题目内容：

Four years ago your friends congratulated you and your father talked big continuously. Four years ago you walked among the gothic towers and weathered traditions that sew our community together. But what’s next, will I make friends, or I will measure up? And maybe you quietly wondered why a place like Yale, a place that sparked the drive of presidents, a place that raised the world-famous scholars, a place that trained Pulitzer Prize winners, would ever want you? I hope you had these questions because otherwise I might have embarrassed myself. I admit I asked all of these and more.

I took an unconventional path to Yale. Five years ago I was working the evening shift at a clothing store in the suburbs of Virginia. My family had moved every year for the past five years and our finances were so consumed that retirement was not a possibility. Worse yet, my son was a junior at an Ivy League college in New Jersey and hearing about his privileged friends often reminded me of all the things I wanted to give him but couldn’t.

When I told him this he relied，“If you really want to spoil me, spoil yourself. ”Then he took my hands and told me I had a brilliant mind and deserved better than everything I had ever known.

That summer I started community college while working full-time. Education was my second chance. I awoke my curiosity, vitality( 活力) and dignity that I never knew I could feel. When I read Eliot, Miller and Morrison, it was as if I were the first person to have ever read them, as if they were secret insights into the human soul and situations and I knew I couldn’t stop.

Walking among these gothic towers, among these traditions, and among this brilliant, vibrant and unapologetically eclectic Class of 2014 has been inspiring. Whether debating issues in class, or chatting over coffee, I have enjoyed, learned and loved every moment I have shared with you. You have made me a better person and I only hoped I have helped in some way to do the same for you.

And yet even now this is dreamlike. Four years ago I was convinced no one would want me, I wouldn’t measure up and as far as knowing what was next, I supposed I had resigned myself to more of the same. But I’ve come to learn that nothing great can really be accomplished without a healthy dose of terror. No one ever wrote epic(史诗般的) poems, built monuments or told bedtime stories about people who played it safe.

I was terrified when I came to Yale. A big part of me thought I wasn’t good enough. But a big part of life is ignoring the naysayers(反对者) especially the one inside you. Most people are stopped from doing great things by no one but themselves. I learned to tell myself to shut up. Sometimes in the mirror in the morning and others times in the dark before I went to bed. I came to realize once I could overcome my own fear I could overcome just about anything. If you haven’t felt this yet I recommended it: it’s the greatest joy you’ll ever know.

You’ve likely all met your own fear and misgivings(担忧、害怕). I charge you to tell that voice to shut up when necessary because in the end your greatness will not be about IQ but about the sincerity of your ambitions, the toughness of your character and your unwillingness to compromise in the face of difficulty, fear and uncertainty.

And should someone tell you that it can’t be done, or you’re not good enough or it’s not worth the trouble? Should others ask you to take the safe route, or stick to the path of least resistance? Should people say it’s too late or your dreams are impractical? Look them in the eye, laugh a little and let them know “Nothing is impossible”.

1.By saying “spoil yourself” in Paragraph 3, the author’s son meant that       .

A. the author sacrificed a lot for the family

B. the author loved her son and spoiled him

C. the author didn’t deserve any help

D. the author had an excellent mind

2.What did the author realize after entering the college?

A. She was familiar with Eliot and Miller.

B. Social practice was better than knowledge .

C. She had few moments to share with others.

D. Certain terror helped with achievements.

3.What does the phrase “the greatest joy” in Paragraph 7 refer to?

A. The joy of realizing your own aims

B. The joy of knowing your own IQ.

C. The joy of overcoming your own fear.

D. The joy of finding your own advantages.

4.After reading the passage, you are most probably       .

A. worried    B. encouraged

C. relaxed    D. astonished