Question

【題目】 Susan Boyle was born as the ninth child in a Catholic family. She suffered from learning disabilities ever since her birth because of her mother’s poor health.

School was difficult for Susan and she was bulled(凌辱) because of her different behaviour. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical heroes on the walls and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.

One by one her brothers and sisters moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an old mother and a cat. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣賞)from the crowd.

When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to take part in the Britain’s Got Talent competition, her brothers and sisters tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition(試唱) considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.

The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.

I love this book ! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams—no matter how impossible they may seem to be!

【1】What does the underlined part “Her siblings” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Susan’s parentsB.Susan’s friend

C.Susan’s classmatesD.Susan’s brothers and sisters

【2】What can we learn about Susan from Paragraph 3?

A.She liked being aloneB.She was good at singing

C.She had various hobbiesD.She disliked volunteer work.

【3】We learn that the book The Woman I Was Born to Be_______.

A.is based on Susan’s life stories

B.is written to educate readers

C.is very sad to read

D.is difficult to read

【4】What does the author probably think of Susan’s life stories?

A.EncouragingB.Discouraging

C.WorriedD.Boring

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【解析】

短文大意：蘇珊波義耳是出生在一個天主教家庭，是該家庭的第九個孩子。自從她出生時因?yàn)樗�母親的健康狀況不佳，她患有學(xué)習(xí)障礙。對于蘇珊學(xué)校生活是困難的，因其不同的行為她受到凌辱。她的兄弟姐妹有生活經(jīng)驗(yàn)，但對他們的小妹妹未知。蘇珊的父親死后，她的兄弟姐妹們一個一個從家里搬了出去。這讓她單獨(dú)與老母親和一只貓一起生活。她試著做志愿工作。然而，被發(fā)現(xiàn)時，她在唱歌，得到了許多人的欣賞。《我出世做女人》是一個美麗的故事來自于蘇珊波義耳的生活故事。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下一句who were much older可知第2段中的“她的兄弟姐妹”是指蘇珊的兄弟姐妹。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣賞)from the crowd.可知蘇珊擅長唱歌，該選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.可知《我出世做女人》是一個美麗的故事來自于蘇珊波義耳的生活故事。該選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams故事中有些東西不僅教會讀者，而且鼓勵我們?nèi)��?shí)現(xiàn)我們的夢想�？芍�該選A。