Lilly was a French Canadian girl who grew up in a farming community. When she was     ，her father 16 her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and     education, the     didn't look bright for Lilly. Lilly's father was a stubborn man who     took "no" for an answer. He     Lilly to find a job. With small hope of gaining     ，each day she would just ride to the city, walk    about and at dusk return home. On one of her     ，Lilly saw a sign at a big company.     ，she knocked on her very first door. In her     English, Lilly told the office manager she was interested in the secretarial position. The manager     to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a single letter, and then     . Lilly looked at the clock and saw it was 11:40 a. m. She thought everyone would be leaving for     at noon, when she could    away in the crowd.
But she knew she should     the letter. On her first try, Lilly     one line of five words and made four mistakes. On her second at-tempt, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock ： 11:55-five minutes to     . Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly over to Lilly, read the letter and said，"Lilly, you're doing     work ！ "
With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her     began to grow. Lilly thought，" Well, if he thinks it's good, then it must be good. I think I'll stay ！ " Lilly did stay-all because someone had given a     and uncertain girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.
A. reminded    B. forced    C. encouraged    D. helped
A. poor     B. formal    C. good        D. modern
A. advice    B. promise    C. future      D. change
A. always    B. usually    C. sometimes    D. rarely
A. warned    B. told      C. allowed     D. begged
A. employment    B. experience
C. judgment     D. independence
A. carefully    B. happily    C. aimlessly    D. rapidly
A. steps       B. trips     C. purposes    D. choices
A. Bravely     B. Proudly    C. Calmly      D. Cautiously
A. broken      B. perfect    C. written     D. fluent
A. refused     B. decided    C. pretended    D. failed
A. stopped     B. continued  C. left        D. sighed
A. lunch       B. life      C. fun         D. luck
A. break       B. slip      C. pass        D. drive
A. read        B. write     C. attempt     D. deliver
A. went over    B. picked up  C. gave away    D. got through
A. freedom     B. success   C. discussion   D. reward
A. terrible    B. excellent  C. honest      D. easy
A. belief      B. patience   C. confidence   D. strength
A. shy         B. lonely    C. selfless    D. modest