Question

Mr. Black was giving an English lesson to a class of students who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked different members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. The class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were busy with until when Mr. Black turned to an Italian student and said, "Give me the keys." The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss(不知所措). Seeing this, Mr. Black thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "Give me the keys." The Italian shrugged his shoulders(耸肩).Then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both cheeks.

1.According to the passage, Mr. Black is a________.

A.teacher B.student C.clerk D.scientist

2.From the passage we know that the students may come from________.

A.the United States B.Italy C.France D.different countries

3.The Italian student kissed Mr. Black because________.

A.Mr. Black asked him to do so B.he misunderstood Mr. Black’s words

C.he seemed interested in Mr. Black’s class D.he liked Mr. Black very much

4.We can infer that Mr. Black may feel________when the student kissed him.

A.scared B.surprised C.upset D.happy

5.The word of “keys” should be pronounced________.

A./'ki:z/ B./kisiz/ C./kis/ D./kisis/

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

【解析】

本文为记叙文，文章主要叙述了Mr. Black给一群刚来美国的学生上英语课。Mr. Black让一个意大利学生给他the keys，但是意大利学生以为他要求一个kiss，所以亲了他。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一句“Mr. Black was giving an English lesson to a class of students who had recently come to live in the United States.”give sb a lesson常指教师给学生上课，可知他应是一位老师。teacher老师；student学生；clerk书记员；scientist科学家。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据“who had recently come to live in the United States”，可知学生们刚移居美国，并不是美国人，排除A；根据“when Mr. Black turned to an Italian student and said”可知，Mr. Black是向一个意大利学生提问，但其余学生是否都是意大利人并未明确说明，排除B；文中并未提到法国，排除C。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据文中Mr. Black对意大利学生说“Give me the keys”以及意大利学生的反应“The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss”，可知意大利学生误解了Mr. Black的话，误以为他要kiss。故选B。

4.推理判断题。通读文章，可知Mr. Black是让学生给他钥匙，但学生误解了他，亲了他两侧脸颊，Mr. Black应该是吃惊的。故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据单词读音，可知keys的正确发音因为/'ki:z/。故选A。