Question

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in (旁聽生）   for another l8 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unmarried college graduate student, and she decided to, put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course. " My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers, She only gave in a few months later when my parents promised that would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $ 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

1.From the passage we know that the author           .

A. was adopted by a lawyer and his wife

B. dropped out when he was 17 years old

C. The author was admitted to Stanford

D. valued his dropping out

2.The author dropped out mainly because           .

A. His academic performance was very poor.

B. He did not want to waste his parents' money.

C. His parents were too poor to afford the college tuition.

D. He didn't think university could help him to get a well-paid job

3.Why did the author think dropping out was a good decision?

A. He could transfer to Stanford.

B. He could follow his passion.

C. He didn't have to attend classes any more.

D. He could spend more time in Hare Krishna temple.

4.What can be inferred from this passage ?

A. The author was taking a risk when he made the decision of dropping out.

B. The author enjoyed the comfort and pleasure of life after he dropped out.

C. The author's parents were very angry at his decision.

D. The author was a very curious person.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這是蘋果電腦公司(Apple Computer)和皮克斯動畫公司(Pixar Animation Studios)首席執行官史蒂夫喬布斯(Steve Jobs)2005年6 月在斯坦福大學的演講第一部分的內容。喬布斯在那次演講中講到了他生活中的三個故事：第一個故事關于如何串連生命中的點滴；第三個故事關于死亡；第二個故事關于愛與失的。三次體驗不僅在斯坦福大學的畢業生、也在硅谷乃至其他地方的技術同行中引起了巨大反響。本文講的是他的第一一個故事：關于如何串連生命中的點滴。

1.D 主旨大意題。根據第三段最后幾句的描述“So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.所以我決定退學，并且相信沒有做錯。一開始非常嚇人，但回憶起來，這卻是我一生中作的最好的決定之一。”以及最后一段“And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. 能夠遵循自己的好奇和直覺前行后來被證明是多么的珍貴。”歸納出作者是“非常珍惜這次退學”的。根據“so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.一對律師夫婦說好了要領養我，然而最后一秒鐘，他們改變了主意，決定要個女孩兒。”可以排除A項；根據“And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford,十七年后，我上大學了，但是我很無知地選了一所差不多和斯坦福一樣貴的學校”可以排除B項和C項。

2.B 推理判斷題。根據“and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. 幾乎花掉我那藍領階層養父母一生的積蓄。六個月后，我覺得不值得。”和“And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out而我卻在花銷父母一生的積蓄。所以我決定退學”可以推斷作者退學主要是不想浪費家長的錢。

3.B推理判斷題。從第三段最后一句話“The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. 從我退學的那一刻起，我可以停止一切不感興趣的必修課，開始旁聽那些有意思得多的課。”可以推斷答案B正確。

4.A推理判斷題。從第三段“It was pretty scary at the time一開始非常嚇人”和最后一段“事情并不那么美好。我沒有宿舍可住，睡在朋友房間的地上。為了吃飯，我收集五分一個的舊可樂瓶，每個星期天晚上步行七英里到哈爾-克里什納廟里改善一下一周的伙食。”我們可以得到答案A。

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