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