Question

December 15, 2014

Dear Alfred，

I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.

Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150+ at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADHD(注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.

However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.

While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t . So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.

Since then, I have taken courses like Data Science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.

Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public , I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data Analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.

Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.

This is why you’re saving my life.

Yours,

Tanis

1.why did’t Tanis go to college after high school?

A. She had learned enough about computer science

B. She had more difficulty keeping foucesed

C. She preferred taking online courses

D. She was too slow to learn

2.As for the working environment,Tains prefers____.

A. working by herself

B. dealing with the public

C. competing against others

D. staying with ADHD students

3.Tanis wrote this letter in order to_____.

A. explain why she was interested in the computer

B. share the ideas she had for her profession

C. show how grateful she was to the center

D. describe the courses she had taken so far

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

【解析】作者患有多动症，因为注意力不能集中，作者无法上大学。这时作者在网上看到一个培训中心提供的在线课程，于是在家通过网络学习了培训中心的计算机课程，并找到了心仪的工作。作者认为是培训中心的老师给了他希望和自信，于是写了这封信表达感谢。

1.细节理解题。根据第四段“my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t ”可知，“我”的多动症加重了，无法上大学，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“without dealing with the public”排除B；根据“I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. ”可知，“我”不想处理复杂的人际关系，想单独工作，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself”可知，作者写信的目的是表达感谢，故选C。

【名师点睛】

细节推断题是推理判断题中比较简单的一类试题，它要求考生根据语篇中具体的内容和信息点，推断出文章中具体的细节，如时间、地点、人物关系、人物身份、事件等。解答此类试题时，一般可根据短文所提供的信息或者借助生活常识进行推理判断。考生只要正确把握文章的内在关系，理解文章的真正含义，就可作出准确的推断。对于细节推断题来说，根据文章中的关键信息点进行推断是解答此类试题的关键。主观臆断是许多考生做这类题时普遍存在的一个问题。

比如第三题，此题是问写信的目的，那么就要到文中去找细节，很快就可以发现倒数第二段“Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself”，这句话就表明了此信的目的就是表示感谢，感谢给予了作者希望和自信。