Question

    Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors （家庭教师）, cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight （一直的）to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread（铺开）out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

Finally,little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity（好奇心）. She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns（修女）?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No.”

“Well then,” she asked again, “WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed（钉）to the plus sign（加号）,I knew they weren't joking.”

1.Why did Tommy‘s parents send him to a catholic school?

A.Because he was angry with his mother.

B.Because he could stay with kind nuns（修女）.

C.Because his parents wanted him to improve his math.

D.Because his parents  wanted him to give up math.

2.Tommy‘s  mother felt surprised that his son _______.

A.was still the same as usual B.ate so much at dinner

C.kissed her hello after school D.worked hard but said little

3.“Hitting the books” means “________” in Chinese.

A.捶书 B.用功 C.发泄 D.振作

4.The last sentence in the passage shows that ________.

A.Tommy felt sorry for the man B.Tommy was afraid of being nailed

C.Tommy didn’t like the plus sign D.Tommy liked playing jokes on others

5.From the passage, we can infer（推断）that________.

A.teachers should be strict with their students

B.nuns（修女） are good at helping children with their math

C.a catholic school is much better than other ones

D.mistaking（误解）might do good sometimes

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是记叙文，介绍了小汤米的转变。小汤米的数学不好，父母尝试了各种方法但是都没有效果，最后送他去了天主教学校。在那个学校汤米变得拼命学习最后还得了A。原来他入学的第一天看到了被钉在十字架上的耶稣，他认为学不好数学就会被钉在加号上。

1.题意：为什么汤米的父母送他去天主教学校？考查细节理解。根据第一段“Little Tommy was doing very badly in math…Finally they took Tommy to a catholic school小汤米数学学得很差……最后他们把汤米带到一所天主教学校”，可知他的父母想让他提高数学成绩，Because his parents wanted him to improve his math符合题意，故选C。

2.题意：汤米的母亲对她儿子努力工作却很少说话感到惊讶。考查细节理解。根据“Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work房间里到处都是书和纸，小汤米正在努力地工作。他的母亲很惊讶”，结合全段对汤米的描述，可知妈妈吃惊的原因是因为小汤米努力学习而话语很少，故选D。

3.题意：“Hitting the books”在中文里的意思是“________”。考查词义理解。根据“as hard as before像以前那样努力”和“Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying相反，他径直走进自己的房间开始学习”，可知汤米像以前那样拼命用功，故选B。

4.题意：这篇文章的最后一句话表明________。考查句意理解。A. 汤米为那个人感到难过。B. 汤米害怕被钉住。C. 汤米不喜欢加号。D. 汤米喜欢开别人的玩笑。根据汤米的话，结合前文“Finally they took Tommy to a catholic school最后他们把汤米带到一所天主教学校”，可知小汤米误认为那个人（耶稣）就是因为学习不好而被钉在加号（十字架）上的，Tommy was afraid of being nailed（汤米害怕被钉住）符合句意，故选B。

5.题意：从这篇文章中，我们可以推断，误解有时是有好处的。考查推理判断。A. 老师应该严格要求学生。B. 修女很擅长帮助孩子们学习数学。C. 天主教学校比其他学校好得多。D. 误解有时可能有好处。根据故事内容可知，正是小汤米的误解才导致了他最后学好了数学，所以误解有的时候也是好事情，mistaking might do good sometimes符合题意，故选D。