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Born and raised in central Ohio, I’m a country girl through and through. [11] I’m currently studying to become a physical therapist, a career path that marks a greater achievement for me. At Ohio State University, admission into the physical therapy program is intensely competitive. I made it pass the first cuts the first year I applied, but was turned down for admission. I was crushed, because for years I have been determined to become a physical therapist. I received advice from friends and relatives about changing my major and finding another course for my life. I just couldn’t do it. I knew I could not be as happy in another profession. [12] So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied. Happily I received notice of my admission. Later, I found out that less than 15% of the applicant had been offered positions that year. Now in the first two years of professional training, I couldn’t be happier with my decision not to give up on my dream. My father told me that if I wanted it badly enough, I would get in. Well, Daddy, I wanted it. So there.
After graduation, I would like to travel to another country, possibly a Latin American country and [13] work in a children's hospital for a year or two. So many of the children there are physically handicapped but most hospitals don’t have the funding to hire trained staff to care for them properly. I would like to change that somehow.
【答案解析】
11. What is the speaker's field of study?
【解析】選[B]。推斷題。本題是問說話者研究的領域是什么。根據文中的studying to become a physical therapist可知說話人目前在學習成為一名理療師，而physical therapist明顯屬于medical care的范疇，由此可推知說話人的學習領域屬于medical care（醫療）范疇。故答案為[B]。解答此題時切忌將physical therapist（理療師）中的physical與physics（物理學）聯系起來而誤選[C]。
12. According to the speaker, what contributed to her admission to Ohio State University?
【解析】選[C]。推斷題。本題是問說話者被俄亥俄州立大學錄取的原因是什么。根據文中So I stilled myself, began to work seriously for another year and reapplied.一句可知說話人堅持了自己的夢想，并努力為實現夢想而奮斗，由此可推知她最終被錄取是因為她determination to fulfill her dream（實現夢想的決心），故答案為[C]。本題的答案是解答本題要注意不能根據只言片語妄下結論，如聽到received advice from friends and relatives就誤選[A]。
13. Why does the speaker want to go to a Latin American country?
【解析】選[B]。細節題。本題是問說話者想去拉美國家的原因是什么。根據文中work in a children's hospital for a year or two. So many of the children there are physically handicapped but most hospitals don’t have …可知說話人想去拉美國家是為了help the disabled children there（幫助那里的殘疾兒童），故答案為[B]。
