D．Mary started to iron clothes because she didn't get other skills

A　解析：细节理解题。根据文中的 She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family.可知，她早早辍学是为了赚钱养家。

3．Which of the following tells us Mary lived a very simple life?

A．She went to the church every day with friends.

B．She didn't like others to buy an automatic washer.

C．She didn't have much work to do.

D．She only had a black­and­white television with one channel.

D　解析：细节理解题。根据文中的 She had a black­and­white television.But she did not watch it very much.It had only one channel.可知，她只有一台有一个频道的黑白电视机。

4．What kind of person is Mary according to the passage?

A．Rich and friendly.

B．Hard­working and helpful.

C．Well­educated and special.

D．Poor and silly.

B　解析：推理判断题。根据文中的 She was always friendly and helpful.和She washed the clothes by hand.Then she hung the clothes to dry.可知，Mary是一个勤劳的乐于助人的人。

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　　As a boy I was always small for my age.I was five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other.__1__，I often felt left out when their friends came over to __2__．I was too __3__for whatever they were doing and they didn't want me to listen to their conversations either.More often than not I found myself outside playing __4__ and feeling forgotten.

　　I remember one Spring afternoon I felt especially __5__as I sat in the yard behind our house.We lived miles from town and I __6__ saw my own friends outside of school.I__7__ my brothers laughing from __8__ the house and felt a single tear coming down my face.At that moment I saw a large brown dog __9__ me.He was wagging(摇摆) his tail __10__．He greeted me like a long lost __11__，licking(舔) my hand and sitting beside me on the grass，__12__ he didn't know me.I petted and __13__ this four­legged angel(天使)．He let me pour out all my troubles and __14__ my deepest thoughts before he kissed me goodbye.I went back inside feeling happy，__15__ that no matter what life might hold I was loved.I __16__ that the dog was sent in that moment of __17__ to remind me just how much I was loved.

In truth，nothing brings us greater __18__ than knowing we are loved.Knowing we are loved gives us the __19__ to love others as well.It also helps us to be the people the world meant for us to be.Remember how much the world loves you and share your __20__ with the world.