Question

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1981. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Fortunately he had a strong—willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to learn success” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words, came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words--as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn（典当） her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.  
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed john closely until he become very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind:” Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!” Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America--worth  $150 million.
小题1: What does the story mainly want to show us?

A．The key to success for blacks.

B．The mental support John’s mother gave him.

C．The importance of a good education.

D．How John H. Johnson became successful.

小题2:Why did John’s mother decide to move to Chicago?

A．Because his father died when John was very young.

B．Because life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown.

C．Because John needed more education badly.

D．Because there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown.

小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．John’s mother didn’t believe in or depend on others.

B．John’s mother believed one would succeed without working hard.

C．John’s mother thought one could be whatever one wanted to be.

D．John’s mother thought no one could succeed without working hard.

小题4:What does the underlined sentence “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” in Passage 5 mean?

A．No failure can be beaten unless you try.

B．If you try, you would succeed.

C．A try is always followed by a failure.

D．A failure is difficult to beat, even if you try.

Answer 1

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B

小题1:本篇文章给我们塑造了一个倔强的黑人妈妈的形象，不幸的男孩出生在一个幸福的家庭，但幸运的是有一个坚强的妈妈，让其有自信心，让其受教育，带其离开家到他乡求发展，在其事业中鼎立相助。文章最后的话揭示了中心。
小题2:他妈妈决定去芝加哥，不是因为生活对他来说太艰苦了而无法生存，从第三段最后一句话可以看出，他妈妈当厨师并努力挣钱是因为他需要上学，而当地不允许黑人上学，这才是主要原因。
小题3:本题是细节判断题。第二段最后一句话说：努力的人并非都能成功，但成功人士都很努力。作者用了一个“only” 作了界定。
小题4: A是字面意思。结合当时的场景，他母亲说的应该是鼓励他尝试的话，故选B。