1 . It was a painful time for me, for I suffered from an illness and might never be able to have a child. As my 40th birthday approached, I began, for the first time, to notice babies and their happy, smiling mothers wherever I went.
One night, I came to a cafe to kill the boring time. An elegantly dressed, sightly older woman was seated next to me.
“Would you like to see a picture of my daughter?” she asked me, handing me a photo of a smiling Chinese girl. The child was about seven years old and was wearing a Snow White costume. That's Melanie, now in the first grade," she said. I could hear the motherly pride in her voice. “She's pretty,” I said. "I love her costume." The woman explained that she felt strongly about teaching her daughter about Chinese customs and maintaining ties to her shoes. “What made you decide to adopt her?" I asked. "I didn't want work to be my whole life," she said.
I'm not sure if she saw the tears in my eyes as I replied, I don't either, but I'm afraid it's too late." I was 51 when I adopted Melanie, she said. "And it's the most rewarding, exciting thing I've ever done."
When my husband and I returned from China with our nine-month-old daughter, Madeline, in November 2017, Jill was one of the first people I e-mailed. I did it!" I wrote. “I’m a mother and she's beautiful"
“Congratulations,” she wrote back. We recently reconnected on Facebook, and I told her, “You changed my life.”
1. What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?A.The author regretted her marrying too early. |
B.The author was recovering from a serious disease. |
C.The author didn't have a child of her own due to some illness. |
D.The author had been eager to be a happy mother for a long time. |
A.Elegant and generous. | B.Caring and considerate. |
C.Friendly and determined. | D.Practical and independent. |
A.She wouldn't devote her whole life simply to work. |
B.She appreciated the picture drawn by Melanie. |
C.Her husband was against her adopting. |
D.Her dream was eventually realized in the company of Jill. |
A.To stress the influence of the kindness. |
B.To show us the hidden beauty in our world. |
C.To call on us to adopt more homeless children. |
D.To share her meaningful adoption story with us. |
The consumer electronics industry came unbuttoned in Las Vegas this week. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, companies from around the world unveiled many devices boasting (以拥有…而自豪) touch – sensitive technology, rather than traditional push-button controls.
Motorola, Sony, and LG Electronics all showed off touch-screen phones this week. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates praised and offered a touch-screen computer, the Surface, related to a flat panel TV for a tabletop. Even camera makers, such as Kodak,included touch-screen LCDs in their devices. Touch-screen tech has been in use for years,but the push to develop and weave it into consumer electronics gathered steam with the June introduction of Apple’s iPhone. “The touch-screen industry is really getting hot,” says Jennifer Colegrove, a senior analyst at iSuppli. “Since the iPhone came out, there are a lot of companies that did not have a relationship with touch screens before that decided, ‘OK, I want to make a touch screen, too.’”
The touch-screen tech ecosystem now includes more than 100 companies specializing in everything from smudge-proof (防污的) screens to sensors (传感器) able to detect fingers before they even contact the screen. Sales of leading touch-screen technologies,such as those used in mobile phones and navigation (航行) devices,are expected to rise to $ 4.4 billion in 2012, up from $ 2.4 billion in 2006,according to iSuppli estimates.
1. What did the writer think about the Apple iPhone?
A.The Apple iPhone was beautiful. |
B.The Apple iPhone was popular. |
C.The Apple iPhone was expensive. |
D.The Apple iPhone was attractive. |
A.Invented. | B.Unlocked. |
C.Discovered. | D.Showed. |
A.traditional push-button controls |
B.Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates |
C.the introduction of Apple’s iPhone |
D.the touch-screen tech ecosystem |
A.The touch-screen technology will disappear. |
B.The touch-screen technology will be replaced by traditional push-button controls. |
C.The touch-screen technology will be as important as traditional push-button controls. |
D.The touch-screen technology will be more widely used in electronics devices. |