题目内容：

    In recent years I have had two very good roles on television: Florence, the wisecracking maid on the series The Jeffersons, and Mary, the mother who holds things together on 227. But 17 years ago, in 1972 when I was just getting started in theater work, I thought I’d never make it as an actress. For that matter, I couldn’t even hold my life together or afford a home of my own.

Back then I had about as much self-confidence as a chicken in a fox’s nest. I was recovering from surgery and had been off work for six months from my job as a United Airlines reservations agent. I’d had some bit parts in local theater groups, but those came and went, not leading to anything bigger.

Worse, as a single mother with three youngsters, I had no place to live. My children were staying with their father while I recovered in an aunt’s apartment. Lying in bed, staring hopelessly at the wall, I didn’t know what to do or where to turn.

Then one Sunday morning I aimlessly turned on the television set, and there were actor Robert Young and his wife talking about their faith. I sat right up in bed. They said, “ When one door closes, a better one opens,” Well, I wasn’t going to just sit staring at the closed one. So I got up and trudged(跋涉) on. Even if my shoes wore out, I decided, my faith wouldn’t.

Later, when I began filling small parts in television productions, that self-confidence showed. I’d always done my best to play the role as I thought the director wanted, but now I found myself freer to interpret it, I was more natural, more me.

1.What do the underlined words “ hold my life together” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Enjoy my life B. Support myself

C. Abandon my life D. Fight against my life

2.How did the author feel when she worked in the local theater?

A. Confident B. Excited

C. Nervous D. Disappointed

3.What can we learn about the author from paragraph 3?

A. She lived in her own apartment B. She had to stay with her father

C. She was confused about her future D. She was looked after by her kids

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A. To share her understanding of faith with us B. To prove her success in the TV acting

C. To show thanks to her respected aunt D. To tell how hard she brought up her children.