第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. 36 the only girl in a family of 37children, she often 38she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, 39her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and 40, she retreated(躲避) into books. 41her love of 42, she didn’t do well in elementary school because she was too shy to take part in the activities.
In high school, with the 43of one particular teacher, Cisneros 44her grades and worked for the school literary(文学的) magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to 45because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a 46. 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, 47, she felt lonely –– a(n) 48American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different 49Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment 50_ I considered myself truly different that my writing got a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to 51with why I felt so much imbalance in my life. That’s when I decided I would 52about something my classmates couldn’t.”
Cisneros 53 her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl 54up 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 to graduate school level. 55then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
36. A. To B. For C. As D. By
37. A. eight B. seven C. six D. five
38. A. looked like B. felt like C. liked D. admired
39. A. beside B. except C. as well as D. except for
40. A. dependent B. confident C. unimportant D. shameful
41. A. While B. Although C. In spite D. Despite
42. A. hiding B. writing C. reading D. feeling
43. A. praise B. guidance C. improvement D. encouragement
44. A. increased B. analyzed C. improved D. developed
45. A. home B. school C. college D. library
46. A. friend B. husband C. teacher D. brother
47. A. butB. however C. besides D. therefore
48. A. Canadian B. African C. German D. Mexican
49. A. assisted B. led C. helped D. caused
50. A. that B. when C. then D. why
51. A. do B. deal C. handle D. affect
52. A. concern B. read C. write D. learn
53. A. printed B. invented C. punished D. published
54. A. growing B. grown C. to grow D. has grown
55. A. Until B. Before C. Since D. After
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