Question

For many people – especially those juggling (兼顾) family and work at the same time --- it can be difficult to stick with a college degree. Kathy Bitzthum thought many times about dropping out of her accounting program at Iowa State University: She had two children and a job at Electronic Technology Corp. She’d only enrolled in the first place because her boss would offer her a promotion if she took a few accounting courses.
Because she only had enough time to take one class at a time, it took her seven years to complete the courses her boss asked her to take on. She received the promotion as her boss promised and wasn’t planning to continue a degree. But a request from her father, who was dying of cancer, made her think twice. He said to her, “Kathy, why don’t you just keep going and get your degree?”
Before he passed away, he made her promise that she would finish it. And he made her a promise in turn. Vitzthum’s parents had agreed to give each of their children a valuable gift when they graduated from college, and Vitzthum was obsessed with an antique she’d come across and knew that she couldn’t afford. After she promised to graduate from college, her parents bought her the antique. Her father told her, “I’m not going to be around when you graduate, so I’ll give this to you now. But it doesn’t _________ until you graduate from college.”
Since then, Vitzthum has looked at that antique every day and remembered the promise she had made to her father. Despite a hectic life as a wife, mother and full-time employee, she’s taken one course every semester for the last 19 years. And finally, at the age of 48, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting --- and she was excited to accept full ownership (所有权) of the antique that she’d borrowed for more than a decade.
【小题1】What had contributed to Kathy’s studying the accounting program at Iowa State University?
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【小题2】Why did it take Kathy seven years to finish the accounting program?(no more than 10 words)
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【小题3】What did Kathy’s father make her promise to do before he died?(no more than 10 words)
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【小题4】Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 3 words)
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【小题5】What does the passage mainly talk about?(no more than 12 words)
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Answer 1

【小题1】Kathy’s boss promise of offering her a promotion.
【小题2】Because she could only take one class at a time.
【小题3】He made her promise to get her degree./He made her promise to graduate from dollege.
【小题4】belong to you
【小题5】Kathy Vitzthum gets a degree after 19 years of part-time study.

解析试题分析：本文以两个女性的例子告诉我们对于既要照顾家庭也要关注的女性来说去的大学文凭是多么的困难。
【小题1】Kathy’s boss promise of offering her a promotion.
细节题。根据第一段最后2行She’d only enrolled in the first place because her boss would offer her a promotion if she took a few accounting courses.说明老板的诺言是她努力的原因。
【小题2】Because she could only take one class at a time.
细节题。根据第二段第一句Because she only had enough time to take one class at a time说明时间太少是她毕业时间晚的原因。
【小题3】He made her promise to get her degree./He made her promise to graduate from dollege.
推理题。根据第二段4,5行He said to her, “Kathy, why don’t you just keep going and get your degree?” Before he passed away, he made her promise that she would finish it.说明她对父亲许下的诺言就是要大学毕业。
【小题4】belong to you
推理题。根据本句上下文可知，只有在她大学毕业已经这件古董才属于她。
【小题5】 Kathy Vitzthum gets a degree after 19 years of part-time study.
细节题。根据文章倒数第3行she’s taken one course every semester for the last 19 years.
考点：考查了社会现象类短文
点评：本文讲述的是工作女性去的学历的困难。考查的细节题较多，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。