Question

Bardithch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for over fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.

    Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔聲) when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.

    Then Ms. Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you how pleased I’m to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination. ”

Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path.”

“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.

1.What activity was organized for the school reunion?

A. Sightseeing in the park

B. A picnic on the school playground             

C. Telling stories about past events    

D. Graduates’ reports in the old building

2.What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?

A. Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech

B. Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching

  C. Some people got tired from the reunion activities        

D. Most people had little interest in the reunion

3.We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _________.

A. kept track of her students’ progress

B. gave her students advice on their careers

C. attended her students’ college graduations

D. went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

4.Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?

  A. Reliable and devoted

B. Tough and generous

C. Proud but patient

D. Strict but caring

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】文章講述了一位嚴(yán)厲且非常有愛心的老師在校友聚會上的一次發(fā)言。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第3行Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days可知A正確。

2.推理題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder，說明這個老師對學(xué)生很嚴(yán)格，以及第二段前面所說學(xué)生看手表，找理由走開等等說明她并不是非常受學(xué)生的歡迎。故C正確。

3.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第4段內(nèi)容I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．可知這位老師記錄自己學(xué)生取得的那些成就，故C正確。

4.推理題。這位老師對學(xué)生非常嚴(yán)格，但是同時對學(xué)生取得進(jìn)步也非常的高興，說明B正確。文章沒有提及值得信賴，驕傲，耐心，慷慨等。