Question

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family.  36  the only girl in a family of  37   children, she often  38   she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers,  39  her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and  40  , she retreated（躲避）into books.  41  her love of  42  , she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to take part in the activities in school.

In high school, with the  43  of one particular teacher, Cisneros   44   her grades and worked for the school literary（文学的）magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to  45  because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a  46  . Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop,   47  , she felt lonely –– a（n）  48  American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different   49   Cisneros find her “Creative voice. ”

“It was not until this moment   50   I considered myself truly different that my writing got a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to   51   with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would   52   about something my classmates couldn’t. ”

Cisneros   53   her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl  54  up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level.   55  then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

36. A. To          B. For              C. As              D. By

37. A. Five         B. Six              C. Seven          D. Eight

38. A. felt like     B. looked like        C. liked           D. admired

39. A. beside     B. except          C. except for       D. as well as

40. A. unimportant     B. ambitious     C. mature               D. stubborn

41. A. Despite of         B. In spite           C. Despite       D. Spite of

42. A. hiding             B. reading          C. crying        D. feeling

43. A. praise            B. guidance         C. improvement  D. encouragement

44. A. improved         B. improvised      C. increased        D. developed

45. A. home                B. college            C. school         D. library

46. A. friend            B. teacher           C. husband         D. brother

47. A. but              B. however        C. and             D. therefore

48. A. Canadian          B. African           C. German               D. Mexican

49. A. assisted         B. led             C. helped           D. caused

50. A. that              B. when           C. then            D. why

51. A. do               B. deal             C. handle          D. affect

52. A. concern          B. know            C. learn         D. write

53. A. printed          B. published       C. invented        D. punished

54. A. growing          B. grown          C. to grow          D. is growing

55. A. Until                B. Before          C. Since           D. After

Answer 1

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