5．How I Turned to Be Optimistic（樂(lè)觀的）I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house，and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America．We were on the bus then．I was crying，and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me．I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning．
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again．In fact，I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives．When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see--the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures．The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then．
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism，but the idea did not come to me at once．For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result of family moves．I did not quite know what I was or what I should be．Mother remarried，and things became even more complex for me．Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other．I was often sad，and saw no end to"the hard times．"
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home．I wrote letters，filled out forms，translated at interviews with Immigration officers，took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there，and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives（代表）．
From my experiences I have learned one important rule：almost all common troubles eventually go away!Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up，and just wait a little!I believe that my life will turn out all right，even though it will not be that easy．
8．How did the author get to know America？C
A．From her relatives．
B．From her mother．
C．From books and pictures．
D．From radio programs．
9．Upon leaving for America the author feltD．
A．confused
B．worried
C．a(chǎn)mazed
D excited
10．What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4？D
A．She worked as a translator．
B．She attended a lot of job interviews．
C．She paid telephone bills for her family．
D．She helped her family with her English．
11．The author believes thatB．
A．her future will be free from troubles
B．good things will happen if one keeps trying
C．there are more good things than bad things
D．it is difficult to learn to become patient．
分析 作者通過(guò)自己到美國(guó)的經(jīng)歷，學(xué)到了一條非常重要的原則：幾乎所有的困難最終都會(huì)解決掉的．只要你不放棄．
解答 8．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．第二段的句子When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see--the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures．可以知道作者是通過(guò)書(shū)本和圖片認(rèn)識(shí)美國(guó)的；故答案為C
9．D．推理判斷題，第二段前兩行I do not remember myself crying for this reason again．In fact，I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives已經(jīng)告訴我們作者離開(kāi)的時(shí)候感受到的不是困惑和擔(dān)憂，而是興奮，選D
10．D．綜合判斷題，第四段用很多例子I wrote letters，filled out forms，translated at interviews with Immigration officers，took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there，and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives表明他用他的英語(yǔ)在幫助家人．選D
11．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從最后一段的句子：Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up，and just wait a little!可知幾乎所有的困難最終都會(huì)解決掉的．只要你不放棄；故選B．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
