【題目】Growing up in one of the poorest communities with most crimes in Los Angeles, US, being raised by a poorly-educated single mother and attending the worst-quality public school, not many people expected much of me, so I chose to expect something of myself.

On my 12th birthday, I bought a poster of Harvard University to hang in my room. Being at Harvard became my dream: I saw myself attending class in Sanders Theater, studying in Widener Library and eating in Annenberg Hall. Driven by this dream, I kept studying hard. I’d begin my day by asking myself these two questions: “What do I want in my life?” and “Are the things I am doing today going to get me closer to that life?”

Asking myself the questions gave me the courage to ask over 50 Harvard, students for advice on my application essays; it gave me the energy to study just one more hour on my SATs when others were asleep; and it gave me the determination to apply for just one more scholarship when already refused many times. Moreover, reminding myself of my goal each day made it easy to say no to the same choices my friends made, because they would never get me closer to my goal. I found that even being poor could not take away my power to decide what I choose to do with my life.

Every day I could feel myself getting closer and closer to my goal as my writing got better, my SAT score increased, and my scholarship offers started coming in. On March 31st, 2011, an email arrived from Harvard. The first word was “Congratulations!”. Tears of joy filled my eyes.

Who you are today is the result of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today. Who do you want to be tomorrow?

【1】What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. It describes the author’s early living conditions.

B. It proves that the author once lived an unhappy life.

C. It shows how many people treated the author badly.

D. It shares the author’s dreams with readers.

【2】How did the author push himself to get closer to his goal?

A. By hanging a poster of Harvard in his room.

B. By making the same choices with his friends.

C. By asking himself the questions each day.

D. By increasing his scores and getting scholarships.

【3】What is the author’s attitude to the hardship?

A. Disappointed. B. Positive.

C. Thankful. D. Sorrowful.

【4】What did the author want to tell us most?

A. A famous university, a successful life.

B. The earlier you set yourself a goal, the better.

C. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

D. Your choices determine who you are.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】 作者雖早年生活于一個(gè)很差的環(huán)境，在12歲時(shí)有了一個(gè)哈佛夢(mèng)。從此在這個(gè)夢(mèng)的驅(qū)使下，一直不斷地努力學(xué)習(xí)，最終達(dá)到了自己的目標(biāo)。作者要告訴我們的是即使貧窮也無(wú)法剝奪我們決定人一生選擇的權(quán)力。你的選擇決定了你是誰(shuí)。

【1】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段的介紹可知作者描述了自己從小生活的環(huán)境，故即早年的生活狀況，因此通過分析可知A符合題意，故選A。

【2】C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Being at Harvard became my dream:…Driven by this dream, I kept studying hard. I’d begin my day by asking myself these two questions:”由此可知是通過每天問自己的兩個(gè)問題來(lái)鼓勵(lì)自己不斷努力實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)的，故選C.

【3】B3

推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，作者雖早年生活于一個(gè)很差的環(huán)境，在12歲時(shí)有了一個(gè)哈佛夢(mèng)。從此在這個(gè)夢(mèng)的驅(qū)使下，一直不斷地努力學(xué)習(xí)，最終達(dá)到了自己的目標(biāo)。故是一種積極的態(tài)度對(duì)待困難。因此B符合本題。故選B。

【4】D

主旨大意。作者雖早年生活于一個(gè)很差的環(huán)境，在12歲時(shí)有了一個(gè)哈佛夢(mèng)。從此在這個(gè)夢(mèng)的驅(qū)使下，一直不斷地努力學(xué)習(xí)，最終達(dá)到了自己的目標(biāo)。作者要告訴我們的是即使貧窮也無(wú)法剝奪我們決定人一生選擇的權(quán)力。以及最后一段中的 “Who you are today is the result of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today.”你今天是誰(shuí)，是你昨天做出的決定的結(jié)果，明天你將是誰(shuí)，這將是你今天做出的選擇的結(jié)果。通過分析可知D你的決定了你是誰(shuí)。故選D。

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