Question

On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news:I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood. “I just need a change,”I told them, but there was more. I was running from heartbreak. My relationship with the United States is the toughest one I have ever had, as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back.

Back in the 90’s, my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to the U.S.when I was 4 years old. She worked as a live-in nanny(保姆)for two years, playing mommy for white kids whose parents had better things to do. She didn’t believe that nanny meant maid, and did whatever was asked of her. She was thirsty to embrace her American dream, hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own.

Those were our path to get a “good education.”When the neighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent, we went across the United States with Great Schools. net as our compass: New Jersey, elementary school; Texas, middle school; Florida, high school; New York City, private university

For a long time I survived by covering myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin, yet I existed on the edge of ugly, ignorant and uncultured. “Black people don’t really know how to swim, “a white lady told me when I worked as a swim instructor at my neighborhood’s pool. “The black children don’t like to read very much, “I overheard one librarian discussing with another while l sat down reading a book a couple feet away.

I was never able to make America my home. When I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one, beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymore. My face may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problem. My hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “post-racial” beliefs.

1.What was the real reason that made the author leave the United States?

A. It couldn’t provide her with good education.

B. She just needed a challenge in her way of life.

C. The way she was treated there broke her heart.

D. She was tired of living in a strange country.

2.What can we infer about the author’s mother from Paragraphs 2 and 3 ?

A. She sacrificed a lot to live a better life in America.

B. She was quite content to work as a live-in nanny.

C. She was particular about the schools her daughter attended.

D. She liked visiting all kinds of schools with the author.

3.The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that_____ .

A. how ignorant and uncultured many people are in US

B. she needed to cover herself in all kinds of labels

C. the race problem is still serious in the United States

D. black children often have no interest in reading books

4.The author’s attitude towards the United States on race problem is_____ .

A. supportive

B. positive

C. neutral

D. negative

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】文章是一位黑人女孩介绍自己在美国生活，受到种族歧视的经历。希望引起人们对美国种族问题的关注。

1.推理判断题。结合文章第一段的句子I was running from heartbreak.(我是因为心碎了才要跑)，以及下文自己在美国受到种族歧视的生活，可推断作者离开美国的真正原因是她在美国被对待的方式让她心碎。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二和第三段的介绍，作者的母亲在美国做女仆，尽可能多的做事，希望以后自己拥有女仆，尽力的让孩子受到好的教育。可知作者的母亲为了在美国过上更好的生活付出了很多。故选A。

3.推理判断题。第四段作者介绍自己的两次经历，引出白人的话“Black people don’t really know how to swim(黑人不知道怎么游泳)”“The black children don’t like to read very much（黑人孩子不是很喜欢读书）”，是为了显示美国的种族歧视非常严重，即种族问题严重。故选C。

4.推理判断题。文章作者介绍自己作为黑人在美国的生活经历，她因为心碎想离开美国，结合最后一句My hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “post-racial” beliefs.（我希望这能迫使美国人重新检查他们的“种族信仰”），可知作者对美国种族问题持否定态度。故选D。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题主要的解题策略有：

（1）根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的，通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1)to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2)to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点）常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息）多见于科普类﹑新闻报道类﹑文化类或社会类的文章。阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。

（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。一篇好的文章，其用词风格常常直接流露或蕴含作者的内心世界和情感态度。所以阅读时要善于捕捉表达或暗示情感态度的词句或短语，捕捉那些烘托气氛，渲染情感的词句，进而很好地洞察作者的思想倾向，是支持、反对抑或中立？对于选项而言，要分清选项中的褒义词、中性词和贬义词，以此对照全文。如：1）表示褒义的词语：positive赞成的，supporting支持的，praising赞扬的，optimistic乐观的，admiring羡慕的，enthusiastic热情的等；2）表示中性的词语：uninterested无兴趣的，不感兴趣的；neutral中立的；impersonal不带个人感情的；subjective主观的；objective客观的等；3）表示贬义的词语：disgusted感到恶心的，厌恶的；critical批评的；negative否定的，反对的；suspicious怀疑的；tolerant容忍的，忍让的；worried担忧的等。

（3）根据写作思路，推断段落发展。不同的文体，写作思路和写作手法也不尽相同。做题时，要善于体会作者的写作思路，揣摩作者的谋篇布局，从宏观上左右文章的结构框架；同时，还要把握作者行文时所运用的修辞手段，如对比、举例、下定义等。通过梳理写作思路，明晰写作手法，即可对文章的发展做出比较科学合理的推断和预测。

（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。本文的四个小题全部属于推理判断题题型，其中1、2、3题属于第（4）类，根据事实细节，推断合理信息；第4小题属于第（2）种类型，根据用词风格，推断情感态度。这里举例分析：本题中的第3小题：

3.C【解题剖析】此题属于推理判断题中的（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。答案需要从文章第四段中的作者的经历描述中进行推断。

【答案定位】根据文章第四段句子作者引用白人的话语“Black people don’t really know how to swim, ”黑人不知道怎么游泳 “The black children don’t like to read very much, ”黑人孩子不振的喜欢读书。

【推理关系】题干The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that_____ .根据答案定位可推断美国的种族歧视非常严重。☞推断答案C. the race problem is still serious in the United States