Question

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher--- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

     Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed(惭愧的) of herself. She felt even worse , like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)。

     Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.

     Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

     Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).

     The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding（婚礼） day, Dr. Stoddard whispered（低声的说） in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

  Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

1.What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A. She made Teddy feel ashamed.        

B. She told the class something untrue（不真实的） about herself.

C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

D. She asked the children to play with Teddy.

2.What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

A. He often told lies.            B. He was good at math.

C. He needed motherly care.      D. He enjoyed playing with others.

3.Why did Mrs. Thompson feel even worse ?

A. Because her students didn’t like her.

B. Because Teddy brought her his mother’s perfume as Christmas present.

C. Because she was very ill.

D. Because she couldn’t do well in her teaching.

4.In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

A. She taught fewer school subjects.       

B. She became stricter with her students.

C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.  

D. She cared more about educating students.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了汤普森夫人对一个男孩无心的表达却改变了学生的一生。同时学生的变化也教给了汤普森夫人如何教育学生。

1.But that was a lie.描述，可知汤普森夫人并不喜欢特迪，她撒谎说都喜欢他们，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段及这篇文章的理解，可知特迪在妈妈死后，希望的到母爱，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段Thompson was ashamed(惭愧的) of herself. She felt even worse , like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume(香水)描述，可知特迪像所有的孩子有一样给老师带来的圣诞礼物，所以汤普森夫人感觉更不好。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据第四段On that day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.描述可知老师不仅仅在教学生们读写和数学，她开始教育孩子们。故选D。

考点：教育故事类短文阅读