Emerald（翡翠） Dreams
   "And this is me kissing the Blarney Stone"，says Carrie，my seventeen-year-old daughter She turns the pages of her new photo album，recounting her recent ten-day（1）

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B

abroad，and my mind wanders back...way back to when she was only five.
   "Someday I'm going to Ireland"，she said，holding her Childeraft book in her lap.Her blue eyes（2）

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A

as she looked at the beautiful pictures. "Well，maybe you can!" I said.However，it was（3）

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C

for our family to pay for the luxury of traveling.I was working as a secretary.My husband Charlie had to close his（4）

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B

last year due to his poor health.
   Ten years later，Carrie came home from school one day，hardly able to contain her（5）

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D

， "Mama，you'll never（6）

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C

where the class is going.To Ireland!" she smiled（7）

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D

. "You're kidding!" I said. "Ireland!Where you've always wanted to go!"
   "The trip is（8）

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B

for year after next，and the ＄2，100 can be paid in installments（分期付款）." Then she added， "But that's too much...isn't it？" Her voice was（9）

C

C

yet doubting. "Well." I said slowly， "Daddy and I can't help much；（10）

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D

，you have two years to earn the money." "You think so？" Carrie's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Well，" I（11）

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A

， "maybe you could use your father's bakery and sell baked goods." Sell baked goods？We（12）

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B

at each other.Carrie was an excellent（13）

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C

!This would work!
   So the plan was laid.Carrie began working，making a variety of baked goods.The finished product was an extremely pleasant treat，winning praise from even the little old ladies in these hills who have been making dried-apple pies for decades.（14）

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D

began rolling in，and the Ireland fund grew，and well within the given time the trip abroad was paid in full.
   Now I'm looking at her album as she proudly points out the（15）

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A

she visited：castles of Ireland，historic bridges and churches，cobblestone （鵝卵石） streets of Dublin...so much like those in her Childcraft book.My daughter will forever remember this dream come true.

（1）	A．training	B．journey	C．study	D．work
（2）	A．brightened	B．darkened	C．hardened	D．weakened
（3）	A．wise	B．wrong	C．difficult	D．pleasant
（4）	A．bookstore	B．bakery	C．a(chǎn)gency	D．grocery
（5）	A．disappointment	B．surprise	C．sorrow	D．excitement
（6）	A．realize	B．understand	C．guess	D．forget
（7）	A．shyly	B．slightly	C．bitterly	D．broadly
（8）	A．delayed	B．planned	C．continued	D．made
（9）	A．sharp	B．hesitant	C．hopeful	D．firm
（10）	A．thus	B．even	C．a(chǎn)lso	D．still
（11）	A．suggested	B．insisted	C．wondered	D．disagreed
（12）	A．pointed	B．stared	C．shouted	D．laughed
（13）	A．secretary	B．traveler	C．cook	D．student
（14）	A．Questions	B．Menus	C．Ideas	D．Orders
（15）	A．sites	B．countries	C．cities	D．zones