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【題目】Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教師), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (鋪開) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”

“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (釘) to the plus sign (加號), I knew they weren’t joking. ”

【1】Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A. Because he could eat well there.

B. Because he could learn more about nuns.

C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.

【2】Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A. was still the same as usual

B. ate so much at dinner

C. kissed her hello after school

D. worked hard but said little

【3】“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 用功 B. 捶書 C. 發(fā)泄 D. 振作

【4】The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.

A. Tommy felt sorry for the man

B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign

D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others

【5】From the passage, we can infer (推斷) that _______.

A. teachers should be strict with their students

B. mistaking (誤解) might do good sometimes

C. a catholic school is much better than other ones

D. nuns are good at helping children with their math

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：主人公數(shù)學學習不太好，他的父母費盡周折，但還是毫無進展，一次偶然的誤會卻改變了孩子...

【1】C 本題考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)原文Little Tommy was doing very badly in math.以及Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.可以判斷出父母想他的數(shù)學成績提高。

【2】D 本題考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)原文 Books and papers were spread (鋪開) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised.可以判斷出父母由于看到孩子用功的場面而感到驚訝。所以選擇D項。

【3】A 本題考查推理判斷。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵語句as hard as before.說明他是像往常一樣，而往常的時候就是比較用過的讀書，所以這里是又回去用功的讀書。所以選擇A項。

【4】B 本題考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一句I knew they weren’t joking。可以判斷出作者由于內(nèi)心比較害怕所以才努力學習，取得好成績的。

【5】B 本題考查推理判斷。俗話說童言無忌，誤解了老師的意思，反而激勵了作者努力學習，所以有時候誤解有時候也是一種助力。