Question

In the fall of 1985，I was a bright­eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty­one years later I am later I am still a bright­eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic...and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8！Our home was a complete zoo...a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full­time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit.But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!

I am not special, just single­minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.

1.When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be ________.

A．a writer  B．a teacher  C．a judge  D．a doctor

2.Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself.

B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered from a serious illness.

D. She decided to look after her grandma.

3.What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C. She wanted to remain a full­time housewife.

D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.

4.What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A．Failure is the mother of success.

B．Little by little，one goes far.

C．Every coin has two sides.

D．Well begun, half done.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

1.1】答案 C [细节理解题。由第一段中的．..aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere.可推断出作者当时志在从事与法律相关的职业，并希望在最高法院有一席之地。judge指“法官”。]

2.2】答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段中But one year...I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her.可知作者放弃学业是为了照顾她的奶奶。]

3.3】答案 A [推理判断题。从第四段作者的描述You can imagine how fully occupied I became...Our home was a complete zoo—a joyous zoo.以及第五段的描述可感受到作者虽然繁忙但快乐的情感。]

4.4】答案 B [细节理解题。本段最后一句话Remember：little steps add up to big dreams.体现了作者对于实现梦想的看法。这句话与选项B含义一致，都是告诉我们：不积跬步，无以至千里。]