【題目】It's that time of the year--graduation. The end of school year is nearly in sight, and it's an especially big deal if you're finishing high school or college.

One amazing 16-year-old Florida girl, Grace Bush, graduated from both high school and college this week! She actually got her college diploma before her high school diploma. How did she manage to do that?

"Hard work and great attention, " she told a local TV news station, "have made me succeed in doing high school and college at the same time." She started taking college courses when she was just 13. She would often get up at 5: 30 a m. and go to bed after 11: 00 p. m.

Doing both at the same time is a huge achievement, and it has also helped her family save money. She's one of the 9 children, all home-schooled until the age of 13. Her father is a math professor while her mother is a part-time history teacher in a high school. Grace Bush has earned her college degree in law, with a nearly perfect GPA of 3.8 and she hopes to become a lawyer one day, although her parents expect her to teach at university. By the way. she also played basketball in her college team in her spare time.

【1】In what way is Grace amazing?

A. She is a 16-year-old Florida girl

B. She finished high school this week.

C. She worked very hard at her lessons every day.

D. She graduated from both high school and college at 16.

【2】Which picture might Graces diploma look like?

【3】What is the key to grace's success?

A. Taking college courses at 13.

B. Working hard at her courses.

C. Growing up in a professor’s family.

D. Having a dream of becoming a teacher.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A. The Bushes have 13 children altogether.

B. Graces mother is a full-time history teacher.

C. Grace wants to teach at university in the future.

D. Grace received her education at home before 13.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】本文介紹了一位令人驚奇的女孩，她16歲就同時獲得了高中和大學(xué)的畢業(yè)證。文章還描述了她成功的原因、家庭背景、未來規(guī)劃、日常生活等其他事項(xiàng)。

【1】句意：格蕾絲“驚人的”地方是什么？選項(xiàng)A.她是一名16歲的佛羅里達(dá)女孩。

選項(xiàng)B.她本周上完高中。選項(xiàng)C.她每天都在努力學(xué)習(xí)她的課程。選項(xiàng)D.她16歲畢業(yè)于高中和大學(xué)。原文“One amazing 16-year-old Florida girl, Grace Bush, graduated from both high school and college this week!”（一位出色的16歲佛羅里達(dá)女孩Grace，Grace本周畢業(yè)于高中和大學(xué)�。瑥倪@里知道她“令人驚異”的地方在于16歲同時從高中和大學(xué)畢業(yè)，故選D。

【2】句意：哪張圖片可能是Graces的文憑的樣子？仔細(xì)觀察圖片，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)選項(xiàng)A像是一本護(hù)照（passport），選項(xiàng)B是一本字典（dictionary），選項(xiàng)C就是文憑，畢業(yè)證書（certificate of graduation, diploma），選項(xiàng)D是駕照“drivers license”。Grace畢業(yè)后獲得的自然是畢業(yè)證書，故選C。

【3】句意：Grace成功的關(guān)鍵是什么？選項(xiàng)A.在13歲上大學(xué)課程。選項(xiàng)B.努力學(xué)習(xí)她的課程。選項(xiàng)C.在教授家庭長大。選項(xiàng)D.夢想成為一名教師。原文“Hard work and great attention, have made me succeed in doing high school and college at the same time.”（勤奮和高度注意，使我成功地同時學(xué)習(xí)高中和大學(xué)的內(nèi)容。）說明成功的秘訣在于“努力學(xué)習(xí)”，故選B。

【4】句意：根據(jù)最后一段，以下哪項(xiàng)是對的？選項(xiàng)A. Bush一家一共有13個孩子。選項(xiàng)B. Graces的母親是一位全職歷史老師。選項(xiàng)C. Grace希望未來在大學(xué)教書。選項(xiàng)D.Grace在13歲前在家接受了教育。原文“She's one of the 9 children”說明家里一共9個孩子，故A錯。原文“her mother is a part-time history teacher”說明她的媽媽是一位兼職的歷史老師，不是全職，故B錯。選項(xiàng)C未提及，錯誤。原文“all home-schooled until the age of 13.”（直到13歲的她在家學(xué)習(xí)），選項(xiàng)D正確，故選D。

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