Question

When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job as an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.

Once, A sentence she had read somewhere struck her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.

One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept badly.

“What does this have to do with your homework?” Pat asked.

“I dreamed all night, Miss Jones. And my dream was in English.”

“In English?” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad student. She was even secretly jealous (嫉妒的). Her dream was still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”

“All the people in my dream spoke English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”

“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?”

“I am sorry, Miss Jones. That’s why I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare (噩梦)”.

1.Pat believed that ______.

A. people can learn foreign languages in their dreams

B. she already dreamed in Spanish so she has mastered Spanish 

C. one of her worst students had already mastered English

D. dreaming in a foreign language means a good command of it

2.Pat’s student didn’t finish his home work because______.

A. the home work was too difficult        

B. the student dreamed in English

C. the student didn’t sleep well           

D. the student didn’t know much English  

3.The writer wrote this story ______.

A. to show us how to learn a foreign language      

B. to show us how to teach a foreign language

C. to amuse us with an interesting story           

D. to encourage us to travel to foreign countries

4.From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. in Bolivia, people speak Spanish

B. Pat’s student who dreamed in English was actually good at English

C. Pat has already learned much Spanish

D. in Latin America, the newspapers and magazines are in English

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：梦见外语会怎么样呢？Pat 是一名在玻利维亚任教的英语教师，她一直希望学生们能学好英语。一天，班上成绩最差的学生来找她，因为他梦见了英语，结果如何呢？

1.细节理解题。由“Once, A sentence she had read somewhere struck her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, you have really mastered it.”可知Pat 认为梦见一种语言就证明自己精通它。故选D。

2.细节理解题。由“One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept badly. ”可知他因为睡觉很糟糕所以没能完成作业。故选 C。

3.主旨大意题。文章讲述了一个英语老师激励学生学英语但不成功的故事，并引人发笑。故选 C。

4.细节理解题。根据“Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English. ”可知 在玻利维亚人们用西班牙语交流。故选A。

考点：故事类短文阅读。