She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors．

A 17-year-old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters — and sometimes sleeping in her car — today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga．, just outside of Atlanta．

Chelsea Fearce held a 4．466 GPA and scored 1900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night．

“I know I have been made stronger．I was homeless．My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day．Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation ceremony．Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day．“I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,” she told WSBTV．

Fearce, one of five children, grow up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one．“You’re worried about your home life and then worried at school．Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes．You just have to deal with it．You eat what you can, when you can．”

To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be admitted into college half way through her high school career．She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-med (醫(yī)學(xué)預(yù)科)．“Don’t give up．Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,” Fearce said．

1.How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?

A． By the car light．

B． By her cellphone．

C． By lights out of shelters．

D． By moonlight．

2.When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will _____．．

A． have graduated earlier from high school than normal

B． be a 17-year-old student from a poor family

C． have a home without sleeping in her car or shelters

D． have raised enough money to go to college

3.What lesson can we learn from Fearce’s experience?

A． Knowledge can change your fate．

B． Don’t give up, and tomorrow will be better．

C． Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well．

D． He that will not work shall not eat．

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