【題目】In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.

“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”

“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university. ”She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”

“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?”

“No,”she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”

Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投資) could show returns. What’s more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful；otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.

I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship（獎學(xué)金）. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.

【1】The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because ________.

A. his father graduated from the university

B. his mother did not thinks it a great university

C. his parents needed him to help support the family

D. his parents did not have enough money for him

【2】The father started his small shop with the money from ________.

A. a local leagueB. his university

C. his relativesD. his college friends

【3】According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?

A. To get a well-paid job for himself.

B. To improve relations with his mother.

C. To go to his dream university.

D. To carry on with his father’s business.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文敘述的是作者想上大學(xué)，但由于家境貧寒，受到母親的阻止，但作者通過努力贏得了獎學(xué)金，圓了大學(xué)夢。

【1】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第三段“But we can’t afford to send you to college.”可知，作者的父母親沒錢供他上大學(xué)，故選D。

【2】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第六段第一句Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop可知，爸爸從他富有的表弟那兒借來了錢開了一個小珠寶店，故選C。

【3】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中最后一段倒數(shù)第二句After months of hard study, I won a full college scholarship.可知，經(jīng)過幾個月的努力學(xué)習(xí)，作者獲得了獎學(xué)金，也就是圓了大學(xué)夢，故選C。

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