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新疆博尔塔拉蒙古自治州第五师高级中学2019-2020学年高一下学期英语期中考试试卷
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice. "Mom, come here! There's this lady here, my 1!"
The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to 2.
I smiled and told her: "It's okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, I'm Darry Kramer. How are you?" He 3 me from head to toe, and asked: "Are you a little 4?"
"Yes, I have a son," I answered. "Why are you so little?" he asked.
"It's the way I was 5," I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger." After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy's hand, and left.
My life as a little person is filled with 6like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance to see my 7. I stand 114 cm tall. I was born a dwarf (侏儒). 8 so, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn't 9 how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on (找茬) me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to 10 the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I 11 to climb the school bus stairs.
But I learned to smile and 12 the fact that I was going to be 13 my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I 14 in personality.
I'm 47 now, and the stares have not 15 as I've grown older. People are 16 when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I 17 myself: "Look what else I have — a great family, nice friends."
It's the children's questions that make my life 18. I enjoy answering their questions. My 19 is that people will accept their peers (同龄人), no matter what size and shape they come in, and treat them with 20
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