It's that time of the year--graduation. The end of school year is nearly in sight, and it's an especially big deal if you're finishing high school or college.

One amazing 16-year-old Florida girl, Grace Bush, graduated from both high school and college this week! She actually got her college diploma before her high school diploma. How did she manage to do that?

"Hard work and great attention, " she told a local TV news station, "have made me succeed in doing high school and college at the same time." She started taking college courses when she was just 13. She would often get up at 5: 30 a m. and go to bed after 11: 00 p. m.

Doing both at the same time is a huge achievement, and it has also helped her family save money. She's one of the 9 children, all home-schooled until the age of 13. Her father is a math professor while her mother is a part-time history teacher in a high school. Grace Bush has earned her college degree in law, with a nearly perfect GPA of 3.8 and she hopes to become a lawyer one day, although her parents expect her to teach at university. By the way. she also played basketball in her college team in her spare time.

1.In what way is Grace amazing?

A. She is a 16-year-old Florida girl

B. She finished high school this week.

C. She worked very hard at her lessons every day.

D. She graduated from both high school and college at 16.

2.Which picture might Graces diploma look like?

3.What is the key to grace's success?

A. Taking college courses at 13.

B. Working hard at her courses.

C. Growing up in a professor’s family.

D. Having a dream of becoming a teacher.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the last paragraph?

A. The Bushes have 13 children altogether.

B. Graces mother is a full-time history teacher.

C. Grace wants to teach at university in the future.

D. Grace received her education at home before 13.

1.D 2.C 3.B 4.D 【解析】本文介紹了一位令人驚奇的女孩，她16歲就同時獲得了高中和大學(xué)的畢業(yè)證。文章還描述了她成功的原因、家庭背景、未來規(guī)劃、日常生活等其他事項。 1.句意：格蕾絲“驚人的”地方是什么？選項A.她是一名16歲的佛羅里達(dá)女孩。 選項B.她本周上完高中。選項C.她每天都在努力學(xué)習(xí)她的課程。選項D.她16歲畢業(yè)于高中和大學(xué)。原文“One ...
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