Question

I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had stayed up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutes’ nap time before class couldn’t hurt, I thought.

Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart beating quickly trying to find the cause of the noise. My young professor was looking back at me with a mischievous, boyish smile on his face. He had intentionally dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto my desk. “Good morning!” he said, still smiling. “I’m glad to see everyone is awake. Now let’s get started.”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the shock of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. Instead, it was from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he taught with were contagious (有感染力的). I left the classroom not only wide awake, but a little smarter and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than not sleeping in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well! What a beautiful world we could create if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love! Don’t sleepwalk your way through life then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is too short not to live it well.

1.What did the author want to do just before his first class of the day?

A. Take a short sleep.    B. Talk with his friends.

C. Get his eyes examined.    D. Stay away from the class.

2.The underlined word “mischievous” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.

A. curious    B. naughty

C. sensitive    D. dishonest

3.What else did the author learn that day?

A. Students should not sleep in class but respect their teachers.

B. Everyone should love his job and sleepwalk his way through life.

C. People from all walks of life should do their jobs with wisdom and love.

D. Life is too limited to make your work an expression of your love.

4.What can be inferred from this passage?

A. The professor often kept his students sharp by using a textbook alarm.

B. The author left the two-hour period not only wide awake, but a little smarter.

C. The author was attracted by the professor’s great wisdom and enthusiasm.

D. Though the author was frightened awake, he was not clear-headed in the class.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者是一名大学新生，在课前想小睡几分钟，却被教授叫醒。作者被教授的知识和幽默所折服，教授让知识活灵活现，课堂上充满了智慧和感染力。让作者领悟到在生活中如果我们要做一些事情，就要做好，要快乐地做而且要充满爱心地去做。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句A few minutes’ nap time before class couldn’t hurt, I thought.可知作者认为在上课之前小睡几分钟无关大雅。故A项正确。

2.猜测词意题。根据第二段五句He had intentionally dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto my desk.可知这位教授故意把他拿着的教材扔到了我的桌子上，发出了很大的噪音，把我惊醒了。而教授看着我的时候，他的脸上有“boyish smile on his face孩子般的微笑”，可知他用一种调皮的方式提醒我要上课，故B项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第四段第二句I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with joy, and make it an expression of your love.可知如果我们要在生活中做一些事情，就要做好，要快乐地做而且要充满爱心地去做。也就是说任何人都要带着智慧和爱心去做自己的事情。故C项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据第三段3-5句“Instead, it was from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness.” And the enthusiasm and joy that he taught with were contagious (有感染力的).可知作者被教授的知识和幽默所折服，教授让他所讲授的知识活灵活现。教授的课堂上充满了智慧和感染力。故C项正确。