三、阅读理解
Growing up,Deka Ismail says she let labels(标签)decide what she could be. "I was a black girl,from a refugee(难民)family," Deka said. "It was as if I was only allowed to explore in this predetermined(预先确定的)box."
After a high school Chemistry class encouraged her to think about a career in science and gave her confidence in the field,Deka learned to live outside labels and began making big plans for her future. Now she is about to begin her freshman year at the University of California,planning to become a professor.
Born and raised in San Diego's City Heights neighbourhood,Deka is the daughter of a Somali refugee couple. While some might say Deka's success happened although she had poor background,she would say differently,that her experiences shaped her to be the young scientist that she is today.
When Deka was eight years old,her mother got a job by studying hard back in school in order to support the whole family. That made Deka realize that education could make a difference to one's life. She spent a lot of time in the library reading books,and didn't do many of the things her peers(同龄人)did,like partying or having romantic relationships.
"I always felt like I had to be the perfect girl for my family," Deka said. "You not only have to do your best but twice better than everyone else. I felt like the whole world was waiting for me to mess up."
Deka's efforts paid off. The summer before her senior year of high school,she was accepted to the American Chemical Society Project SEED Programme. "She was both passionate(热诚的)and hard - working," Botham,a researcher at this research institute(机构),thought back. "She arrived every day ready to work,ready to learn and ready to take on new challenges without thinking about whether she had done anything similar."
When asked what advice she would give to others like her,Deka warned them not to look down upon themselves. "Don't tell yourself that getting scholarship is too hard or this programme is too challenging or I'll never get into this school," she said. "I was not sure whether I could make it until I started seeing the acceptance letters rushing in."
(
D
) 1. From the passage,we can learn that ______.
A. Deka refused to live in a refugee family
B. Deka spent a lot of time going to parties
C. Deka became a professor after graduation
D. Deka's experiences drove her to work hard
(
B
) 2. According to the last paragraph,Deka advised that students be ______.
A. patient
B. confident
C. passionate
D. generous
(
D
) 3. What does the story want to tell us?
A. Life is not all roses.
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. Well begun is half done.
D. Hard work leads to success.
