Recently, Dr. Ryan Boyland graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He didn’t plan to make a big deal out of his success. His parents Michelle and Roosevelt Boyland decided to step in.

Parents Michelle and Roosevelt Boyland are proud of their son for graduating from medical school. They prepared a billboard (广告牌) in their neighborhood to tell others about his success. The billboard reads, “Congratulations Doctor Ryan Boyland” and includes his graduation year and the name of his school. What’s more, it also shows a photo of the graduate.“His high school is right down the street. It’ll be 10 years this month for him since he graduated from high school. I thought this would be the perfect place for it,” explained Michelle.

In fact, by the very public graduation gift, the Boylands also wanted to encourage others to follow in Ryan’s footsteps. “Having the highest grades, Ryan was the second Black student to give a speech at their graduation ceremony of his high school. His brother was the first,” Roosevelt said. “This is a good spot to continue to encourage young people, letting them know that they can aspire to do great things.”

Similarly, Dr. Ryan Boyland said, “You can’t be what you can’t see. Hopefully, by providing an example for other people to motivate themselves to get into health care, and realize they can get into health care and be a doctor. I think that’s very important.”

1.What did Ryan study in University?

A Food.

B Sports.

C Medicine.

D Education.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段的“graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.”和第二段的“Congratulations Doctor Ryan Boyland”可知，他在大学里学的是医学专业。故选C。

2.What was not on the billboard?

A Ryan’s name.

B Ryan’s home address.

C Ryan’s photo.

D Ryan’s graduation year.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段的“The billboard reads, ‘Congratulations Doctor Ryan Boyland’ and includes his graduation year and the name of his school. What’s more, it also shows a photo of the graduate.”可知，广告牌上有Ryan的名字、毕业年份、毕业学校名称以及他的照片。并没有他的家庭住址。故选B。

3.What’s the reason for the Boylands to prepare the billboard according to Paragraph 3?

A To make his son’s dream true.

B To encourage other young people.

C To show off his son’s success.

D To help their son find a job.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段的“the Boylands also wanted to encourage others to follow in Ryan’s footsteps”和“This is a good spot to continue to encourage young people”可知，他的父母之所要做这样一个广告牌，也是为了鼓励其他年轻人。故选B。

4.What does the underlined word “motivate” probably mean?

A Beat.

B Encourage.

C Surprise.

D Warn.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据最后一段的“Similarly”可知，Ryan 也希望通过为其他人提供一个榜样，激励他们进入医疗保健领域，并让他们意识到他们可以进入医疗保健并成为一名医生。故选B。

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A Parents can’t be too proud of their children.

B A young man is made to be a doctor by his parents.

C It’s difficult for black young men to be doctors.

D The parents celebrate their son’s graduation.

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。本文主要描述了一对父母为儿子从医学院毕业成为医生感到骄傲，从而挂出广告牌来庆祝的相关情况。故选D。