2016年北京卷

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，20 分)

第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2 分，共 30 分)

阅读下列短文：从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，将正确的选项涂在答题卡上。

A

December 15, 2014

Dear Alfred,

I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.

Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150+ at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADHD(注意力缺陷多动障碍). anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.

However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.

While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t. So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.

Since then, I have taken courses like Data science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.

Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job — Data Analyst — this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.

Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.

This is why you’re saving my life.

Yours,

Tanis

56. Why didn’t Tanis go to college after high school?

A. She had learned enough about computer science

B. She had more difficulty keeping focused

C. She preferred taking online courses

D. She was too slow to learn

57. As for the working environment, Tanis prefers____.

A. working by herself

B. dealing with the public

C. competing against others

D. staying with ADHD students

58. Tanis wrote this letter in order to_____.

A. explain why she was interested in the computer

B. share the ideas she had for her profession

C. show how grateful she was to the center

D. describe the courses she had taken so far

答案解析：

56. B

根据文中提到Tanis患有注意力缺陷多动障碍，且在探索兴趣时病情加重，再结合她高中毕业后想上大学却不能上这一情况，可知她是因为注意力更难集中(病情加重导致)才没去上大学，所以选B。更多真题请微信搜索英语巴士小程序。

57. A

根据文中“Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to.”可知Tanis希望找一份不用和公众打交道且能自己单独工作的职业，即她更倾向于自己单独工作，所以选A。

58. C

根据文章开头“I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.”以及结尾“This is why you’re saving my life.”还有中间详细阐述在培训中心学习课程给她带来的积极改变，可知Tanis写这封信是为了表达对培训中心的感激之情，所以选C。