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As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many other college seniors. In her hand was an envelope containing her final grades. As she nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours of studying had paid off.

   They had.

   “I got five ‘A’s,” she still recalls with elation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

   Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a bachelor of science degree in philosophy and history at age 80.Three years later, at age 83, she would receive her second degree from Suffolk, a master’s in education.

   Now, with both diplomas proudly displayed in her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93,she continues for her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over to attend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being in an academic atmosphere,” she says. “That’s what I love.”

   Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900. Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leave school for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warren describes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move “broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

   In the end, however, “I went to school nights,” she recalls. “Any place I could find an outlet of learning and teaching, I was there.”

   A short time later, her mother became ill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

   Finally, in 1921, her mother, now recovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for two years to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

   Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to be in the academic field” continued.

   In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, and seven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widow and a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was to last nine months. She said she wanted to see “things you never see in the West End.”

   When she returned home, she took a bookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology

And Chinese history. free program for senior citizens.” I was at the registrar’s  office the very next day.”she recalls. At first ,she took one or two courses at a time , but encouraged by her professors , she enrolled as a

   In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned from a neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuition- degree candidate.

   “I had not studied for so many years,” she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, Warren, who calls herself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

   Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk, says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---that learning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about being here, and that permeates (散發(fā)) her activities and is contagious (傳染的) to students and faculty.”

1.What does the word elation mean in the sentence “I got fives ‘A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness   B. Great surprise    C. Great pride    D. Great honor

2.How old was Warren when she got her first college degree?

A. She was 79             B. She was 23                      C. She was 80             D. She was 75

3.What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

A. Studying     B. Factory work      C. Typing                 D. Office work

4.Which statement can be inferred from the underlined sentences?

A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition, she went to study at Suffolk University

B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses at Suffolk University

C. Most of the students at Suffolk University are older than 65

D. Suffolk University encourages older people to take courses

5.It can be inferred from this passage that Rosalie Warren _______.

A. came from a wealthy family         B. didn’t like working in an office

C. put her family before her education      D. didn’t like her family very much

6.What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Rosalie Warren’s family

B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education

D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.C

【解析】

試題分析：本人講述了一位名叫Rosalie Warren的老人上大學的事情。她在年幼時期因為家庭緣故而被迫輟學打工養(yǎng)活家人，但是心中上學的夢想一直都在，直到她75歲的時候才重新回到校園，并且四年后她以優(yōu)異的成績從大學畢業(yè)。她的這種學習熱情與精神值得年輕人們學習。

1.A詞意猜測題。從上下文可知Rosalie Warren在80歲的時候拿到全優(yōu)的畢業(yè)成績，所以從情理推測，任何人在這種情況下都會是高興的，興高采烈的，所以A選項正確。

2.C細節(jié)理解題。從文章第四段Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a bachelor of science degree in philosophy and history at age 80.可知她畢業(yè)時候是80歲了。所以正確選項是C。

3.D 細節(jié)理解題。從文中Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years,可知她做了60年的辦公室工作。所以D選項正確。

4.D推理判斷題。從文中可知Rosalie Warren在80歲的時候從Suffolk University大學畢業(yè)，并且從下文 And Chinese history. free program for senior citizens.他們對老年市民提供免費中國歷史課程也可判斷D選項正確。

5.C推理判斷題。文中講述Rosalie Warren她在父親去世后輟學回家?guī)椭�母親維持生計，在母親生病后再次放棄夜校課程照顧母親等等情況，從這些經(jīng)歷的敘述可知她是把家人放在首要位置的，所以C選項正確。

6.C主旨大意題。文章采用倒序手法，講述了Rosalie Warren的經(jīng)歷，盡管歷經(jīng)很多波折她終于實現(xiàn)了自己受教育，上大學的夢想。所以C選項正確。

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