Passage OneAlexia Sloane,a l0一year-old girl,losther sight when she was two following a brain disease But despite her disabilityshe has excelled at languages and is already fluent in English,French,Spanish and Chinese。and is learning German.Now she has experienced her dream job ofworking as an interpreter after East of EnglandMEP(欧盟议员)Robert Sturdy invited her to theparliament building in Brussels,thus becoming theyoungest interpreter to work at the European Parliament.“She was given a special permit to get intothe building,wherethere is usually a minimum age requirement of l4.andsat in a booth listening and interpreting,”saidher mother,Isabelle.“The otherinterpreters were amazed at how well shedid as the debate was quite complicated and many ofthe words were rather technical.”Alexia has been tri-lingual since birth asher mother,a teacher,is half French and half Spanish,while herfather,Richard,is English.She started talking and communicating in all three languages beforeshe lost her sight but adapted quickly to her blindness.By the age of four,she was reading andwriting in Braille(盲文).When shewas six。Alexia began to learn Chinese.The girl is now learning German at school in Cambridge.Alexia has been longing to be aninterpreter since she was six and she chose to go to theEuropean Parliament as her prize when she won a young achiever of the year award.She asked if she could shadow interpreters and Mr.Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest.Alexia worked with the head of interpreting and had a real taste of lire in parliament.“It was fantastic and lm absolutely determined now to become aninterpreter,she saidWhy did Alexia need special permissionto enter the?parliament building?A.She was not in a state of good health.B.She could not afford the admissionfees.C.She did not meet the age requirement.D.She did not have an adult to accompanyher.

Passage One
Alexia Sloane,a l0一year-old girl,losther sight when she was two following a brain disease But despite her disabilityshe has excelled at languages and is already fluent in English,French,Spanish and Chinese。and is learning German.
Now she has experienced her dream job ofworking as an interpreter after East of EnglandMEP(欧盟议员)
Robert Sturdy invited her to theparliament building in Brussels,thus becoming theyoungest interpreter to work at the European Parliament.
“She was given a special permit to get intothe building,wherethere is usually a minimum age requirement of l4.andsat in a booth listening and interpreting,”saidher mother,Isabelle.“The other
interpreters were amazed at how well shedid as the debate was quite complicated and many ofthe words were rather technical.”
Alexia has been tri-lingual since birth asher mother,a teacher,is half French and half Spanish,while herfather,Richard,is English.She started talking and communicating in all three languages beforeshe lost her sight but adapted quickly to her blindness.By the age of four,she was reading andwriting in Braille(盲文).When shewas six。Alexia began to learn Chinese.The girl is now learning German at school in Cambridge.
Alexia has been longing to be aninterpreter since she was six and she chose to go to theEuropean Parliament as her prize when she won a young achiever of the year award.She asked if she could shadow interpreters and Mr.Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest.
Alexia worked with the head of interpreting and had a real taste of lire in parliament.“It was fantastic and lm absolutely determined now to become aninterpreter,she said

Why did Alexia need special permissionto enter the?parliament building?

A.She was not in a state of good health.
B.She could not afford the admissionfees.
C.She did not meet the age requirement.
D.She did not have an adult to accompanyher.

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