Question

When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma.

“I just wanted to learn more,” she said. But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs. White recalled(回顾), “I said my young friends can graduate from high school, so can I.”

She seems to have been right. As soon as she finishes a history course, Mrs. White will graduate next month. And when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the United States.

Mrs. White is 98 years old and nobody has finished high school at an older age.

Mrs. White dropped out of school(退学) in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has clearly not been reduced after she left school for 80 years. Since going back to her studies, she has kept up a straight record that is the highest possible.

Now that she is about to get a diploma, Mrs. White has become a strong believer in getting a good education.

“I don’t like anyone dropping out of school,” she said. “It makes me mad when a person decides to leave school, because future generations(后代) will have to know even more than we do in order to survive(生存)”.Mrs. White sets a good example of lifelong study!

1.Mrs. White dropped out of school when she was about_____.

A.15. B.18 C.20 D.10

2.How many other students older than Mrs. White have got a school diploma?

A. None B. One C. Two D.A few

3.Which of the following is Not true?

A. Mrs. White has decided to graduate from high school.

B. Mrs. White has already got a high school diploma.

C. Mrs. White is the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the US.

D. Mrs. White said that the young had to know more.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：怀特夫人在两年前回到高中学习，在此之前，她没有想过要得到高中毕业证书。她返回学校上学，目的是想学更多的知识，下个月，她就要毕业了，她也创造了美国得到高中毕业证书年龄最大的人。她也是鼓励青年好好学习的榜样。

1.怀特夫人多大年龄的时候，她辍学了？联系原文：Mrs. White dropped out of school(退学) in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has clearly not been reduced after she left school for 80 years.句意：在第十个学年的时候，怀特夫人辍学了。但是，在她离开学校80年的时间里，她学习的能力没有减少。联系下文，她现在是98岁，减去80等于18，因此，她辍学的时间是在大约18岁的时候。故选B

2.怀特夫人得到毕业证的年龄更大？联系原文：when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the United States.句意：她所做的，在美国，她是得到高中毕业年龄最大的人，为此也是创造了一个新记录。因此她是得到毕业证年龄最大的人，没有比她的年龄更大了。故选 A

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考点：人物传记类短文阅读。