The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has got more than eight thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
Going door-to-door after school, the terribly shy Markita changed herself into the cookie-selling dynamo（高手）.
It starts with great wish.
For Markita and her mother, whose husband left them when Markita was eight years old, their dream was to travel the world. “I’ll work hard to make enough money to send you to college,” her mother said one day. “When you leave college, you’ll make enough money to take you and me around the world. Okay?”
So at the age of 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout（童子军）who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world, she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could—more Girl Scout cookies than anyone in the world, ever.
Wish, however, alone is not enough. To make her dream come true, Markita knew she needed a plan.
“When you are doing business, wear your Girl Scout clothes when you go up to people in their building, ” her aunt told her. “Always smile, whether they buy something or not and always be nice.”
Lots of other Scouts may have wanted that trip around the world, but only Markita went off in her own uniform each day after school, ready to ask—and keep asking—people to help in her dream.
Markita sold 3,526 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that year and won her trip around the world. Since then, she has sold more than 42,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
Markita is no cleverer than thousands of other people, with dreams of their own. The difference is that many people fail before they even begin. They fear（恐惧）that they will be refused. This fear leads many of us to refuse ourselves and prevents us from getting where we have set off for long before anyone else ever has the chance—no matter what we are selling.
“It takes courage（勇气）to ask for what you want,” she said. “Courage is not that you don’t have fear. It means doing what it takes although you have a fear of it”.
【小题1】From the passage we learn that ________.

There are many kinds of pollution around us,  36  air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. They are bad __37__ our health in many ways.
Burning gas, oil and coal creates air pollution. It can cause sore eyes and __38__ problems.
With the increase of pollution and the development of industry, litter is everywhere. It makes our environment dirty. People put lots of rubbish in the land. Farmers use too many __39___ in the fields. They destroy the soil. So soil pollution has become serious.
Noise pollution can make people__40__. For example, people may lose their hearing if they work in a _41_ place for a long time. Too much noise can cause high blood pressure __42__.
Working for a long time in strong, changeable light __43__ cause some kinds of illnesses. It makes people feel __44__ and is especially bad for the eyes.
With ___45__ pollution, our planet will become greener and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people.

He was struggling(费劲) to tie his shoes. I was struggling with whether I should help him.

I did, and he was grateful.

“Thank you,” he said.

“I’m glad I could help. I just thought it would be easier for me to reach,” I said.

He was a disabled man, and forced to look down most of the time. His arms and legs were twisted(扭曲的) terribly, and he couldn’t do what the rest of us would consider easy tasks. He always managed to look up to see how you reacted(反应) to his words, however. He had a big smile, making me feel comfortable.

I was still on my knees by his wheelchair.

“ Nice shoes,” he said.

“Thanks. No one ever complimented me on them before,” I said.

“No one has the same view of the world as I do,” he replied.

“Tell me about the world as you see it,” I said smiling.

“Most people can see if someone is comfortable with them or not in their eyes. I see it in their feet.” he said. “If people keep moving their feet, I just let them go, because I know they’re impatient with me. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable.

“What about me? I asked.

“I could see your compassion. And then you came down to my level. I was the one who was nervous.” he said. “I don’t normally have someone look me in the eye.”

“They don’t know what they’re missing,” I told him.

“My old face is nothing to brag(自夸) about.” he said.

“But that smile is so big.”

Yes, and it’s not only a big smile but an attitude.

1. The disabled man knew people were impatient mostly by their _________.

2. The unlined word compassion is the closet in meaning to ___________.

3. We learn that the disabled man _________.

4. The writer felt comfortable because _________.

5. We can infer from the passage that _________.

There are many kinds of pollution around us,  1  air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. They are bad __2__ our health in many ways.

Burning gas, oil and coal creates air pollution. It can cause sore eyes and __3__ problems.

With the increase of pollution and the development of industry, litter is everywhere. It makes our environment dirty. People put lots of rubbish in the land. Farmers use too many __4___ in the fields. They destroy the soil. So soil pollution has become serious.

Noise pollution can make people__5_. For example, people may lose their hearing if they work in a _6_ place for a long time. Too much noise can cause high blood pressure __7__.

Working for a long time in strong, changeable light __8__ cause some kinds of illnesses. It makes people feel __9__ and is especially bad for the eyes.

With ___10__ pollution, our planet will become greener and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people.

1. A. such as           B. for example          C. as well as      D. because of

2. A. to           B. in                  C. for            D. of

3. A. breath       B. breathe         C. breathed       D. breathing

4. A. chemical      B. chemicals           C. chemist        D. chemistry

5. A. blind         B. lame            C. deaf           D. healthy

6. A. noise        B. noisy              C. quiet           D. quietly

7. A. as well          B. too                C. also            D. either

8 A. must          B. need           C. should          D. may

9. A. comfortable  B. possibly         C. terrible      D. terribly

10. A. little           B. less            C. few         D. fewer