at the Presence of Danger.

C.Dr. Lester Cochran Had a Heart Attack             

D.An Unexpected Attack.

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