It was graduation day at the university where I work and a beautiful day quite unlike the first graduation I attended as a young professor．On that cold day years ago, as we watched the students walking into the hall, one of my colleagues turned to me and said, "Graduation will be one of the happiest and one of the saddest time of your life．" At my inquiry, he answered, "Because the students you have gotten to know have to leave．"
As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague's words no longer existed．When I came across naughty students, I have had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher．It obviously isn't the money．Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change．He was working at Nintendo Corporation．His salary was higher than my current one, though I have more education and have worked for over a decade．With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired．I thanked him, but declined his kind offer．
A few days before this current graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework．She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class—not about math, but about life—would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away．As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher．
Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with renewed dedication （奉獻） and a deeper sense of satisfaction—I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．
小題1:Hearing his colleague's description of graduation for the first time, the author __________．
A．quite agreed with his colleague
B．was very puzzled
C．thought it very funny
D．was very sad
小題2:The computer science student called up the author because he___________．
A．wanted to inform the author of his present job
B．tried to persuade the author to work with him
C．wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction
D．thought the author wasn't fit to be a teacher
小題3:The underlined part “blue hats and gowns” refers to___________．
A．university colleaguesB．graduates' clothes
C．life memoriesD．decorations in the hall
小題4:The author wrote this passage to __________．
A．express his devotion to being a teacher
B．compare two different graduation ceremonies
C．talk about the meaning of graduation
D．give advice on how to be a good teacher

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:A
文章正是為了表達自己對教師工作的熱愛。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)At my inquiry。說明我不清楚他的意思，因為我很困惑，所以才詢問他。
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行asking me if I wanted to have a change可知他是想讓我和他一起工作。B正確。
小題3:猜測詞義題。根據(jù)上文的on this sunny graduation day可知在這個日子里我又一次看見了學生畢業(yè)時所穿的衣服。
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的最后一行I did so with renewed dedication （奉獻） and a deeper sense of satisfaction—I will always be grateful that I am a teacher．可知作者就是為了表達對教師工作的熱愛。
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C．People should admire anyone for their hard work．
D．His mother taught him much more．
小題4:When did the writer draw a more important lesson from his experience?
A．Before he was seven years old．
B．When he was seven years old．
C．Immediately after the tragedy．
D．Many years after the tragedy

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