LouisaMayAlcottwasborninPennsylvaniain1832．Shewasthesecondoffourdaughters．Herfatherwasaneducatorandsocialreformer．TheAlcottsdidnothavemuchmoney．Louisaworkedtohelpsupportherfamily．Shetriedteaching，sewing

　　Louisa May Alcott was born in Pennsylvania in 1832．She was the second of four daughters．Her father was an educator and social reformer．The Alcotts did not have much money．Louisa worked to help support her family．She tried teaching，sewing，and taking care of children．She did not like any of these jobs．

　　Louisa liked writing and thought of herself as a writer．At the age of sixteen，she wrote her first book．It was called Flower Fables．She decided to sell what she wrote．She wrote many kinds of poems，stories，and plays．Her stories were exciting，but unrealistic．She sold them to newspapers and magazines for small amounts of money．

　　In 1868，an American publisher asked the struggling young writer，Louisa May Alcott，to write a book for girls．At first，she was not sure she wanted to do it．She said she never liked girls．And she never knew many，except her sisters．

　　Louisa decided to write the book anyway．She thought her family's activities and experiences might be interesting to others．She told about her experiences growing up in the northeastern United States during the middle of the nineteenth century．Her book proved to be more than interesting．Little Women became one of the most popular children's books in American literature．It has been published in more than fifty languages．

　　21．How many daughters did the Alcotts have？___

　　A．Two．B．Three．C．Four．D．Five．

　　22．Which of the following jobs did Louisa like？___

　　A．Teaching．B．Sewing．C．Writing．D．Caring for children．

　　23．Why did Louisa decide to write a book for girls？___

　　A．She knew many girls and she liked girls very much．

　　B．She wanted to make money from the book．

　　C．She wrote many kinds of interesting stories．

　　D．She thought her family's story might be interesting to others．

　　24．Which statement about Little Women is not true？___

　　A．It proved to be very popular and interesting．

　　B．It was the first book Louisa May A