诗歌描述的是黑人生活。

　　6．From the passage we can learn that ________.

　　A．at seven, Brooks' parents found that she had a gift for writing poems

　　B．Brooks' poems made black people gain freedom

　　C．some of Brooks' early poems were set in the South Side of Chicago

　　D．the poem A Street in Bronzeville made Brooks become rich

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三段第六句话可知，布鲁克斯早期的诗歌主要描写芝加哥南部的生活。

　　7．Which of the following statements about Brooks is NOT true?

　　A．She is an African­American writer.

　　B．Her first poem was published in 1930.

　　C．She was good at the language of poetry.

　　D．She was the first American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句话可知，布鲁克斯是第一位获得普利策文学奖的美国非洲裔作家。D项说法与原文不一致。

　　8．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A．Brooks spent her childhood in a poor black community

　　B．most of Brooks' writing was based on what she saw and heard

　　C．all of Brooks' books have been published

　　D．Brooks didn't receive college education

　　解析：选B　推理判断题。根据第三段第四、五句话可判断出，她的大部分作品以自己的所见所闻为基础而写成。

　　C

　　When I was in the fifth grade and Mr. Gardner asked a question, my hand would shoot up with great enthusiasm. After giving me a few chances, he would try to give other students a chance. My hand, though, would remain in the air, and after some time, I'd start waving it around. Then, there was the time when I entered drumming classes. But all we were allowed to do in the first class was practise one beat over and over again. I never went back.

　　I would have done terribly in the Stanford Marshmallow (果浆软糖) Experiment. In this classic study, researchers gave children a choice between one marshmallow right away and two later. The results showed that those who could wait 15 minutes ended up scoring 210 points higher on the SAT, an examination that American high school students take before they go to college.

So clearly, delaying gratification or bearing up under pain has its benefits. It needs patience. Patience keeps us from being stuck to ideas formed previously, and helps us let go of our strong interest in outcomes. We come to accept that we don't always or immediately know what is best, and learn to recognize that our reality is in constant changes. Patience improves our understanding of deeper truths and helps us expand our views.