Question

Native Tongue

At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English.Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said.Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School.Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

“Why did they do this?”Kate wondered aloud.“I mean,you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.”

Nadia's voice was a whisper.“I understand English.I will learn.”Nadia's English was perfect.

Kate was perplexed.She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak.Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do.There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn—all at the same time.

“There're a lot of new things to learn,huh?” said Kate.

Nadia nodded rapidly.In a quiet voice she replied，“Many things people say,I do

not understand.I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life,but I do not know what some children are saying.For example,yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying.Isn't a port a place for ships?It made no sense to me.”

“Don't worry,”said Kate.“You'll figure everything out in time.You see,that thin black box was a computer.A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer.”

Nadia and Kate were quiet after that.They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson.To ?Kate's? surprise,Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her.Some of the questions were really difficult,and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher.When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly,the whole class clapped their hands.

Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate.“Some things,”she said in a normal voice,“are the same all over the world.”

At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school,she was_____________.

A.disappointed         B.helpful         C.lively         D.shy

2.The underlined word“_________perplexed”probably means___________.

A.puzzled              B.angry           C.shocked        D.serious

3.We can infer from the passage that______________.

A.Nadia did not like Kate

B.Nadia had lived by the sea before

C.Nadia had never seen a computer before

D.Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness          

4.Which of the following statements is true?        

A.Nadia was better at maths than other students.        

B.Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.        

C.Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.        

D.Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5.What is the message of the story?

A.Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B.Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C.Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D.Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

Answer 1

1----5     DACAA      

解析:

1.要求考生根据细节进行判断。文章开始说Kate问她什么问题她都不回答，但后来发现她英语很好。据此我们可以推断出她比较shy。答案为D。 

2.这是一道词义理解题。perplexed对大部分考生来说是一个生词。可以结合前后两句来理解。既然Nadia's English was perfect.Kate 就不理解她为什么不爱说话了。couldn't understand why 说明Kate感到茫然。答案为A。 

3.要求考生根据细节进行推理判断。Nadia描述电脑时使用的词是a  thin black box,说明她从未见过电脑。答案为C。 

4.这是一道细节理解题。在数学课上，Nadia表现不凡。有些题很难，只有她和老师能明白。说明她的数学比其他同学好。答案为A。 

5.考查对文章主旨的概括能力。从Nadia头一天入学，一开始不说话，到后来数学课上表现

出众，回到座位上时已经对自己充满自信的描述，作者想阐明的是谈论自己熟悉的话题能为

交流带来自信这样一个主题。答案为A。