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【題目】 In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo— a joyous zoo. Not surprising. I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant taking as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree! I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember little steps add up to big dreams.

【1】When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________.

A. a writerB. a teacherC. a judgeD. a doctor

【2】The underlined expression “withdraw from college” in Paragraph 2 means “________”.

A. quit collegeB. graduate from college

C. start collegeD. leave for college

【3】Why did the author withdraw from school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself.

B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered from a serious illness

D. She decided to look after her grandma.

【4】What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Failure is the mother of success.B. Little by little, one goes far.

C. Every coin has two sides.D. Well begun, half done.

【5】Which of the following can best describe the author?

A. Caring and determined.B. Honest and responsible.

C. Ambitious and sensitive.D. Innocent and single-minded.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們講述了她實現(xiàn)夢想的故事。在她上霍華德大學(xué)的時候她的夢想是當(dāng)一個法官，但是由于奶奶的病而退學(xué)，后來作者又決定在撫養(yǎng)孩子的時候重新上大學(xué)，最終作者實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. 知當(dāng)作者去霍華德大學(xué)的時候她的夢想是當(dāng)一個法官，故答案選C。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文But one year after I started college, she developed cancer.但我上大學(xué)一年后，她得了癌癥；結(jié)合I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her.我決定……去照顧她；可知此處表達的應(yīng)是“退學(xué)”，結(jié)合選項可知A選項符合題意，故答案選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. 可知作者在大學(xué)二年級時退學(xué)是為了照顧她患癌癥的奶奶，故答案選D。

【4】判斷推理題。根據(jù)最后一段的內(nèi)容Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember little steps add up to big dreams. 可知作者告訴我們只要一步一步的走，我們最終會實現(xiàn)自己的夢想，故答案選B。

【5】判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容，作者在大二時退學(xué)回家照奶奶，可知作者是有愛心的；作者用了21年多的時間最終取得大學(xué)學(xué)位，這表明作者是有決心的；由此可推測作者是一個有愛心又意志堅強的人，故答案選A。