Dear XXX, 
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.

Do your best in classes, but don’t let pressure get to you. If you graduate and learn something in your four years, we would feel happy. Your Columbia degree will take you far, even if you don’t graduate with honors. So please don't give yourself pressure. The only thing that matters is that you learned. The only measurement you should use is that you tried.
Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding (結(jié)合的) experience. Pick a few friends and become really close to them — pick the ones who are genuine and sincere to you. Don’t worry about their hobbies, grades, looks, or even personalities. If you think you like someone, tell her. You have very little to lose. People are not perfect, so as long as they are genuine and sincere, trust them and be good to them. They will give back. This is my secret of success — that I am genuine with people and trust them (unless they do something to lose my trust).
College is the four years where you have:
  ?the greatest amount of free time
  ?the first chance to be independent
  ?the most flexibility to change
  ?the lowest risk for making mistakes
So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.
Love,
XXX
【小題1】What is the most probable relationship between the writer and the receiver of the letter?

A.Friends.B.A parent and his or her daughter.
C.A teacher and a student.D.Sisters.
【小題2】Which of the following suggestions is not given to the receiver in the letter?
A.How to adapt to the college life quickly.
B.To make new friends.
C.To learn to be independent in thinking.
D.Not to make herself under much pressure in grades.
【小題3】According to the writer of the letter, college is a time _______.
A.during which one may make mistakes
B.during which one has little free time
C.during which it is hard for one to change
D.during which one needs to learn to be independent


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】D 

解析試題分析:這篇文章是父母寫給上大學(xué)的女兒的信,在為女兒驕傲的同時(shí),也為女兒指明大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)的方向,期望女兒在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)的輕松,快樂成長,能夠獨(dú)立。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題:從文章第一段的句子:可知作者和收信人可能是父母和女兒的關(guān)系,選B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題:從文章第三段的句子:可知D是對的,從第四段的句子:可知BC是對的,而文章沒有提到:怎么很快的適應(yīng)大學(xué)生活,這不是給收信人的建議。選A
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題:從文章的句子:College is the four years where you have:  ?the greatest amount of free time  ?the first chance to be independent可知寫信人認(rèn)為大學(xué)是人學(xué)會獨(dú)立的時(shí)期,選D 
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