Question

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the woman say about her family?

A.They led a poor life. B.They kept a lot of birds. C.They owned a small farm.

2.What did the woman’s mother impress her with?

A.Her love. B.Her success. C.Her ambition.

3.What did the woman’s mother wish her to do?

A.Go to college. B.Become a writer. C.Have a better life.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

【解析】

【原文】

M:Your readers are interested in your childhood. What was it like?

W:I grew up in a small town. We lived in a very poor housing but we always lived in very beautiful settings，so I had favorite trees and I had contact with birds. My parents were farm workers. Though we were poor for the most part，I think I was often happy.

M:It would not have been expected that you’ll become a literary figure. Was your mother ambitious with you?

W:Well，my mother wasn’t especially ambitious with me in the sense of going to college when I grew up. I think her greatest contribution was simply that she loved me very much. No matter what happened，I had my mother with me.

M:She gave you confidence.

W:Oh，she did. She earned very little money. And in spite of that，she managed to buy a typewriter for me. She just wanted me to be able to do things that she couldn’t do even if she didn’t know what they were.