“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”

　　Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.

　　36. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

　　A. She had seven brothers.

　　B. She felt herself a nobody.

　　C. She was too shy to go to school.

　　D. She did not have any good teachers.

　　37. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

　　A. work for a school magazine

　　B. run away from her family

　　C. make a lot of friends

　　D. develop her writing style

　　38. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

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