I still remember the days when I was a youthful student in an engineering school. I lived a casual life, without caring about the future. I smoked, drank with friends and made girl friends. Little did I realize that casualness would certainly lead to loss.
Two years had passed and I was staring down a report card that highlighted FALL in more than half the subjects. I didn’t care, at least not until my dad found about it. You see, I studied In India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education, my dad financed me.
Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking. He lost his temper but he just told me, “Son, your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”. It hit me like a roundhouse kick.(回旋踢) from Bruce Lee. I was shocked out of my bones. I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college. I owed everybody money: the grocery store, the bars, the restaurants, my friends, etc. I was living a life filled with credit.
When I went back to college, I knew that if I don’t change the way I live my life I won’t be able to pay everybody off. So I decided to make some changes. I quit smoking, cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong the road, starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering books.
One year later, I went from a miserable failure to a magna cum laude(優(yōu)等成績(jī)). Life was never the same again. This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it, however small or large. Even today it still motivates me when I feel that I’m about to lose or give up. It reminds me that I can do it.
小題1: What kind of life did the author live in the engineering school? (No more than 12 words)                                                     
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小題2: When did the author begin to care about the serious situation? (No more than 14 words)
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小題3:How did his father deal with his son’s problem? (No more than 8 words)
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小題4: What did the author learn from this incident? (No more than 12 words)
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小題1:He lived a casual life, without caring about the future. (2’)
小題2:Not until his father found out his failure in half the subjects. (3’)
小題3:By cutting his son’s allowance in half. (2’)
小題4:Anything is possible if you take action and do something about it. (3’)

試題分析：作者在印度上工程學(xué)校時(shí)吸煙、喝酒、交女朋友、過著閑散的生活，從不在乎學(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)上的下滑。直到他父親發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的狀況，采取了控制行動(dòng)，他才一步步走出頹廢的境地，走向了成功。通過這件事他意識(shí)到只要努力去做，世上沒有做不成的事情。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)查找題。根據(jù)文章第一段 I lived a casual life, without caring about the future.  可知作者在工程學(xué)校過著閑散的生活，從不去考慮未來，所以答案填He lived a casual life, without caring about the future.。
小題2:信息查找題。根據(jù)文章第二段I didn’t care, at least not until my dad found about it可知直到父親發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的狀況，他才開始為自己的處境擔(dān)憂，所以答案是 Not until his father found out his failure in half the subjects.
小題3:信息轉(zhuǎn)換題。根據(jù)文章第三段“Son, your allowance is cut in half from this moment on”.可知父親對(duì)他的零用錢進(jìn)行了控制，以此來糾正他的行為，所以答案為By cutting his son’s allowance in half.。
小題4:信息歸納題。根據(jù)文章末段This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it, however small or large..可知通過這件事作者意識(shí)到只要努力什么事情都是有可能做到的，故答案為 Anything is possible if you take action and do something about it.。
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