Zoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters.

Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing(縫紉) class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of the first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her $25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”

Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.

Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企業(yè)家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her company grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”

1.We can learn that ______when she was in grade nine.

A．Zoe had no interest in designing clothes

B．Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothes

C．Zoe didn' t know how to make money

D．Zoe attended a business course

2.After winning the contest, Zoe ______

A．considered it a reward

B．expected to be known

C．was proud of her own gift

D．could hardly believe it

3.Zoe advised the teens  ______  .

A．to make efforts to achieve their dreams

B．to design and make their own clothes

C．to try every means to become famous

D．to do whatever they would like to

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How Zoe learned to design clothes.

B．A poor girl achieved success in business.

C．How Zoe got a prize in a contest.

D．A poor girl was invited to a TV show.

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了名叫Zoe的一個(gè)小女孩由于看到自己的母親撫養(yǎng)她如此辛苦，于是在九年級(jí)時(shí)保了一個(gè)裁縫班學(xué)習(xí)做衣服，她做的衣服使同學(xué)們都很喜歡，有的同學(xué)在她這里買衣服，后來(lái)她參加了一次比賽，結(jié)果獲得了第二名，她的成功同時(shí)也鼓勵(lì)了其他的人。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But I really had no idea about business.”她當(dāng)時(shí)不知道如何掙錢，故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe.她不相信自己獲獎(jiǎng)是真的，故選D。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”Zoe建議其他的同齡人也可以通過努力實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，故選A。

4.主旨大意題。根據(jù)一個(gè)小女孩的成功史，故選B。

考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：主旨大意題的難度較大，此類題目一般不易直接找到答案，最簡(jiǎn)單的方法是仔細(xì)研究文章開頭的一二句，因?yàn)樗麄兂Ｊ俏恼碌闹黝}句，然后，快速瀏覽文章首句和結(jié)尾句。如果第一句的主題不明，可注意結(jié)尾是否有概括總結(jié)，對(duì)選項(xiàng)要注意全面性和概括性。

 

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