BythetimeIreachedjuniorhigh，IwassureIwantedtobeanurse.Ifyoudidn’tstudyLatin，youcouldn’tbeanurse，soIenrolled.ManyLatinwordswerefamiliartome.Thehardpartturnedouttobetheusageandcreatingsenten

　　BythetimeIreachedjuniorhigh，IwassureIwantedtobeanurse.Ifyoudidn’tstudyLatin，youcouldn’tbeanurse，soIenrolled.ManyLatinwordswerefamiliartome.Thehardpartturnedouttobetheusageandcreatingsentenceswiththewordsthatseemedsoeasytopronounce.Severalweeksintothecoursemyteachercametome，saying，“Ithinkyoushouldwithdrawfromthiscourse.Itseemstobetoohardforyou.”

　　ThatwasthedayIlearnedIwasn’tsmartenoughtobecomeanurse.Withshame.IhandedinmyLatintextbook.

　　Afterhighschool，theyearsracedby.Imarriedandhadchildren.ThenonedaymyhusbandJohncamehome.“Carol.Maxdiedthisafternoon.”Ilookedatmyhusbandwithdisbelief.

　　Johnwastouchedbythistragedy.Finallyoneeveninghesaid，“Carol，Jackiehasneverworkedandnowshe’salonewithfourchildren.I'vebeenthinking—ifanythinghappenstome.Iwantyoutobeabletotakecareofyourselfandthechildren.Whydon’tyouthinkaboutwhatyou’dliketodoandgetthetrainingyou’llneedtodoit?”

　　Isignedupfortheentranceexamfornursingprograms.OnedayIreceivedaletterfromtheschoo1.Iwantedsobadlytoopenit，butwithmylackofconfidence，Ilaiditonthekitchencountersaying，”I'mnotinthemoodforarejectionlettertoday.”

　　FinallyIforcedmyselftoopenit.“DearCarol，”Iread.”Wearepleasedtoinformyouthatyousuccessfullypassedtheentranceexam.”

　　Aninsensitiveteacheroncestolemydream.Ifyouhaveadreamexhausteveryefforttoreachit.I’veworkedthirtyyearsnowasanurseandI’veneverbeenmorecertainthatthisiswhatIwasmeanttobe.

　　1.WhydidJohnadviseCaroltofindajob?

　　A.Tosupportthefamily

　　B.Tobeabletoliveindependently

　　C.Toliveamorecolorfullife

　　D.Toprovidemoremoneyforherkids

　　2.Fromthetextweknowwhattheteachersaid____________.

　　A.savedCarolfromwastinghertime

　　B.helpedCarolfindhertrueinterest

　　C.destroyedCarol’sdreamtobeanurse

　　D.encouragedCaroltobecarefulinlearning

　　3.Afterreceivingtheletterfromtheschoo1Caro1____________.

　　A.couldn’twaittoopenit

　　B.hadnomoodtoreaditthen

　　C.didn’ttakeitseriouslyatall