Question

【題目】

It’s hard to imagine that Dayme Delgado ever struggled(掙扎) in school.

When the 18-year-old graduated from Mater Academy Charter High School in Miami, Florida, US, she already had a full scholarship（獎學金）from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She plans to study math and aerospace (航空航天) engineering.

But when Dayme first started school, she felt frustrated because she didn’t understand different subjects in English. As the daughter of two Cuban immigrants (移民), Dayme didn’t learn English until she got to kindergarten. The only thing that made sense (有意義，講得通) to her was math.

＂Numbers are kind of their own language, so I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve got this,’＂ she said. From an early age, she worked harder on her math skills instead. She has taken every math class at Mater Academy and several at Miami Dade College.

Math came so naturally to Dayme that she usually didn’t have to take notes. She simply paid close attention and understood.

She has also encouraged other female(女性的) students to take math and science courses. She read research that shows girls are as interested in math and science as boys in primary school. But when they get to high school, few girls see themselves pursuing careers (追求職業(yè)) in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

＂The most important thing is to realize that math is just like anything else,＂ Dayme said. ＂It is not dependent on your gender(性別) or your ethnicity(種族). Forget about what others think and just go for it.＂

【1】What was the biggest challenge for Dayme when she started school in the US?

A. She didn’t have money to pay for her studies.

B. She couldn’t understand courses in English.

C. She was not born in the United States.

D. She never went to kindergarten.

【2】She made great efforts to learn from an early age.

A. English B. engineering C. math D. science

【3】Dayme believes that .

A. English is not that important in school.

B. math and science are too difficult for girls.

C. her classmates should take some after-school courses.

D. girls should be more confident in learning math.

【4】What does the underlined word ＂frustrated＂mean in Chinese?

A. 挫敗的 B. 迷惑的 C. 有趣的 D. 荒謬的

【5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Dayme is good at English all the time.

B. In primary school, many girls can study as well as boys.

C. Dayme graduated from Mater Academy Charter High School in Miami, Florida, US at the age of 19.

D. Dayme worked hard and took a lot of notes in math classes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 B

【解析】

這篇短文給我們講述了一個學習數學和航空航天工程的女孩Dayme，她從小就對數學感興趣，并且一直持續(xù)到了她上大學的時候。在文章中她還鼓勵其他的女孩們學習數學。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文中But when Dayme first started school, she felt frustrated because she didn’t understand different subjects in English.可知，Dayme剛來到美國學習的時候，她聽不懂用英語講的科目。由此可知應選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文中“Numbers are kind of their own language, so I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve got this,’” she said. from an early age, she worked harder on her math skills instead.可知，Dayme從很小的時候就開始學習數學。故應選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據短文最后兩段She has also encouraged other female (女性的) students to take math and science courses.以及“The most important thing is to realize that math is just like anything else,” Dayme said. “It is not dependent on your gender (性別) or your ethnicity (種族). Forget about what others think and just go for it.”可知，Dayme鼓勵女孩們學習數學，她認為數學就跟其他東西一樣，它并不取決于性別和種族。所以女孩們在學習數學時要更加自信一點。故選D。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據劃線單詞所在的句子But when Dayme first started school, she felt frustrated because she didn’t understand different subjects in English.可知，她聽不懂用英語講授的課程，所以她應該感到有挫敗感，frustrated這個單詞的意思應該是挫敗，故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據短文中She read research that shows girls are as interested in math and science as boys in primary school.可知，有個研究表明在小學的時候，女孩和男孩一樣對數學和科學感興趣，所以不管男孩、女孩，數學學得都一樣好，故B是符合文意的。根據短文第二段中But when Dayme first started school, she felt frustrated because she didn’t understand different subjects in English.可知A不對；根據When the 18-year-old graduated from Mater Academy Charter High School in Miami, Florida, US, 可知C不對，應該是18歲；根據Math came so naturally to Dayme that she usually didn’t have to take notes.可知D不對。