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【題目】“Her grades are fine; I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more.” Alice’s mum said.

She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher, and I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, for what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn between my responsibility to help Alice, and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.

The truth—for this parent and so many others—is this: Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar(圣壇) of achievement, and it’s our fault. Alice’s parents, her teachers, society at large—we are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning. From her first day of school, we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points, scores, and awards. We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力) ,and that her intellect is more important than her character. We taught her to come home proudly bearing grades As, championship prizes, and college acceptances, and not on purpose, we taught her that we don’t really care how she obtains them. We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular perfection at all costs and that it’s better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record. Above all else, we taught her fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.

【1】Both the mother and the teacher have noticed that ________.

A. Alice hates to tell them truth

B. Alice’s test scores are not so good

C. Alice chooses several subjects to learn

D. Alice doesn’t enjoy studying any more

【2】What does the underlined word “torn” mean in the passage?

A. pained to choose B. guilty to quit C. tired to manage D. certain to decide

【3】What does the teacher think of the girl?

A. Her academic perfection resulted from her character.

B. She is a gifted girl with spirits of challenging.

C. She is perfect in her character development.

D. Her academic performance is great.

【4】What leads to the girl’s change?

A. A few failure experiences. B. Fear of failing getting good grades.

C. Her mother’s over-protection. D. Her not being accepted by colleges.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。文章作者是一名老師，介紹了自己的一個學生，成績很好，但是卻不愛學習，然后分析了原因，是老師，家長，社會用所謂圣壇的成就抹殺了孩子的熱情，好奇心，最終導致孩子不愛學習。

【1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段I’m not worried about that, but she just doesn’t seem to love learning any more.” Alice’s mum said.可知，媽媽是這樣認為的。然后第二段She’s absolutely right. I’d noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I’d been Alice’s middle school English, Latin, and writing teacher可知，老師也是這種感覺。故答案為D。

【2】A詞義猜測題。根據(jù)此句后面between my responsibility to help Alice, and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.可知，我是陷入了兩難的境地，不知道怎么選擇，故此處torn表示“難以抉擇”，答案為A。

【3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段作者的反省可知，這個小女孩的學習學業(yè)表現(xiàn)還是非常值得肯定的，故答案為D。

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中最后一句話Above all else, we taught her fear failure. That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.可知，是我們教會了她害怕失敗，正是這種害怕摧毀了她對學習的熱愛，故選B。