3.As much as seventy years ago,in the city of Boston,there lived a small girl who had the naughty habit of running away.
Her parents,Mr.and Mrs.Alcott,from first to last,had had a good many frights about this flyaway Louisa.Once when she was only two years old,they were traveling with her on a steamboat,and she
darted away,in some moment when no one was noticing her,and crawled into the engine-room to watch the machinery.Of course,her clothes were all grease and dirt,and she might have been caught in the machinery and hurt.
Except for this one fault,Louisa was a good child,so she felt much ashamed that she had caused her mother,whom she loved dearly,so much worry.She made up her mind that she would never frighten her so again.No-she would cure herself of the running-away habit!
After that,whenever she felt the least desire to slip out of the house without asking permission,she would hurry to her own little room and shut the door tight.To keep her mind from bad plans she would shut her eyes and make up stories-think them all out,hers,you know.Then,when some of them seemed pretty good,she would write them down so that she would not forget them.By and by she found she liked making stories better than anything she had ever done in her life.
Her mother sometimes wondered why Louisa grew so fond of staying in her little chamber the head of the stairs,all of a sudden,but was pleased that the runaway child had changed into such a quiet,like-to-stay-at-home girl.
It was a long time before Louisa dared to mention the stories and rhymes she had hidden in her desk but finally she told her mother about them,and when Mrs.Alcott had read them,she advised her to keep on writing.Louisa did so and became one of the best American story-tellers.She wrote a number of books,and if you begin with Lulu's Library,you will want to read Little Men and Little Women and all the books that dear Louisa Alcott ever wrote.
(1)What does the underlined word "darted away" in paragraph 2 mean?
A.disappeared.
B.left quickly.
C.lost herself.
D.hid herself.
(2)Why did Louisa crawl into the engine room?
A.Because she wanted to watch the machinery.
B.Because she wanted to make her parents frightened.
C.Because she liked to make Jokes.
D.Because otherwise,she might have been hurt.
(3)How did Louisa cure herself of running-away habit?
A.She asked permission before going out of the house.
B.She found making stories more interesting and gave up her run-away plan at once.
C.Her mother made her enter her own room and shut the door tight.
D.She made up stories and then wrote them down.
(4)Which of the following can best describe Louisa?
A.Caring.
B.Ambitious.
C.Strong-minded.
D.Demanding.