body.She was wearing a little white dress with the patterns of red roses and yellow dots.

　　As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register.I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink (眨眼示意)．As I took the money from her grandparents，I looked back at the girl，who was giving me the most beautiful，largest smile I have ever seen.

　　All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl，whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.I immediately felt full of hope and confidence.She took me，a poor，unhappy college student，into her world，a world of smiles，love and warmth.

　　That was ten years ago，but I still remember it clearly as if it happened just yesterday.I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world，I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she gave me.

　　【语篇解读】　这是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了一个残疾女孩的微笑把自卑的作者带入了一个充满微笑、爱和温暖的世界。

　　5．What was the writer a decade ago?

　　A．A worker working in a university.

　　B．A teacher teaching in a college.

　　C．A clerk working in a museum.

　　D．A university student who had not yet taken a degree.

　　D　[细节理解题。由第一句中的关键词undergraduate及最后一段中ten years ago可知选D，十年前作者还是一个"未拿到学位的大学生"。]

　　6．What does the underlined word"handicap"in Para. 4 probably mean?

　　A．Life difficulty.

　　B．Troublesome problem.

　　C．Failure in work.

　　D．Physical disability.

　　D　[词义猜测题。那个女孩没有胳膊和腿，这使她处于不利地位，但她却不悲观，给予他人的是微笑，这使作者深受感动，突然间作者看到了生活中美好的一面，消失的当然是不利的一面，对于那个女孩来说，不利的一面就是身体的残疾。由此可推测"handicap"的意思是"残疾"。]

　　7．How did the writer probably feel before meeting the disabled girl?

　　A．She felt full of hope.

　　B．She was filled with confidence.

C．She felt unhappy because of poverty.