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【题目】What makes you grow? While rolling many ideas around in my head lo write this piece. I narrowed my focus a bit and chose: family and sense of purpose.

My family keeps me excited to be alive-beginning the day with a morning kiss from the man I love. He is there to listen and guide, to laugh and sigh, to explore and relax, and to make each day meaningful. Together we have three delightful children. Even though they have caused various gray hairs over the years, they have also provided love and laughter.

Friends fall into the family category (范畴) as well. Although they are not cut of the same cloth, they are part of the same quilt. True friends are often as giving .and maybe even more giving as family. Even though our friends enter our life later than our family, strong relation exists. In fact, sometimes friends know us better than family.

The second drive is a sense of purpose. While impossible to describe, it is very easy to picture as we think of even thing of value that touches us. A purpose may be a happy family, home life, and so on. Actually in most cases it is a combination of all these as they affect our lives deeply.

Purpose is new, fresh, exciting and always changing. You’re taking up the same job each day except sometimes challenged. I always wanted to be a teacher, for example, and I chose junior high French. However, over the years my tasks changed so that I had various opportunities to teach K-12 and beyond in a wide range of subjects, levels and school districts. I remained in the same profession for more than 40 years but never in the same setting.

【1】What did the author do before writing the article?

A. She chose her own family as the main topic for writing.

B. She studied many families in detail for some ideas.

C. She took some concerned drives into consideration.

D. She had a quick mind in writing.

【2】What’s the author’s attitude to her marriage?

A. Curious. B. Puzzled.

C. Pessimistic. D. Satisfied.

【3】What is the closest meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?

A. Though not born into a family, friends are considered life mates.

B. Friends wear different clothes but sleep on the same bed.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. Blood is thicker than water.

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Everyone has his own purpose.

B. Purpose needs to be flexible.

C. Teachers must be knowledgeable.

D. Teaching is very difficult in America.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文话题：是什么让你成长？作者写这篇文章之前她考虑了一些有关的因素：家庭和使命感。

【1】C

推理判断题。根据第一段中While rolling many ideas around in my head lo write this piece. I narrowed my focus a bit and chose: family and sense of purpose.可知，作者写这篇文章之前她考虑了一些有关的因素。故选C.

【2】D

推理判断题。根据第二段第一句My family keeps me excited to be alive-beginning the day with a morning kiss from the man I love.可知作者对自己的婚姻感到满意。故选D。

【3】A

词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句Friends fall into the family category (范畴) as well. 朋友也属于家庭范畴。和第三句True friends are often as giving .and maybe even more giving as family. 真正的朋友往往是给予，甚至更多的给予。可知划线第二句Although they are not cut of the same cloth, they are part of the same quilt. 朋友虽然不是出身于一个家庭，但却被认为是终身伴侣。故选A。

【4】B

推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句Purpose is new, fresh, exciting and always changing.可知，目的需要灵活。故选B。