Question

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 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 adopt 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 talking 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 midst 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(chǎn) writer B．a(chǎn) teacher C．a(chǎn) judge D．a(chǎn) 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.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

1.1】答案　C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的．..aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.可推斷出作者當(dāng)時志在從事與法律相關(guān)的職業(yè)，并希望在最高法院有一席之地。judge指“法官”。]

2.2】答案　D　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中But one year...I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her.可知作者放棄學(xué)業(yè)是為了照顧她的奶奶。]

3.3】答案　A　[推理判斷題。從第四段作者的描述You can imagine how fully occupied I became...Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo.以及第五段的描述可感受到作者雖然繁忙但快樂的情感。]

4.4】答案　B　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本段最后一句話Remember：little steps add up to big dreams.體現(xiàn)了作者對于實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的看法。這句話與選項(xiàng)B含義一致，都是告訴我們：不積跬步，無以至千里。]