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When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “ Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.
Liz Murray,a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “ What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University. But Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they loved me all the time.”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
(1)The main idea of the passage is __________ .
A.how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
B.What a hard time Liz had in her childhood
C.why Liz loved her parents so much
D.how Liz struggled to change her life
(2)In which order did the following things happen to Liz ?
a. Her mother died of AIDS.
b. She worked at a petrol station.
c. She got admission into Harvard University.
d. The movie about her life was put on.
e. She had trouble about finding a place to sleep.
A.b, a , e , c, d
B.a , b , c , e , d
C.e , d, b , a , c
D.b , e , a , d , c
(3)What actually made her go towards her goal?
A.Envy and encouragement.
B.Willpower and determination .
C.Decisions and understanding.
D.Love and respect for her parents.
(4)When she wrote “What drove me to live on … I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that __________ .
A.she had little experience of social life.
B.she could hardly understand the society.
C.she would do something for her own life.
D.she needed to travel more around the world.

【答案】
(1)D
(2)A
(3)B
(4)C
【解析】本文主要叙述的是Liz Murray如何克服生活中的种种困难,最后取得成功的人生故事。

(1)D主旨大意题。本文主要叙述的是Liz Murray如何克服生活中的种种困难,最后取得成功的人生故事,故D正确。

(2)A 细节题。根据文章第一句When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station可知他先在加油站工作,然后妈妈去世。她无家可归,后来被哈佛大学录取,最后关于她的生活的一部电影上演。故A正确。

(3)B细节题。根据文章第二段1,2行Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination可知意志力和决心是他取得成功的关键。故B正确。

(4)C 推理题。根据本句“ What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society, ” 可知真正让他前进的是一种存在的方式,也就是为自己的生活而努力,去体验生活。故C正确。

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