Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in SantoDomingo.She was leaving her native country to join her sister in the UnitedStates.She spoke English very
well.Though she was very happy she could go abroad,she was feeling sad atleaving her family and fiends.As she was thinking all about this,she suddenlyheard the airline
employee asking her to pick up her luggage and put it on the scales（称）.Maria pulled and pulled.The bag was too heavy and she just couldn’t lift it up.The man behind her
got very impatient.He,too,was waiting to check in his luggage.
“What’s wrong with this girl?”He said,“Why doesn’t shehurry up?”He moved forward and placed his bag on the counter,hoping to check infist.He was in a hurry to get a
good seat.
Maria was very angry,but she was very polite.And in her best English shesaid,“Why are you so upset?There are enough seats for everyone on the plane.Ifyou are in such a
hurry,why can’t you give me a hand with my luggage?”
The man was surprised to hear Maria speak English.He quickly picked up herluggage and stepped back.Everyone was looking at him with disapproval.(224words)
Maria，十六岁，她正在圣多明各(多米尼加首都)的机场排队等候。她正要离开自己的祖国去美国和她的姐姐团聚。她的英语讲得很好。虽然她要出国了觉得很
高兴，但此时要离开她的家人和朋友也很伤心。正在她想这些的时候，她突然听到机场的工作人员正在叫她把行李放到称上。Maria拉了又拉，包太重，她根本
抬不起来。她后面的男人很不耐烦了。他也是等着托运行李的。
“这女孩怎么了？”他说道，“她为什么不快点？”他走到前面，把包放在台上，希望能先登记。他急着想要得到一个好的座位。
Maria很生气，但她很有礼貌。她用最优美的英语说，“你为什么如此不耐烦？飞机上的每个人都有座位。如果你真的很急，为什么不能帮我搬一下行李？”
这男人听到Maria会讲英语觉得很惊讶。他很快拿起自己的行李退了回去。每个人都很不赞成得看着他。
 Maria’s story happened B.on her way back toSanto.Maria的故事发生在他回圣多明各的路上。
A：T B：F
 2.()You believe that the work of the airline employee mentioned in the story isto check people's luggage the airport.
你认为故事中提到的机场工作人员的工作是检查人们的行李吗？
A：T B：F
 3.“Why are you so upset?"Maria said to the man.She wanted to tell him thathe should not be unhappy and worried.
"为什么你如此不耐烦？”Maria对那个男人说。她这么说是要告诉他不要那么不高兴，那么烦躁。
A：T B：F
 4.“Everyone was looking at him withdisapproval."This sentence means that the people around felt sorry forMaria's manners."每个人都不很不赞成的看着他”这句话的意
思是周围的人为玛利亚的行为感到很遗憾。
A：T B：F
 5.The author mentioned Maria's age at the beginning of the story in order toshow that she was young but behaved properly.作者在故事的开头就提到玛利亚的年龄是为了
表达尽管她很小，但行为很得体。
A：T B：F