When Mary Moore began her high school
in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this
show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on.” Mary
responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last
thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out,
of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began
to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom, “I don't know how
to use a computer,” she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自傳), After All, her second
book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with
diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the
book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an
organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for
a book like this,” she says. “I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other
diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our
part in managing the disease.”
But she hasn't always practiced what
she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago,
when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the
baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a
childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts
(甜甜圈). Years would pass before
she realized she had to grow up ---again---and take control of her diabetes,
not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette
habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her
eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to
fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or
other,” she insists. “It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and
disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've
come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I
want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”
1.Why did Mary feel regretful?
A. She didn't achieve her ambition.
B. She didn't take care of her
mother.
C. She didn't complete her high
school.
D. She didn't follow her mother's
advice.
2.We can know that
before 1995, Mary __________.
A. had two books published
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing
3.Mary's second book
Growing Up Again is mainly about her__________ .
A. living with diabetes
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D.
remembrance of her mother
4.When Mary received
the life-changing news, she_____________ .
A. lost control of herself B.
began a balanced diet
C. tried to get a treatment D.
behaved in an adult way
5.What can we know from
the last paragraph?
A. Mary feels pity for herself.
B. Mary has recovered from her
disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much
as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the
dance floor.
