13．Today at 11：00．I will be doing something that some people told me that I would never be able to do．I am graduating from college．
When I graduated from high school，my family had a business so I never thought about getting a college degree．I went straight from my high school graduation to working for my father．After 24years of ups and downs （mostly downs），I decided that I wanted to return to school and earn a degree in Business Administration．
Some people told me that it was too late．Some told me that I was too old．Others told me that I would never be able to pull it off．I had to work full time and take care of my son．But inside I was told something different．
One day while looking up information on how to go about getting into college，a little window popped （彈出） up on my screen．It said，"Do you think you are too old to go back to school？"I clicked on the box and there I found an online college．I spoke to someone in the school and they assisted me in getting loans and grants to pay for it．They told me that I could take classes any way that I wanted so that I could go to work．I also found out that I could attend classes at home so that I could be there for my son．
Now today，almost 2years later，I will not only be graduating but graduating with honors．I have been on the Dean's list for almost the whole time I have been in college．
So for anyone out there who thinks that something is out of reach or impossible，remember this：If I had listened to those people who told me，I couldn't do it then．

41．Why didn't the author go on with education after graduating from high school？A
A．To help her father with the family business．
B．To escape from school life．
C．To experience social life early．
D．To achieve her dream．
42．The underlined sentence"But inside I was told something different"in the passage probably meansD．
A．what others told her was not true
B．someone told her something different
C．the author would have a different life if she tried
D．the author decided to return to school for a college degree
43．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？D
A．The author was grateful for people's help．
B．The author was under big pressure while at college．
C．The author spent most of her time on her studies in the school．
D．The author made great efforts and graduated with honors．
44．The author advises readers toA．
A．do what our hearts are set on
B．return to school after work
C．keep our minds open
D．choose online college education
45．Which of the following is the best title of the passage？B
A．Nothing is possible
B．Listen to your heart
C．Don't believe in other people
D．Success lies in hard work．

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們描述了作者在高中輟學(xué)工作之后想回去重修學(xué)士學(xué)位幾乎遭到了所有人的反對(duì)，但作者依然堅(jiān)定的修得了學(xué)位，他通過(guò)這篇文章告訴我們一定要跟隨自己的心．

解答 41．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段"When I graduated from high school，my family had a business so I never thought about getting a college degree"可知高中畢業(yè)后作者沒(méi)有繼續(xù)接受教育是為了幫父親做家庭生意；故選A．
42．D．句意理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段"I decided that I wanted to return to school and earn a degree in Business Administration"可知句子含義為作者決定返回大學(xué)去獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位；故選D．
43．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第五段"Now today，almost 2years later，I will not only be graduating but graduating with honors"可知作者做了很大的努力，以?xún)?yōu)異的成績(jī)畢業(yè)；故選D．
44．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段"So for anyone out there who thinks that something is out of reach or impossible，remember this：If I had listened to those people who told me，I couldn't do it then"可知作者建議讀者要勇敢做我們想做的事情；故選A．
45．B．主旨大意題．通讀全文，可知文章主要講作者在高中輟學(xué)工作之后想回去重修學(xué)士學(xué)位幾乎遭到了所有人的反對(duì)，但作者依然堅(jiān)定的修得了學(xué)位，他通過(guò)這篇文章告訴我們一定要跟隨自己的心；可知最佳標(biāo)題為傾聽(tīng)你的心；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．

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