say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not allow me to start.

　　 Now I realized that those were only excuses. What stopped me was that I was afraid to start studying again. I always believed I would learn by myself.

　　 One day, however, my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn't understand them because I didn't speak English. He was also sad because I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I told myself, "Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can make it."

　　 The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner (横幅) in front of the school which said that they offered classes for adults. I came in to see if I could join, but the classes were closed already. That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the way back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That's the way I found Chaffey College. The following Monday, I went to ask for information. They told me that summer school was starting that week.

　　That's how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great rewards. My daughter had written a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why. She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇记叙文。十年前作者来到美国，由于工作和生活中的琐事一直不能学习。直到有一天儿子跟作者说他很伤心，因为作者英文差，听不懂他的朋友们所说的话，而且也不能帮助他做作业。从那时起，作者开始下决心学英文。

　　5．According to the passage, the author probably is a ________.

　　A．teacher B．doctor

　　C．father D．mother

答案与解析：D　推理判断题。根据最后一段中的"My daughter had written a story for school. It was about the female they most admired and why. She wrote that I was the person she