Question

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.

In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”

“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A．She had seven brothers.                  B．She felt herself a nobody.

C．She was too shy to go to school.            D．She did not have any good teachers.

2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A．develop her writing style                 B．run away from her family

C．make a lot of friends                     D．work for a school magazine

3.According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A．Her early years in college.                 B．Her training in the Workshop.

C．Her childhood experience                D．Her feeling of being different.

4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C．It is quite popular among students.

D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者桑德拉出生在芝加哥，她是唯一的女孩，在家很受约束，变得很害羞，使自己躲进书堆里。在大学里，在老师的帮助下，参加了爱荷华国际写作大赛，帮助她找到创造性声音，后来她写了许多书，很著名

1.细节题，由第一段第三行tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books可以知道答案，故选B。

2.细节题。由倒数第二段最后一句That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”可以知道答案，所以选A。

3.细节题，由第二段最后一句The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”可以知道答案，所以选D

4.细节题，由最后一段倒数第三行he book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level可以知道答案，所以选C

考点：本篇是一篇记叙文

点评：本文主要考查细节题，做细节题的关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。