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. 1.
   Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?
   1. A.
      She had seven brothers
   2. B.
      She felt herself a nobody
   3. C.
      She was too shy to go to school
   4. D.
      She did not have any good teachers
2. 2.
   The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____
   1. A.
      develop her writing style
   2. B.
      run away from her family
   3. C.
      make a lot of friends
   4. D.
      work for a school magazine
3. 3.
   According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?
   1. A.
      Her early years in college
   2. B.
      Her training in the Workshop
   3. C.
      Her childhood experience
   4. D.
      Her feeling of being different
4. 4.
   What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
   1. A.
      It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish
   2. B.
      It is the only book ever written by Cisneros
   3. C.
      It is quite popular among students
   4. D.
      It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine

Answer 1

BADC
試題分析:本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者桑德拉出生在芝加哥，她是唯一的女孩，在家很受約束，變得很害羞，使自己躲進書堆里。在大學里，在老師的幫助下，參加了愛荷華國際寫作大賽，幫助她找到創造性聲音，后來她寫了許多書，很著名
1.細節題，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，故選B。
2.細節題。由倒數第二段最后一句That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”可以知道答案，所以選A。
3.細節題，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，所以選D
4.細節題，由最后一段倒數第三行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，所以選C
考點：本篇是一篇記敘文
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