Question

When other nine-year–old kids were playing games , she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out , she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholar and gain entry to Harvard University．

Her amazing story has inspired a move , “ Homeless to Harvard : The Liz Murray Story ”, shown in late April．

Liz Murray , a year- old American girl , has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．

Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．

Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old．The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died , she decided to do something about it．

Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies , never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night , she lived on the streets．

“ What drove me to survive had to do with understanding , by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society , ” she wrote in her book “ Breaking Night ”．

She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others , such as a safe living environment , to encourage herself that “ next to nothing could hold me down ”．

She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University．But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of moths earlier this year in order to take care of her father , who has also developed AIDS．“ I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time．”

Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “ as simple a making a decision．”

1.In which order did the following thing happen to Liz ?

a．Mum died                            b．Worked at the petrol station

c．Got admitted into Harvard           d．had trouble finding a place to sleep

A．b-a-d-c           B．a-b-d-c            C．d-b –a –c       D．b-d-a –c

2.What decision did Liz make that changed her life ?

A．To go back to school                     B．To go to the best university

C．To survive                             D．To live a different life from her parents

3.What actually drove her on towards her goal ?

A．Envy                                 B．Her love for her parents

C．He Mum’s death                       D．Her willpower and determination

4.When she wrote “ I had only experienced a small part of the society ”, she _____

A．wanted to encourage herself

B．suggested something she wanted for her life

C．suggested people often look back

D．meant that she had little experience

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了美国的一个女孩靠自己的意志力和决心，克服了种种困难，考取了哈佛大学的故事。

1.A 排序题。根据第4段可知她妈妈是在他15岁的时候去世的，而第一段中说她9岁就工作了，说明b在a前面；妈妈去世以后她才难以找到睡觉的地方，最后她考取了哈佛大学，故A正确。本题可以使用排除法。

2.D 推理题。根据第四段4,5行．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died , she decided to do something about it．和What drove me to survive had to do with understanding , by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society 说明他决定要采取方法让自己摆脱妈妈所在的环境而去体验一种新的环境了，故D正确。

3.D 细节题。根据文章第三段Liz Murray , a year- old American girl , has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．说明她是用自己的意志力和决心才做到这一点的，故D正确。

4.B 推理题。根据“ What drove me to survive had to do with understanding , by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society , ”说明她想体验生活的其它方面的内容，所以她才下定决心

改变这一切。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读

点评：本文是一篇很励志的短文，从主人翁的身上我们根据到毅力和决心的作用，以教育我们要努力为自己的目标而努力。本文考查的推理题较多，推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。