Question

A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"

No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.

With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."

1.The old man came back to school_______.

A. to listen to a talk B. to have lessons

C. to give a talk D. to see his children

2.The officer studied in this school when he was_______.

A. fifty B. ten C. twenty D. thirty

3.The children were thought to be_______ before.

A. as good as B. as well as

C. as happy as D. much happier than

4.The short boy in the front_______.

A. didn't understand the question but answered it

B. told the truth

C. wanted to make others laugh

D. wanted to make the officer angry

5.After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.

A. the short boy liked the talk very much

B. all the children liked the talk

C. the short boy didn't like to study his lessons

D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：一位50歲的美國軍官回到他的母校。老師讓他給這些小男孩和小女孩們做一個報告。談論關于愛國的話題。軍官問孩子們?yōu)槭裁矗�在今天大家很開心，很幸福？這時站在前排的一名小男孩說了實話，如果軍官的演講時間長一些，他們就可以不用上數(shù)學課和生物課了。

1.The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there.句意：老師讓他給這些小男孩和小女孩們做一個報告。結(jié)合選項，第三項正確。故選C

2.I studied in this school forty years ago.句意：我在這所學校學習，那是四十年前的事了。聯(lián)系上文，這位軍官現(xiàn)在是五十歲，四十年前，就是十歲。故選B

3.When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today.句意：當我在你們這個年齡的時候，我們不如你們快樂。因此，他認為現(xiàn)在的孩子們是比以前更加快樂的多。因此第四項正確。故選D

4.

5.

考點：故事類短文閱讀。