Question

Mr. Hawkins, the headmaster, stopped Anna one day at the school gate.

“Now," he said,“ I want you to tell me the _______ , my dear. " Feeling something terrible had happened, Anna said slowly,“_______.”

“I have had a most _______ accusation(投诉) made against you by Mrs. Bond.”

“Mrs. Bond?” said Anna, not understanding. Janet Bond was a quiet little _______ of a Child. As far as Anna could remember she had never had _______ to speak an angry word to the girl.

“Mrs. Bond,” went on Mr Hawkins “told me that you scolded(责备) her daughter yesterday afternoon.

“Scolded?” cried Anna “I certainly didn' t do that. _______ not in school.” she added honestly

Mrs. Bond' s  _______ is that Janet was a little late back to schoo1 in the afternoon. She said she

set out from home a little late.

“Just a minute.” said Anna, beginning to _______“She did come late, very late. I had marked

her _______, of course. Then she __________slowly in, when we'd started our paper-cutting, and I believe I said she was a nuisance(讨厌 ). She didn' t appear to hear, and was certainly quite __________.”

“A nuisance!” Mr Hawkins couldn't__________ it and asked,“You' re sure you said nuisance?”

“I may not even have said that,” Anna replied.“I was not angry at all at that moment---__________

I certainly didn' t scoId.”

“Mrs. Bond said that you called her child a 'nuisance', Is that true?”

“Indeed it isn' t.” said Anna. “The child-or the other-had  __________ it up!”

After Anna's explanation, Mr Hawkins felt__________ . “Just as I thought, my dear, but of course I had to make sure.”

1.A. result    B. truth    C. news    D. secret

2.A. Natura11y    B. No way    C. Exactly    D. Certainly not

3.A. mistaken    B. correct    C. serious    D. careless

4.A. mouse    B. pig    C. rabbit    D. bird

5.A. courage    B. chance    C. time    D. cause

6.A. At first    B. At least    C. In fact    D. After all

7.A. explanation    B. excuse    C. story    D. question

8.A. think    B. imagine    C. complain    D. understand

9.A. absent    B. present    C. sick    D. early

10.A. rushed    B. jumped    C. walked    D. pushed

11.A. sad    B. tired    C. cheerful    D. proud

12.A. guess    B. repeat    C. follow    D. believe

13.A. as    B. and    C. but    D. or

14.A. put    B. picked    C. looked    D. made

15.A. interested    B. satisfied    C. disappointed    D. surprised

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.C

12.D

13.B

14.D

15.B

【解析】

文章讲述了一位校长对学校家长投诉一位学生的情况的真伪进行核实的小故事。

1.句意：我想要你告诉我真相，亲爱的。A.结果B.真相C.新闻D.秘密，从后面知道校长说他收到了Bond太太对安娜的投诉，所以这里校长想要安娜告诉他到底是怎么回事，真相是什么，故选B。

2.句意：感觉发生了什么可怕的事情，安娜慢慢地说，“当然了！”，A. 当然了B.没门C.准确地D.当然不是。安娜感觉到了事情的严重性，所以肯定是答应了校长询问真相的要求，表示“当然可以（告诉你了）”，故选A。

3.句意：我收到了一份Bond太太对你最严重的投诉。A.错误的B.正确的C.严重的D.粗心的，这份投诉肯定是十分严重的，所以校长都来亲自询问具体情况了，故选C。

4.句意：Janet Bond 是一个很胆小羞怯的孩子。A.老鼠 B.猪C.兔D.鸟，mouse在这里指的是胆小羞怯的人，这是在描述Janet的性格，故选A。

5.句意：就Anna能够想起来的事情，她从来没有理由或动机对那个女孩说一句生气的话。A.勇气B.机会C.时间D.原因，结合前面对Janet性格胆小怕事的描写，这里Anna肯定是没理由这么做，故选D。

6.句意：我当然没有那么做，至少没有在学校这么做。A.起初B.至少C.事实上D.毕竟，这里是Anna的陈述，表示至少在学校她是不会责怪Janet的，故选B。

7.句意：Bond女士说事情是这样的，Janet下午的时候有点迟来了学校…。A.解释B.借口C.故事D.问题，下文开始说明事情的经过，所以这是Bond太太对事件的回顾，不是解释、借口或者问题，选C。

8.句意：“等等”，Anna说，她开始记起来了…。A.认为B.想象C.抱怨D.理解，这里是说Anna听了校长的话，Anna 开始明白、理解Bond 女士的投诉，故选D。

9.句意：她来晚了，很晚，当然，我记录下了她的缺席。A.缺席的B.现在的C.病态的D.早的，这里是说Janet Bond 迟到了，来得很晚，Anna 把她迟到的事给记下来了，故选A。

10.句意：然后她慢慢地走进来了。A.冲B.跳C.步行D.推，这里是说然后她慢慢地走进了教室，不可能是慢慢地冲进、跳进、推进教室，故选C。

11.句意：她似乎没有听见，所以当然很开心。A.伤心的 B.厌倦的C.快乐的D.自豪的，我说她是讨厌鬼，但是她似乎没听见，所以她的心情仍是快乐的，故选C。

12.句意：Hawkins 不敢相信并询问“你确定你说了讨厌鬼吗？”，A.猜测B.重复C.跟随D.相信。这里是说校长听了 Anna 的话，很惊讶不敢相信，并问 Anna 是否真的说了讨厌这个词，故选D。

13.句意：那个时候我一点都不生气，并且当然我没有责备，A.当…B.并且C.但D.或， 这里是说Anna回答道自己可能没那么说，自己当时根本不生气，and递进，自己也没有责备，这里没有转折、或者的逻辑关系，故选B。

14.句意：这是这个孩子或是另一个编造出来的。A.放置B.采摘C.看D.做，这里是是Anna 认为自己当然没有，是这个孩子或者另外一个孩子编造出来的，make up有编造的意思，故选D。

15.句意：Hawkins 感到很满意。A.感兴趣的B.满意的C.失望的D.惊讶的，从校长后面说，跟我想的一样，我只是确认一下，说明在Anna 的解释之后，校长很满意，故选B。