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(The following passage is excerpted from a commencement speech delivered by then First Lady
Barbara Bush at Wellesley College in 1990.) - Answer: Now I know your first choice today was
Alice Walker—guess how I know!—known for The Color Purple.1 Instead you got me—known
for the color of my hair!2 Alice Walker's book has a special resonance here. At Wellesley, each
class is known by a special color. For four years the Class of '90 has worn the color purple. Today
you meet on Severance Green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal
journey, to search for your own true colors.
In the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of Lake Waban, no one can say what your true
colors will be. But this I do know: You have a first class education from a first class school. And
so you need not, probably cannot, live a "paint-by-numbers" life. Decisions are not irrevocable.
Choices do come back. And as you set off from Wellesley, I hope that many of you will consider
making three very special choices.
The first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas
of our time. I chose literacy because I honestly believe that if more people could read, write,
and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague
our nation and our society.
And early on I made another choice which I hope you'll make as well. Whether you are talking
about education, career, or service, you're talking about life—and life really must have joy. It's
supposed to be fun!
One of the reasons I made the most important decision of my life, to marry George Bush,3 is
because he made me laugh. It's true, sometimes we've laughed through our tears. But that
shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds. Find the joy in life, because as Ferris
Bueller4 said on his day off, "Life moves pretty fast; and ya don't stop and look around once in a
while, ya gonna miss it!"
(I am not going to tell George ya clapped more
, In this passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. cautioning her audience against repeating past mistakes.
B. enumerating the most pressing social issues facing women today.
C. offering her audience advice for the future.
D. garnering political support for her husband.
E. identifying the most important skills for adapting in uncertain times. - Answer: C. offering her
audience advice for the future.
At the end of the second paragraph, the author states her hope that "many of you will consider
making three very special choices." She goes on to elaborate that these choices include
"believ[ing] in something larger than yourself," finding "the joy in life," and "cherish[ing] your
human connections." In the passage, the author explains why each of these choices will enrich
the future lives of her audience after they graduate from Wellesley.
In the opening sentences of the passage ("Now I know . . . color of my hair!"), the author refers
to Alice Walker primarily to
A. impress her audience with the breadth of her literary knowledge.
B. flaunt her access to privileged information about the planning of the commencement
ceremony.
C. congratulate her audience for inviting her instead of a lesser-known speaker.
D. acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her
speech.
E. suggest that she pays more attention to her personal appearance than do other celebrities. -
Answer: D. acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is
delivering her speech.
In the opening sentences the author acknowledges that for many in the audience their "first
choice today was Alice Walker," gesturing to the controversy surrounding her delivery of the
commencement speech at Wellesley. Such circumstances are potentially embarrassing for Bush
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(The following passage is excerpted from a commencement speech delivered by then First Lady
Barbara Bush at Wellesley College in 1990.) - Answer: Now I know your first choice today was
Alice Walker—guess how I know!—known for The Color Purple.1 Instead you got me—known
for the color of my hair!2 Alice Walker's book has a special resonance here. At Wellesley, each
class is known by a special color. For four years the Class of '90 has worn the color purple. Today
you meet on Severance Green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal
journey, to search for your own true colors.
In the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of Lake Waban, no one can say what your true
colors will be. But this I do know: You have a first class education from a first class school. And
so you need not, probably cannot, live a "paint-by-numbers" life. Decisions are not irrevocable.
Choices do come back. And as you set off from Wellesley, I hope that many of you will consider
making three very special choices.
The first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas
of our time. I chose literacy because I honestly believe that if more people could read, write,
and comprehend, we would be that much closer to solving so many of the problems that plague
our nation and our society.
And early on I made another choice which I hope you'll make as well. Whether you are talking
about education, career, or service, you're talking about life—and life really must have joy. It's
supposed to be fun!
One of the reasons I made the most important decision of my life, to marry George Bush,3 is
because he made me laugh. It's true, sometimes we've laughed through our tears. But that
shared laughter has been one of our strongest bonds. Find the joy in life, because as Ferris
Bueller4 said on his day off, "Life moves pretty fast; and ya don't stop and look around once in a
while, ya gonna miss it!"
(I am not going to tell George ya clapped more
, In this passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. cautioning her audience against repeating past mistakes.
B. enumerating the most pressing social issues facing women today.
C. offering her audience advice for the future.
D. garnering political support for her husband.
E. identifying the most important skills for adapting in uncertain times. - Answer: C. offering her
audience advice for the future.
At the end of the second paragraph, the author states her hope that "many of you will consider
making three very special choices." She goes on to elaborate that these choices include
"believ[ing] in something larger than yourself," finding "the joy in life," and "cherish[ing] your
human connections." In the passage, the author explains why each of these choices will enrich
the future lives of her audience after they graduate from Wellesley.
In the opening sentences of the passage ("Now I know . . . color of my hair!"), the author refers
to Alice Walker primarily to
A. impress her audience with the breadth of her literary knowledge.
B. flaunt her access to privileged information about the planning of the commencement
ceremony.
C. congratulate her audience for inviting her instead of a lesser-known speaker.
D. acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is delivering her
speech.
E. suggest that she pays more attention to her personal appearance than do other celebrities. -
Answer: D. acknowledge the potentially embarrassing circumstances under which she is
delivering her speech.
In the opening sentences the author acknowledges that for many in the audience their "first
choice today was Alice Walker," gesturing to the controversy surrounding her delivery of the
commencement speech at Wellesley. Such circumstances are potentially embarrassing for Bush
