Teddy Bear Lady

时间:2022-05-12 01:26:34

在现实生活中,一个人做好事并不难,难的是一辈子做好事。亲爱的朋友,你常参加志愿者服务吗?你常帮助别人吗?你是否付出过自己的爱心呢?

Gladys Holm was a secretary (秘书). She worked in an office all her life. Gladys earned (挣) about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise――$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married (结婚) or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital. Gladys brought her a teddy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought teddy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to earn more money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks (股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $ 18 million!

1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children teddy bears because .

A. she had too much money

B. she had a lot of teddy bears

C. she had never got married and had no children

D. she liked children very much

2. People started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”____.

A. after she visited the children in hospital many times

B. after she died

C. before her friend’s daughter was ill

D. before she worked with his boss

3. Everyone was surprised that ____.

A. Gladys lived such a long life

B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago

C. Gladys had so much money

D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents

4. ____, so she got rich.

A. Gladys earned $15,000 a year as a secretary

B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do

C. Gladys got the money from the boss

D. Gladys did another job in the hospital

5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,____.

A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things

B. she stopped working

C. she still lived in the same way

D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

Key: 1―5 DACBC

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