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!
1.Thewriterlivedin________whenshewasateenager.
A.Russia B.Japan C.China D.England
2.Atfirstshethoughtlifeinthefactorywouldbe________thaninschool.
A.moreterrible B.morecolorful C.busier D.moreboring
3.Aftertheyvisitedthefactorythewriter________.
A.decidedtoworkthere B.changedherromanticidea
C.wantedtogetmarried D.arguedwithherfather
4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?
A.Thewriterstudiedlanguagesaftershewentintothecollege.
B.ThewriternowworksattheUnitedNations.