17.I was the typical"I can't"child-whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my cry,"I can't."As a result,very few tasks or goals that I set out to achieve were ever completed.
One evening,my mother called me into the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began."It's about Marlo Thomas.She tells how a simple poem that she was forced to learn by her father changed her life•She went from saying‘I can't'to‘I can'•According to this article,she was able to reorganize her life and her career by learning the principles(原則)in the poem."
I took the small magazine from Mother and looked down at the pages.There was Marlo-my idol.Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of,a simple poem entitled,"I Can".
"I want you to memorize that poem,"Mother said firmly."Mama,"I belly-ached."I can't learn that poem.It's too long."
"It's not too long and you can learn it.1want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorrow,"said my mother.Unwillingly,I went back to my bedroom with the magazine.With a heavy heart,Ithrew myself into the bed and began my task.
"Can't is a word that is the enemy to ambition,"I began.I repeated the line.I repeated it again and again."An enemy ambush to shatter your will…"I continued the process until I proudly recited the poem the following evening.It has now become my principle.Marlo 1homas did not know me,but her story forever changed my life.
Saying"I can"helped me to get through the worst moments of my life:Saying"I can"encouraged me to complete things I would have otherwise seen as out of my reach.A simple poem learned at seven is a poem that will support me to seventy-seven,maybe even longer.
1.One evening my mother asked me toA,
A.read an article
B.meet Marlo
C.write a poem
D.take photos
2.The underlined part"I belly-ached"in Paragraph 3probably means"C".
A.I was hungry
B.I was relaxed
C.I felt unhappy
D.I ate too much
3.On the following evening,IC.
A.repeated the lines on TV
B.read more stories about Marlo
C.proudly recited the poem
D.had a long talk with my mother
4.What can we learn from the passage'?D
A.Marlo is very popular among teenagers.
B.I become interested in poems all my life.
C.Marlo always encourages me to work hard.
D.Saying"I can"has helped me get over difficulties.
分析 本文講述的是作者的母親幫助作者樹立自信,走向成功的故事.作者曾是一個(gè)事事都說"I can't"的孩子,媽媽推薦他背誦了作者偶像的一首詩之后,作者深受感到,變成了一個(gè)"I can"的孩子.說"I can"幫助他度過了人生中最糟的時(shí)節(jié).七歲時(shí)學(xué)到的一首小詩,將會(huì)支持他到七十七歲,甚至一生.
解答 1.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)短文第二段:One evening,my mother called meinto the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began.可知媽媽叫他讀一篇文章.故選A.
2.C 詞義猜測(cè)題.結(jié)合題意:第三段有下劃線的部分"I belly-ached"可能意思是什么?根據(jù)后面的句子:"I can't learn that poem.It's too long."可以推測(cè)出,作者認(rèn)為詩太長(zhǎng),不愿意背,因此是不高興地說出了這些話.故選C.
3.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù):I continued the process until I proudlyrecited the poem the following evening.可知,作者第二天晚上會(huì)背了.故選C.
4.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段Saying"I can"encouraged me to complete things I would have otherwise seen as out of my reach.說我可以鼓勵(lì)我完成我認(rèn)為不可能的事情,故本文主要告訴我們說我可以可以幫助我克服很多困難.故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 做題時(shí)要在理解好文意的基礎(chǔ)上,與題目有機(jī)的結(jié)合,從文章中找到相關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)性的句子與選項(xiàng)細(xì)細(xì)比對(duì),進(jìn)行選擇或推理判斷,選出符合文章內(nèi)容的正確選項(xiàng).做題注意靈活,有時(shí)可采用排除法或直選法確定出最終答案.