题目内容
【题目】A student was one day taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes lying in the path. They were a poor farmer’s, who was working in the nearby field.
The student turned to the teacher, saying: “we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.”
“My young friend,”answered the teacher,“we should never make fun of the poor. Why not put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch?”The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
After putting on his coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something hard. Then he bent (弯腰) down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Surprised, he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked around, but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks. Then he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. He said the help would save them from dying.
The student stood there deeply moved, and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”
【1】When the student saw the shoes, he wanted to _____.
A. steal them
B. find their owner
C. play a joke on the owner
D. give the owner some money
【2】When the farmer saw the second coin, he _____.
A. was very excited and grateful
B. was worried and looked up at the sky
C. was surprised and decided to find the owner
D. spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help
【3】At the end of the story, the student _____.
A. was very proud of himself
B. was very pleased with his life
C. felt very sorry about his first idea
D. felt sad for not taking his teacher’s advice
【4】What can we learn from the passage?
A. It is never too late to learn.
B. All good things come to an end.
C. Where there is a will, there is a way.
D. True happiness comes from helping others.
【答案】
【1】C
【2】A
【3】C
【4】D
【解析】
试题分析: 文章讲述一个老师和学生走在街上,看见一个农夫的鞋子,学生想把农夫的鞋藏起来捉弄农夫,而老师则是让学生放两个硬币在鞋中以帮助农夫,学生最后对自己一开始的想法感到抱歉。
【1】推理判断题。根据文章第二段的句子The student turned to the teacher, saying: “we will hide his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.可知当学生看见鞋子的时候,他想和鞋子的主人开玩笑。故选C。
【2】推理判断题。根据文章第五段的句子He couldn’t control his feelings and fell to his knees, looked up to the sky and expressed his thanks.可知当农夫看见第二个硬币的时候,他很兴奋也很感激。故选A。
【3】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的句子The student stood there deeply moved, and his eyes filled with tears.可知在故事结尾的时候,学生对自己一开始的想法感到抱歉。故选C。
【4】推理判断题。根据文章内容可知学生和老师看见农夫的鞋子,学生想作弄他,老师却要帮助他。农夫得到老师的硬币后很高兴也很感激,再结合最后一段的句子“Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much happier than if you had hidden the shoes?”可知真正的快乐是来自于帮助别人。故选D。
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Boys are not so good at English when there are girls in their class, a research student said.This finding disagrees with the widely held belief that girls always have a good influence on boys in school.
Boys do best with as few girls as possible in English lessons at primary and secondary schools, Steven Proud, a research student at Bristol University, told the Royal Economic Society’s conference.
But when it comes to math and science, both boys and girls at primary schools achieve up to a tenth of a grade higher when there is a greater percentage of girls in the class, Proud found.
Proud kept a record of boys’ and girls’ test results at the ages of 7, 11, and 16 in 16,000 schools in England.He studied the test scores to see whether the percentage of girls made a difference to the results of both boys and girls in math, science and English.
Boys always perform worse when the number of girls they study English with increases, which is especially the case at primary schools.Proud also found that girls are unaffected by the number of boys in their English class.
Proud said boys may do worse in English when there is high proportion(比例) of girls in their class because they think that the girls are better than them.It could also be that teachers use teaching styles more appropriate(适合) to girls when there are more girls than boys in the class.
Proud argues that his results show boys should be taught English in single-sex classes.
However, Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, said, “Boys may be discouraged by how well girls are doing in English, but you can’t say that it means boys and girls should be separated.It has very little practical importance to schools.”
Theme | Boys may do __【1】___ in English in a class with a higher percentage of girls. | |
Widely held 【2】_____ | Girls always have a good influence on boys in school. | |
Proud’s ___【3】___ | When there are more girls | both boys and girls at primary schools perform better in math and ____【4】_____. |
When the number of girls ___【5】___. | boys perform worse in English | |
When the number of boys changes | girls aren’t __【6】___ in an English class. | |
Possible ____【7】___. | Boys think that the girls are better than them. Teachers use ____【8】___ styles more appropriate to girls. | |
Proud’s suggestion | Boys and girls should be taught English in __【9】____ classes. | |
Alan’s opinion | Don’t ___【10】____ the boys and girls. |