WhenIwasateenagergrowingupinRussiaIfeltstudyingveryboringIwantedtoleaveschoolandhavemyownlife.Therewereonlytwowaysformetodothis—workinginthetoyfactoryinmytownorgettingmarried.Ichosethefirstone.IwasnervouswhenItoldmyfatherthatIwantedtoleaveschool.Ithoughthewouldsay“No!Youaregoingtocollege.”Instead hetookmebysurprisewhenhesaid“OK.We’llgotothetoyfactory.”

Twodayslaterhetookmetothefactory.Ihadaveryromanticideaofworkinginafactory.Ihadimaginedeveryonetobefriendlyworkingtogetherandhavingfun.Ievenimaginedtherewouldbemusicandsinging.IguessIhadwatchedtoomanymoviesasateenager.

Whenwearrivedatthefactorygatesmyfatherspoketotheguardandoneminutelaterwewentinside.Myfathersaid“Takeyourtime.Lookaround.”Iwalkedaroundthefactorylookingatthebuildingstheworkersandlisteningtothenoise.Itwasterrible.Iranbacktomyfatherandsaid“Iwanttogohome.”

Heaskedme“Whatdoyouthinkofthefactory?”

“It’sterrible”Ireplied.

“AndyouhaveanotherchoicebutIthinkgettingmarriedisevenworse!”hesaid.

Iwentbacktoschoolthenextday.FromthenonIstudiedashardasIcould.FinallyIgotintoagoodcollege.IenjoyedstudyingEnglishsoIdecidedtomajorinlanguagesatcollege.ThankstomyfatherandourtriptothefactoryInowworkattheUnitedNationsandmyfatherisveryproudofme.Imarriedaverygoodmanandmylifeismuchbetterthanitwouldhavebeenworkinginthefactory!

小题1:Thewriterlivedin________whenshewasateenager.A．RussiaB．JapanC．ChinaD．England小题2:Atfirstshethoughtlifeinthefactorywouldbe________thaninschool.A．moreterribleB．morecolorfulC．busierD．moreboring小题3:Aftertheyvisitedthefactorythewriter________.A．decidedtoworkthereB．changedherromanticideaC．wantedtogetmarriedD．arguedwithherfather小题4:WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A．Thewriterstudiedlanguagesaftershewenti