一位意志坚韧的母亲
A Chinese mother has become a walking dictionary by memorizing the English-Chinese Dictionary from cover to cover. Li Yanzhi, 51, from Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, is able to explain the meaning of every single word in the 2,458-page book, which consists of 220,000 entries.
Ms Li, who divorced more than 20 years ago, undertook the mission in order to receive more translating work. This helps her support her 26-year-old son who suffers from autism and is not able to take care of himself.
Ms Li is a lecturer in Financial English at Xi'an Transport University’s Economic and Banking School. Since August 2013, she has been reading the dictionary six hours every day from 3am. Within 19 days, she finished the task for the first time. To help her memorizing, Ms Li borrowed 465 English language magazines from the university library. “My biggest dream is to enter The Brain to challenge myself,” said Ms Li. The Brain is a popular reality TV show in China which uses a series of games to test the contestants’ brainpower.
Ms Li said that her son cannot look after himself. Since her divorce more than 20 years ago, she and her son have been relying on each other. As a single mother, Ms Li had to lock her son in the house whenever she went out for work. She said when she returned the house was always a complete mess. But she said she never gave up. “If I can fly I will fly, if I can't fly I will run, if I cannot run I will crawl,” she said.” No matter what you must move forward.”
Apart from English, Ms Li has learned to speak more than 10 different languages, including French, Russian, German, Japanese and Polish. She hopes that by memorizing the 220,000 words from the dictionary, she can encourage students to learn English and increase their vocabulary. “Lecturer Li really is a living English-Chinese Dictionary. And we should devote ourselves to learning.” says Zhang Xinjie, one of her students.
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1.What made Li Yanzhi begin to memorize the English-Chinese Dictionary?
A Wanting to teach better.
B Entering The Brain.
C Encouraging students.
D Earning more money.
解析：选D。D。推理判断题。根据第2段第1句的Ms Li, who divorced more than 20 years ago, undertook the mission in order to receive more translating work可知她想承担更多的翻译任务来多赚钱。
2.How old was Li Yanzhi when she gave birth to her son?
A She was 25.
B She was 26.
C She was 30.
D She was 51.
解析：选A。A。细节理解题。从文章第1段第2句的Li Yanzhi, 51, from Xi’an可知她现年51岁；从第2段第2句的This helps her support her 26-year-old son可知她的儿子26岁；据此可以得知她是在25岁的时候生了儿子。
3.The underlined phrase “the task” may refer to _____.
A Teaching Financial English.
B Reading the English-Chinese Dictionary
C Reading six hours every day
D Borrowing English language magazines
解析：选B。B。词意指代题。从文章第3段第2句的Since August 2013, she has been reading the dictionary six hours every day from 3am可以得知此处the task是指代“读词典这个事情”。
4.From the fourth paragraph we can know Ms Li is a woman full of _____.
A perseverance
B ambition
C wealth
D secret
解析：选A。A。推理判断题。根据第4段最后两句的“If I can fly I will fly, if I cant fly I will run, if I cannot run I will crawl,” she said.“No matter what you must move forward” 可以得知她告诉自己要飞翔，即使摔倒了，也要爬行；据此可以推知她是一个意志坚韧的人。
5.What Zhang Xinjie said in the last paragraph means _____.
A students should speak several different languages
B students should also remember 220,000 words
C students will be surely encouraged to work hard
D students will be encouraged to clean up
解析：选C。C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第4句的And we should devote ourselves to learning可知老师的例子鼓舞着学生更加努力地学习。