In the fall of 1985．I was a bright-eyed gi

题目内容：

In the fall of 1985．I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere．Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell．

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65．She was the first in our family to reach that goal．But one year after I started college, she developed cancer．I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her．It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait．

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopted and biological children．In 1999, we adopted our first son．To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional．A year later came our second adopted boy．Then followed son No．3．In 2003, I gave birth to another boy．

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 8! Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo．Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time．But I never gave up on the dream either．I had only one choice: to find a way．That meant talking as few as one class each semester．

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys．They often wanted me to stay home with them．There certainly were times I wanted to quit, but I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives．

In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina．It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！

I am not special, just single-minded．It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems normal．Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day．It’s a process．Remember: little steps add up to big dreams．

小题1:When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be .

A．a writer

B．a teacher

C．a judge

D．a doctor小题2:Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A．She wanted to study by herself．

B．She fell in love and got married．

C．She suffered from a serious illness．

D．She decided to look after her grandma．小题3:What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A．Failure is the mother of success．

B．Little by little ,one goes far．

C．Every coin has two sides．

D．Well begun ,half done．小题4:Which of the following can best describe the author ?

A．Caring and determined．

B．Honest and responsible．

C．Ambitious and sensitive.

D．Innocent and single-minded．

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题2:D

小题3:B

小题4:A

答案解析：

小题1:细节题。据第二行的Court得之答案为C项。

小题2:结合文中第二段第二行的but，得知定位点：grandma得了cancer.选择C项，

小题3:推理题。直接找关键点：最后一句话，Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day．It’s a process．Remember: little steps add up to big dreams．可知答案是B

小题4:主旨题。本文主旨兼顾照顾孩子和继续学业。所以要从这两方面来说。不难选择A

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。