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【題目】 It was my first year of teaching. I was young and inexperienced, and had class after class of twenty kids just waiting for me to make a mistake.

After a particularly long night of grading papers and thinking about how many weeks I'd left until I could breathe, I had one of those mornings when I began to question my job choice. I'd become a teacher to help kids. Instead, I felt like I couldn't even help myself anymore. It was just Mother's Day, and as I sat at my desk surrounded by lesson plans, I wondered how I'd ever have enough energy to have children of my own.

That was when I heard a knock at my door. One of my students came in — the cool basketball-playing country boy who had accidentally broken my favorite snow globe so that I couldn't display nice things in my classroom. He handed me a large flower that probably came from his family's farm. He'd stuck a bird feather in it.

'I got you a Mother's Day gift,' he said in a low voice. Most middle school and high school teachers don't receive presents. Christmas and Teacher Appreciation Day had already come and gone without any gifts. I was so shocked that I just stared.

Made nervous by my silence, he said, 'You know…since you're like a mother to us, I thought you should get a present, too.'

I smiled and told him he was the sweetest person in the entire world, and that I just loved it. Based on his smile, I knew I'd done enough work of making him feel quite proud of himself. What made that twelve-year-old bring me a homemade present? I'll never know. Once he left the room, I locked the door. And I cried. That moment helped me get through the rest of the school years.

【1】What did the author think of her job as a teacher at the beginning?

A.Interesting.B.Tiring.

C.Rewarding.D.Demanding.

【2】How did the boy feel when he gave his teacher the present?

A.Excited.B.Shocked.

C.Unwilling.D.Shy.

【3】How did the author react when she was given the flower?

A.She was moved to tears.

B.She didn't accept the present.

C.She was too surprised to say anything.

D.She stared at the boy in puzzlement.

【4】Which of the following encourages the author to continue teaching?

A.The sincere love from students.

B.Her positive attitude to life.

C.Her strong interest in teaching.

D.The achievements in her work.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。本文講述作者教書的第一年，年輕又缺乏經(jīng)驗，很疲憊。有一個孩子送了她母親節(jié)禮物，支撐她繼續(xù)教下去。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的After a particularly long night of grading papers and thinking about how many weeks I'd left until I could breathe, (在一個特別漫長的改卷之夜，我想著，還有幾個星期我才能呼吸。)可推測，作者在剛開始當(dāng)老師時，感覺很疲憊。B. Tiring.(勞累的)符合以上推測，故選B項。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段的'I got you a Mother's Day gift,' he said in a low voice.(他用很低的聲音說：“我給你帶了母親節(jié)的禮物�！�)和第五段的Made nervous by my silence，he said, 'You know…since you're like a mother to us, I thought you should get a present, too.'(他被我的沉默弄得很緊張，說：“你知道……既然你對我們來說像個母親，我想你也應(yīng)該得到一份禮物�！�)可知，孩子說話聲音很小，而且結(jié)結(jié)巴巴。由此推測，孩子在送禮物時很害羞。D. Shy.(害羞的)符合以上推測，故選D項。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的Most middle school and high school teachers don't receive presents. Christmas and Teacher Appreciation Day had already come and gone without any gifts. I was so shocked that I just stared.(大多數(shù)初高中老師不會收到禮物。圣誕節(jié)和教師節(jié)已經(jīng)過了，禮物也就沒有了。我感到非常震驚，只是看著。)和第五段的Made nervous by my silence(他被我的沉默弄得很緊張)可知，作者因為收到禮物特別意外，以至于說不出任何話來。C. She was too surprised to say anything.(她太意外，以至于什么也沒說)符合以上說法，故選C項。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)五段的Made nervous by my silence, he said, 'You know…since you're like a mother to us, I thought you should get a present, too.'(他被我的沉默弄得很緊張，說：“你知道……既然你對我們來說像個母親，我想你也應(yīng)該得到一份禮物�！�)和最后一段的That moment helped me get through the rest of the school years.(那一刻幫我度過了余下的教書歲月。)可推測，是學(xué)生對作者的愛，讓她度過了余下的教書歲月。A. The sincere love from students.(來自學(xué)生的真摯的愛)符合以上說法，故選A項。