15.Bonnie Hernandez,41,a single mother of three,lives in public housing on Manhattan's Lower East Side.She dropped out of school in the ninth grade.But she hasn't let it keep her kids from succeeding.Her daughter Jennifer graduated from a city public high school among the top students in her class.Now 20,she plans to attend a local college.
When her youngest son,Joshua,13,had a chance to attend a high school in a dstant part of the city,she balked at the idea of his traveling so far on his own.Instead,she insisted he attend a school closer to their home."I try to monitor as much as I can,"says Hernandez."I want to know what's bothering him."
Hernandez understands that being deeply involved in her children's lives has made a difference in their education.To do it,she had to swallow her pride.
"There was always one thing I was unable to help them with--homework.But I wasn't embarrassed,"she says."I asked people for help.The moment you close your mind from embarrassment,you close it to knowledge."Hernandez,a poor reader herself,knew she had to get her kids reading early to give them a chance.It was hard to imagine her children's success without wide reading.She took them regularly to local public libraries.She says,"They had their library cards already at three years old."At night,she read aloud to them despite being so tired.
She also kept an eye out for recreation and volunteering programs for her children..Recently Hernandez's older son,18-year-old Joey,has begun working with disabled children,and told his mother how wonderful it was to be able to read to a third-grader who couldn't read himself.Hernandez says,"It felt like he was passing on a gift that I'd given him."
24.The underlined word"balked"in the second paragraph probably meansB.
A.agreed
B.hesitated
C.was happy
D.wondered
25.Why did Hernandez ask her son to attend a school close to their home?C
A.To save money
B.To protect her son from danger
C.To watch her son's life closely
D.To avoid heavy traffic
26.According to Hernandez,it's foolish of people toA.
A.feel ashamed to ask people for help
B.give up studying at an early age
C.force their children to do what they don't like
D.give up their own life to help their children succeed
27.From this passage,we can learn thatD.
A.Hernandez had to raise her children after her husband died
B.Hernandez's children were made to devote all time to studying
C.Hernandez's children didn't dare to go against her will
D.Hernandez's children benefited much from early reading.
分析 文章主要讲述了一个没有受过太多教育的单身母亲,如何帮助自己的三个孩子获得成功.
解答 24.B 词意猜测题.根据下句话中的Instead,she insisted…相反的,她坚持…可知blaked与insisted意思相反,insist表示坚持,故选B.
25.C 细节理解题.根据第二段最后一句"I try to monitor as much as I can,"says Hernandez."I want to know what's bothering him."可知Hernandez希望尽可能的监控她的孩子,故选C.
26.A 细节理解题.根据第四段开头,可知 Hernandez认为如果你因为觉得难堪而不求助他人的话,你自己也不会增长知识.故选A.
27.D 细节理解题.根据倒数第二段"Hernandez,a poor reader herself,knew she had to get her kids reading early to give them a chance.It was hard to imagine her children's success without wide reading."可知早期阅读让她的孩子收益很大.故选D.
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读理解,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.