Brittnie Pemberton listened attentively as Jim Herrick took her and her mother, Tanya, on a brief tour of San Diego State University on Thursday. Her dream is much closer to reality after she received a promise from the university. The university promised that she would get a full four-year scholarship to the school as long as she met the entrance requirements.
Brittnie, 10, laughed. Her mom cried.
They live at the Salvation Army Door of Hope, a living center for homeless women and their children. Photojournalist Linda Solomon met them in August when she came to the facility and taught boys and girls, ages three-and-a-half to 13, how to take pictures. She gave them all disposable cameras and told them to capture images that reflected their dreams. The children's images - a big house, a church, a playground, a backyard and more - are kept. This is a project called“Pictures of Hope" organized by the Salvation Army
"I wish to go to college, so I took a picture of the sign out in front of San Diego State University," Brittnie said last month. The Fletcher Elementary School fifth-grader was pointing to the Christmas card bearing her photograph.
Adrienne Finley, development director at the Salvation Army, hosted a reception for Solomon, who told Finley about the president of a small university who gave a child the scholarship she dreamed of last year.
Finley called his old friend, Herrick, who serves as the SDSU President. "We have a wonderful opportunity here to make a difference in a little girl's life," Finley said. Soon her mom and Brittnie were face to face with SDSU President Jim Herrick.
"You must be Brittnie," he said, reaching out to shake her hand. She quickly pulled her hands out of the pockets of the new SDSU sweatshirt she had been given that morning.
They sat down at a table in his office and talked about college, about science, about her love of math and his hope that she and other girls wouldn't lose interest in those subjects, as happens to many girls as they grow older.
Then they talked about how much discipline she would need over the next eight years to make her dream come true. Both signed the paper outlining their agreement to the terms of the scholarship. Back outside on the sunny campus, Brittnie admitted she's tempted sometimes not to do her homework. "But not anymore," she said.
小題1:According to the first paragraph, we can know that________.
A．it is certain that Brittnie will be admitted into SDSU
B．Brittnie will not need to pay for her university education if she can study in SDSU.
C．Jim Herrick promised Brittnie’s mother to offer her a job in SDSU.
D．Brittnie made a promise that she would never give up her dream. .
小題2:The Salvation Army Door of Hope is intended to ______.
A．recruit young men and young women to help others
B．provide shelters for homeless moms and their children
C．carry out some projects to help those who are in trouble
D．help homeless people no matter who they are
小題3:According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT_______.
A. Linda Solomon taught children photography to inspire them.
B. Children told people about their dreams through their pictures.
C. Brittnie took a picture standing at the gate of SDSC.
D. Brittnie’s picture was so good that it was printed on a Christmas card.
小題4:From what Ferrick said to Brittnie, we can infer that_______.
A．Ferrick has a strong belief that Brittnie will be a scientist in the future.
B．Brittnie, as well as some other girls, is interested in both science and math.
C．some girls would not be so good in science and math as boys as they grow older.
D．Brittnie will never lose interest in science because of her deep love
小題5:Which of the following words can best describe Brittnie’s feelings when she signed
the agreement about the scholarship ?
A．EncouragedB．CalmC．Nervous D．Proud

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:A

小題1:從文章第一段的最后一句話可以找到答案, a full four-year scholarship意思是“四年的全額獎學(xué)金，”這就意味著只要Brittnie被大學(xué)錄取，她將免費上大學(xué)。
小題2:從文章第六行可知答案。
小題3:從文章第四段中可以知道，Brittnie只是給SDSC大學(xué)門口的標(biāo)志照了照片，而不是給自己照，其它信息都正確。
小題4:文章倒數(shù)第二段中，校長在表達(dá)希望時，希望Brittnie能保持對理科科目的興趣。因為到了后來很多女生就會對數(shù)學(xué)等不感興趣，所以我們可以推測隨著年齡長大，很多女孩子的理科成績會不如男生。
小題5:從文章的最后兩句話可以看出，得知自己能得到全額獎學(xué)金B(yǎng)rittnie打算不再缺交作業(yè)，可見她是受到了鼓舞。
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