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20．Little Tommy was doing very badly in math．His parents had tried everything-tutors，cards，special learning centers-in short，everything they could think of．Finally they took Tommy to a catholic（天主教的） school．
After the first day，little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face．He didn't kiss his mother hello．Instead，he went straight to his room and started studying．Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work．His mother was surprised．She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room，without a word．In no time he was back  hitting the booksas hard as before．This went on for some time，day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening．
Finally，little Tommy brought home his report card．He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books．His mom looked at it and to her surprise，little Tommy got an A in math．She could no longer hold her curiosity．She went to his room and asked，"Son，what was it？Was it the nuns（修女）？"
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head，"No．"
"Well then，"she asked again．"WHAT was it？"
Little Tommy looked at her and said，"Well，on the first day of school，when I saw that man nailed to the plus sign（加号），I knew they weren't joking．"

72．Tommy's mother felt surprised that his sonD．
A．was still the same as usual
B．ate so much at dinner
C．kissed her hello after school
D．worked hard but said little
73．The underlined phrase"hitting the books"（in Paragraph 2）probably means"A"．
A．putting his heart into study    B．taking interest in papers
C．finding fault with maths        D．beating his books angrily
74．The last sentence in the passage shows thatB．
A．Tommy felt sorry for the man      B．Tommy was afraid of being nailed
C．Tommy didn't like the plus sign  D．Tommy liked playing jokes on others
75．From the passage，we can infer thatB．
A．teachers should be strict with their students
B．mistakes might do good sometimes
C．a catholic school is much better than other ones
D．nuns are good at helping children with their math．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了Tommy把钉在十字架上误解为"学习不用功的结果"，从而一改自己原来不好学的不良习惯，很快就把数学成绩赶了上去的故事．

解答 72．D．细节理解题．根据第二段After the first day，little Tommy came home…didn‟t kiss his mother hello…was hard at work…without a word．可知汤米的母亲感到惊讶，他的儿子什么也没说努力学习；故选D．
73．A．词义理解题．根据文章大意和Finally，little Tommy brought home his report card．He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books这个句子的语境，可知hit the books的意思是"用功"；故选A．
74．B．推理判断题．Tommy学习一直不用功，但自从进了这所catholic school之后，情况就不一样了--整天都发狠读书，结果数学考试也得了A．这是为什么呢？文章在最后道出了其原因：Well，on the first day of school，when I saw that man nailed （钉） to the plus sign （加号），I knew they weren‟t joking．由此可知，Tommy是担心学习不用功会被钉在十字架上；故选B．
75．B．推理判断题．Tommy把钉在十字架上误解为"学习不用功的结果"，从而一改自己原来不好学的不良习惯，很快就把数学成绩赶了上去．可见，误解有时也可以起到好的效果；故选B．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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