Question

When I looked at the grade on my math paper, my jaw(下巴) almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink.I had never received such a terrible grade before.

When I got home that afternoon, I lied to my dad.I told him I got 85 and that the report wouldn’t come until the end of the month. Dad smiled.His daughter would never lie about her grade, so he didn’t doubt my words.

A month later, Dad asked me again about the report at the dinner table.He looked right into my eyes and asked for an answer.Having no choice, I told him that I had in fact got just 65 in my math final.I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.

For a moment, he just looked at me.I would have preferred a telling off than that silence. Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie.I am not disappointed at your math score.No one can be perfect all the time.But I am very disappointed in you.If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to get a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust(信任) in you.”

Dad’s words touched my heart.I could not forgive myself for having hurt his feelings.I took out the report that I had been hiding for weeks, handed it to him and apologized(道歉) sincerely.I realized that my honesty is not only important to me, but to those around me that truly care about me.

In one of Shakespeare’s plays, a person says, “No legacy(遗产) is so rich as honesty.” Now I understand those words.

1.The first paragraph may suggest that the writer_________．

A. was punished by her father for a bad grade    B. usually got a higher grade

C. never expected teachers to give her good grades    D. was always terrible at math

2.The underlined phrase “ telling off” probably means_______in Paragraph 4.

A. 斥责    B. 告诉    C. 辨别    D. 命令

3.The writer lied to her father because _____．

A. she thought her father would believe her story

B. she didn’t want to disappoint her father

C. her father wouldn’t get her grade report

D. her father got angry whenever she got a poor grade

4.After his daughter told him that she had lied, her father stay silent_______.

A. because he didn’t understand what his daughter had said

B. because he was angry that his daughter lied to him again

C. because he was unhappy with his daughter’s bad score

D. because his daughter had lied to him and he was hurt

5.The purpose of the article is to tell us that __________．

A. dishonesty may work sometimes, but there is a price to pay

B. we should study hard to make our parents happy

C. always a lie can make things easy

D. we can change the grade

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】作者数学没有考好，因为害怕父亲失望，她对父亲撒谎。后来父亲知道后，感觉很伤心，教育她诚实的重要性。通过这件事作者也知道了撒谎只会伤害我们身边的人，诚实是最大的财富。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中When I looked at the grade on my math paper, my jaw(下巴) almost dropped to the ground: a big “65” in bright red ink.I had never received such a terrible grade before可知，作者数学考试得了65分，她说她以前从来没有考过这么糟糕的成绩。由此可知，作者的数学成绩一向是非常好的，故应选B。

2.词义猜测题。根据文意可知，作者数学考试考了65分，但是她却告诉她的父亲说考了85分。当父亲再次询问考试成绩的时候，她告诉了父亲实话。由此可知，作者数学考试考得不好，而且还对父亲撒谎，因此她以为她的父亲会责骂她。由此可知tell off这个短语的意思应该是斥责，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据短文中I had lied because I didn’t want to let him down.可知，作者对父亲撒谎是因为她不想让她的父亲失望。原文中let him down的意思就是让他失望，跟选项B中disappoint是一个意思。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据下文Finally, Dad said, in a hurt voice, “You have already let me down, with your lie. I am not disappointed at your math score. But I am very disappointed in you. If you can’t be honest with your dad, who can you be honest with? It’s much easier to get a better grade than rebuild someone else’s trust(信任) in you.父亲是用受伤的语气说了这番话，由此可知他很伤心他的女儿对他撒谎。故应选D。

5.主旨大意题。根据文意可知，作者通过这件事知道了诚实的重要性，因此这篇短文作者通过讲述这件事是想告诉我们撒谎是要付出代价的，它会伤害我们身边的人。A选项中的dishonesty切合文章的主题，故选A。