WhenIwasateenagergrowingupinRussiaIwantedtoleaveschoolandhavemyownlife.TheonlywayIcoulddothiswastoworkinthelocalbrickfactoryinmytownorgetmarried.IwasnervouswhenItoldmyfatherIwantedtoleaveschool.Ithoughthewouldsay“No!Youaregoingtocollege.”Hetookmebysurprisewhenhesaid“OK.We’llgotothebrickfactory.”

Twodayslaterhetookmetothefactory.Ihadaveryromanticideaofworkinginafactory.Ihadimaginedeveryonetobefriendsworkingtogetherandhavingfun.Ievenimaginedtherewouldbemusicandsinging.IguessIhadwatchedtoomanymoviesasateenager.

Whenwearrivedatthefactorygatemyfatherspoketotheguardandoneminutelaterwewereinside.Myfathersaid“Takeyourtime.Lookaround.”Iwalkedaroundthefactorylookingatthebuildingtheworkersandlisteningtothenoise.Itwashorrible.Iranbacktomyfatherandsaid“Iwanttogohome.”

Heaskedme“Whatdoyouthinkofthefactory?”

“It’sterrible”Ireplied.

“Andmarriageisevenworse!”hesaid.

IwentbacktoschoolthenextdaythinkingaboutstudyinghardsoIcouldgetintoagoodcollege.IenjoyedstudyingEnglishsoIdecidedtomajorinlanguagesatcollege.ThankstomyfatherandourtriptothebrickfactoryInowworkattheUnitedNationsandmyfatherisveryproudofme.Imarriedaverygoodmanandmylifeismuchbetterthanitwouldhavebeenworkinginthefactory!

1.Thewriterlivedin whenshewasateenager.

A.Russia B.Japan C.China

2.Atfirstshethoughtlifeinthefactorywouldbe thaninschool.

A.morecareful B.morecolorful C.morebeautiful

3.Whenshetoldherfatherthatshewantedtoleaveschoolheexpressedhisdisagreement .

A.bydoingnothing B.inaspecialway C.bysayingnothing

4.Aftertheyvisitedthefactorythegirl .

A.decidedtoworkthere B.decidedtogetmarried C.changedhermind

5.Theunderlinedwork“horrible”means“ ”inChinese.

A.糟糕的 B.紧张的 C.浪漫的