Question

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me．I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time．I know kids who have been shot or beaten up．I have friends who ended up in prison．I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr．Clark wouldn’t let that happen．

       Mr．Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact, the scores of our whole class rose．One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem．Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We did not want to let him down．

       Mr．Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year．He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award．But when the time came to draw names, Mr．Clark said, “You’re all going．”

       On graduation day, there were a lot of tears．We didn’t want his class to end．In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch．He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55．In 2003,

       Mr．Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages（孤儿院）．It was the most amazing experience of my life．It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds．

36．Without Mr．Clark, the writer         ．

       A．might have been put into prison     B．might not have won the prize

       C．might have joined a women’s club  D．might not have moved to Atlanta

37．The Essential 55 is         ．

       A．a show            B．a speech

       C．a classroom rule             D．a book

38．How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr．Clark?

       A．None B．Three       C．Fifty-five．    D．All．

39．What can we learn in the short reading?

       A．It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time．

       B．Mr．Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did．

       C．Mr．Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles．

       D．In 2003, Mr．Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us．

40．In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that         ．

       A．Mr．Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling

       B．Mr．Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

       C．a good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scores

       D．a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】A

【小题4】B

【小题5】D

解析:

【小题1】细节理解题。第一段的后两句话的意思是：我也有被关进监狱的可能性，所以A正确。

【小题2】词义猜测题。由第四段的…and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules…得知这是一本书。

【小题3】细节理解题。由文章第三段最后一句话可知A正确。

【小题4】细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后两句得知答案应为B。

【小题5】主旨大意题。D项正是全文的大意。