12.I've learned that you have to take the initiative if you want to get anywhere.If you just let other people decide what is going to happen for you,then all your goals and dreams may never be achieved.
Everyone always says that studying abroad in college can change your life.I made the decision to experience it for myself during my junior year.I chose to study in the Dominican Republic.As it got closer to the deadline,an advisor told me I had received a scholarship from an alumni (校友) family foundation (基金).
During my first semester in the country I fell in love.I was becoming bilingual (雙語(yǔ)的) but also learning so much about a new culture.I had begun working with a local grassroots (草根) organization,taking part in a project supporting an underdeveloped community just outside the city.My main role was to become aware of the issues facing populations such as these and support community education.I was in no way ready to leave this new life.I felt as if I needed more time to get what I wanted.
As the next semester began,I realized again that I needed to take a chance.I got involved with a local boarding school for girls living in poverty.I first approached the head of the school to volunteer to teach music classes,asking for money from my college church.I could have never predicted the results of this small action.Another volunteer and I were able to put together a benefit (義演) to show off what the students had learned.We invited community members,friends and other students from local universities to support the girls.We also sold art that the students themselves had created to increase the funding (資助) of the arts program.I felt good when I left,knowing that I had laid the foundation for a good cause and bettered the lives of young girls.
There will always be people that think they know what is best for you,but you ultimately know what you want in life.My time in the Dominican Republic changed my life by giving me the realization of how fortunate I am and the fact that there is always a chance to give back.You have to go after anything and everything you desire or there may be a missed opportunity.My trip to Santo Domingo taught me to take advantage of new possibilities.
By Melissa Chapman,
Tribune News Service
56.The article mainly tells usB.
A.how the author helped poor girls in a local boarding school
B.that studying abroad gave the author life-changing opportunities
C.that the author chose to study abroad to follow other people's examples
D.how the author learned about the issues facing people in the Dominican Republic
57.In her first semester in the Dominican Republic,the authorD.
A.couldn't fit in well with the school or life there
B.started a project in an underdeveloped community
C.was unsure if she should stay for another semester
D.became absorbed in a new culture and a new language
58.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?C
A.The author feels pity for people who live in the Dominican Republic.
B.The author will live in the Dominican Republic in the future.
C.The author is grateful for her experience in Santo Domingo.
D.We should accept others'advice if they think they know what is best for us.

分析 本文介紹了作者在國(guó)外留學(xué)的經(jīng)歷,這段經(jīng)歷改變了作者的生活,并教會(huì)作者把握新機(jī)會(huì).

解答 BDC
56.B.主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章第一段"Everyone always says that studying abroad in college can change your life.I made the decision to experience it for myself during my junior year."和最后一段"My time in the Dominican Republic changed my life by giving me the realization of how fortunate I am and the fact that there is always a chance to give back"可知,這篇文章主要講出國(guó)留學(xué)改變了作者的生活.故選B.
57.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段"I was becoming bilingual (雙語(yǔ)的) but also learning so much about a new culture"可知,作者第一學(xué)期的時(shí)候愛(ài)上了新的文化和語(yǔ)言.故選D.
58.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段"My time in the Dominican Republic changed my life by giving me the realization of how fortunate I am and the fact that there is always a chance to give back"和"My trip to Santo Domingo taught me to take advantage of new possibilities"可知,作者對(duì)這一段經(jīng)歷很珍惜,并報(bào)以感謝的態(tài)度.故選C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解題測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對(duì)未說(shuō)明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論,對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn).

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14.聽(tīng)第六段材料,回答第6至7題.
6.What is the conversation mainly about?
A.An interview.
B.A meeting.
C.A party.
7.How will the woman inform the man?
A.By sending him an email.
B.By giving him a call.
C.By writing him a letter.

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