Question

Shree returned to the United States and started reading everything she could get her hands on about cancer. She looked at everything from cancer survivors’ blog posts to research journals published by scientists. She watched hours of YouTube videos. “I found myself really loving being able to imagine what was going on within cells,” she recalls.

Shree had never studied cancer before. She emailed dozens of professors around Fort Worth to ask about studying in one of their labs. She just wanted a chance to experiment and learn. They all told her she was too young. “I got rejected by a lot of professors before I found one person who was willing to take me on,” she says.

A. Shree became interested in cancer rather suddenly.

B. Shree has a streak of determination and an eagerness to learn that convinced a professor to teach her, despite her lack of experience and previous knowledge.

C. Shree finds it more fun to learn from YouTube videos and blog posts than studying in a laboratory.

D. Shree felt discouraged because of the many professors who rejected her.

Answer 1

B

The passage describes her persistence (emailing dozens of professors despite being inexperienced and rejected by many) and her eagerness to learn, which led one professor to take her on.