Question

One day in the eighth grade, I was taking a Math Test on basic trigonometry (三角学). Now for a middle school student, there was nothing basic at all about it. So I had studied for about two hours the night before. After reviewing it for some time, I had started to understand it, so then I closed the book and ____________. However, it was not until midnight that I fell asleep. The next day, when I got the test, it might as well have been written in Serbian (which I don’t know how to read). I tried my best to work out the hard problems, but the numbers I came up with were strange. I sat back on my chair and looked for any possible answers, but I could not remember anything or think correctly. I started thinking about my dad coming home from work to find that I failed the test …

“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”

Naturally I didn’t want that to happen. My dad was also really busy at work at present, so I was afraid that this might make him mad. When feeling hopeless, I noticed that my table partner was writing fast on his test. I could see how fast he was writing. I wanted to look over at his test, but then the many bad results I had heard about cheating (作弊) came into my mind. I told myself that if I started cheating now, it would be hard to give up that habit during high school. In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.

1.The writer might feel ______ before the Math Test.

A. surprised   B. relaxed   C. worried   D. excited

2.Which is the best expression to fill in the blank in the passage?

A. had breakfast  B. went to bed

C. took exercise  D. rode to school

3.The writer’s father was ______.

A. proud of him      B. tired of him

C. strict with him   D. pleased with him

4. From the passage, we know that the writer ______.

A. could read Serbian      B. didn’t cheat at last

C. got a good grade at last D. didn’t work hard that night

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文作者回忆了八年级时一次数学考试的故事。考试前他熬夜复习，考试时遇到了不会做的难题，担心父亲的责备自己没有考好，又不愿意作弊令父母失望。虽然得了一个B，但是他没有作弊来欺骗人们。

1.C 推理判断题。题意：在数学考试前，作者可能感觉怎样？A. surprised惊奇；B. relaxed轻松； C. worried担忧；D. excited 激动。根据短文开头，作者对三角学毫无基础，考试前复习了很多遍才慢慢理解，而且考前的晚上他睡不着，可以推测出他很担心自己的考试。故选C。

2.2】B 推理判断题。题意：文中空白处最好的表达形式是哪一个？A. had breakfast 吃早餐；B. went to bed上床睡觉；C. took exercise参加锻炼；D. rode to school骑车上学。后句意思指直到午夜才睡着，可以推测出作者是上床睡觉，故选B。

3.3】C 推理判断题。题意：作者是父亲怎样？A. proud of him以他为自豪；B. tired of him对他感到厌倦；C. strict with him对他严格；D. pleased with him对他感到高兴。由作者考试时想像父亲的话“How could you have failed the test? I am certain that nobody else in the whole class got as bad a grade as you did!”可以推测出父亲对他很严。故选C。

4.4】B 推理判断题。题意：从短文中，我们可以知道作者什么？ A. could read Serbian会读赛尔维亚语；B. didn’t cheat at last最终未骗人；C. got a good grade at last最后取得了好成绩；D. didn’t work hard that night那天晚上没有努力学习。根据短文结尾的句子：In the end, I decided not to copy his answers, and got a B- on that test. Even though my dad gave me a hard time about it, it would have been a lot worse if he found out that I had given in and cheated.可知作者最终得了个B，受到了父亲的批评，但是他没有作弊。故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。