题目内容
“How was school, Ben?” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. “The work is too long… and there’s not enough time to play,” he replied.
I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother, my daughter, Jane, and her reaction(反应) to the first day of school. Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister. My three-year-old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus, “I want to go ‘sool’ and you not let me!”
When Julie returned home that afternoon, I asked her the same question that I asked Ben, “How was school, Julie?” Julie replied, “I didn’t learn to read today.”
This year as the school bus passed my house, my mind went back to those school days again. I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air. I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean. It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty. This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing. No wonder so many babies now have allergies(过敏症), and it’s simply because we all have chalk dust in our lungs!
On the first day of school, the expectation was so great that I would be ready long before it was time to leave for school. We didn’t have backpacks because we had cigar boxes. We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.
The first day of school was exciting. It was a new beginning. The doors of knowledge had been opened. The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember. It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so “there isn’t enough time to play”.
1.Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?
A.Because she didn’t learn to read on the first day of school.
B.Because there was too much work for her to do at school.
C.Because she had no time to play at school.
D.Because she was not allowed to go to school.
2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that .
A.the author was thinking of her school days jokingly
B.the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust
C.the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust
D.the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust
3.In the opinion of the author, the first day of school is .
A.a day when a child is the happiest
B.a day when a child does much work
C.the beginning of great learning
D.the end of childhood full of toys
1.D
2.A
3.C
【解析】
试题分析:文章介绍了作者的女儿,孙子对开学第一天的看法,引发感想开学第一天是开始学习的日子。
1.细节题:从第二段的句子:My three-year-old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus, “I want to go ‘sool’ and you not let me!”可知Jane因为不能上学感到生气。选D
2.细节题:从第五段的句子:It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty.可知作者是开玩笑的说学校值日的事情。选A
3.细节题:从最后一段的句子:It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so “there isn’t enough time to play”.可知开学第一天是学习开始的日子。选C。
考点:考查教育类短文
点评:这种阅读理解集中考查了细节题,要求考生仔细阅读全文,做好相应的标志,以提高阅读的效率和速度
He wasn’t sick. He wasn’t old. And he wasn’t losing. He had a very good final season and won his last game in 2008. And then he walked away.
Lloyd Carr was 62. That’s a few years earlier than retirement(退休) age in America and many years earlier than some college football coaches say goodbye. How was Carr, who coached University of Michigan, able to leave so easily?
“ It can be intoxicating,” Carr admits. “The Saturday afternoons and the crowds. And when you win, there’s nothing like it.”
But the job needs hard work. The pressure to win. The endless training. The hours are so long that sleeping at the office is a normal thing. I reported Carr’s career at Michigan from 1995 to 2007. I saw him run onto the field before 100,000 cheering fans, saw him enjoy a share of a national championship with a 12-0 season.
And when I visited him recently in retirement, the difference was noticeable. He seems much calmer, relaxed, more at peace. He says, “As much fun as it is, there’s a period when you have other things to deal with.”
Carr knew he wanted to travel, see the world, read more, do other work. He is now connected with a children’s hospital, does some speaking, plays golf, and enjoys relaxing with his wife, Laurie, and their many grandchildren.
Several of today’s big-name coaches are all about Carr’s retirement age. Nick Saban turns 59 this month. Jim Tressel is 57. Frank Beamer is already 63. None of them seems to be slowing down.
So when, I ask Carr, is the right moment to leave such a great job?
He thinks. Finally, he says, “When you love it and can still walk away from it. That’s the right moment.”
【小题1】Lloyd Carr stopped working as a coach because he _______.
A.was too old | B.was injured seriously |
C.had other things to experience | D.followed others’ examples |
A.exciting | B.disappointing | C.surprising | D.puzzling |
A.was always free after retirement |
B.was a failure as a football coach |
C.missed the time when he coached |
D.enjoyed his retirement life very much |
A.a football player | B.Lloyd Carr’s assistant |
C.a retired coach | D.a sports reporter |