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 m e 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 form 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.
【小題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 think it a great university
C．his parents needed him to help support the family
D．his parents did not have enough money for him
【小題2】The father started his small shop with the money from.
A．a(chǎn) local league B．his university C．his relatives D．his college friends
【小題3】Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?     
A．To help with her husband’s business
B．To raise money for her sonaris.
C．To meet her long-forgotten friends
D．To better manage her life
【小題4】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.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題解析：故事類短文閱讀。本文敘述的是作者想上大學(xué)，但由于家境貧寒，收到母親的阻止，但作者通過努力贏得了獎學(xué)金，圓了大學(xué)夢。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第三段“But we can’t afford to send you to college.”但是我們沒有錢送你上大學(xué)，可以推斷出D正確。
【小題2】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。通過題干中是shop定位到第六段第一句：Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop,爸爸從他的富有的表弟那兒借來了錢開了一個小珠寶店，可以得出C正確。
【小題3】實(shí)施細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的membership定位到第六段第三句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為了得到新的顧客，媽媽不得不幫忙，她加入了當(dāng)?shù)氐膵D女社團(tuán)，是為了能夠認(rèn)識更多的人，可以得出A正確。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第二句After months of hard study, I won a full college scholarship，經(jīng)過幾個月的努力學(xué)習(xí)，獲得了獎學(xué)金，也就是圓了大學(xué)夢，即C正確。
考點(diǎn)：考查故事類短文閱讀。

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C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets.
D．Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.
【小題3】The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because ______________.
A．they thought the script would not be popular.
B．the script was not well written.
C．they had no money to make the film based on the script.
D．they thought Moresco was not famous.
【小題4】Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco?
A．a(chǎn)mbitious and persistent B．shy but hardworking
C．caring and brave D．considerate and modest

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