Question

【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 middle 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 writer B. a teacher

C. a judge D. a doctor

【2】Why did the author quit 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.

【3】What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.

【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】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：從作者的故事讓人明白一個道理“失敗是成功之母。”

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第一句中的dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench可知，作者去霍華德大學(xué)時就夢想著能夠坐在美國聯(lián)邦最高法院的長凳上，即她渴望成為一名法官。故答案為C項。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第三、四句可知，作者在大二時退學(xué)回家是為了生病的祖母。其他三個選項均不是作者退學(xué)的理由。故選D項。

【3】A推理判斷題。由第四、五段的敘述可知，作者在家里雖然忙碌，但她的確非常快樂。由第五段第一句中的The hardest part was feeling guilty about...可知B項的敘述是錯誤的；由第四段第四、五句可知，作者并沒有放棄自己的夢想去當(dāng)全職家庭主婦，排除C項；由第四段倒數(shù)第二句中“I had only one choice：to find a way.”可知，作者對于這個選擇是果斷的，并沒有感到困惑，排除D項。

【4】B主旨大意題。最后一段的最后一句“Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.”是該段的主題句，意思是：千里之行，始于足下。Failure is the mother of success. “失敗是成功之母。”；Little by little，one goes far. “千里之行，始于足下。”；Every coin has two sides. “凡事都有兩面性。”；Well begun，half done. “好的開始是成功的一半。”故選B項。

【5】A推理判斷題。由第二段作者在大二時退學(xué)回家照顧祖母可知，這表明作者是有愛心的；由倒數(shù)第二段作者用了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。故選A項。