Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.
Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.
“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”
A 55. That’s me!
Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”
“I made a 55,” I said.
A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
“You failed!” my father replied.
“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.
“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.
【小题1】In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .

I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The look on his face said that one of us did something .

“Which one of you did this?”

We all looked down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I had a lot of

. I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so worried. When he asked me, I lied, “Not me, Dad.” The others denied（否认）it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of must have done it. But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the truth.

To who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to exactly what you see on the step.”

I tried my best to write the words . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.

He our pieces of paper and looked at them. “Since none of you will admit (承认) to have done it, then I will punish (惩罚) you and said nothing. The last thing I wanted was for Dad to me.

“I did it.” My sister said she did something that she didn’t. Father grounded her for a month.

We didn’t talk about that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry for it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责备) for me.

1.A. hard B. wrong C. special D. true

2.A. surprise B. happiness C. fear D. joy

3.A. them B. me C. you D. us

4.A. find out B. talk about C. think about D. look for

5.A. write B. read C. recite D. draw

6.A. clearly B. slowly C. differently D. carefully

7.A. opened B. colored C. showed D. collected

8.A. only B. all C. both D. one

9.A. beat B. teach C. punish D. understand

10.A. lucky B. silly C. easy D. safe

动词运用(共10小题。计10分)

    用括号内所给动词的适当形式完成下面短文，必要时可加助动词。(请将各小题的答案写在短文后相应的横线上。)

Mr and Mrs Smith were giving a dinner party with 20 visitors seated around a table. Their talk was about who  1.       (have) more self-control(自我控制力 )，men or women.

Suddenly they saw a strange expression ( 表情 )  2.       (come) across Mrs Smith's face. She said something to the servant(仆人) standing behind her without 3.       (turn) around. The servant quickly put a glass of milk outside the open door.

One of the men said,  "I want to know what self-control everyone 4.      (have). While I 5.       (count) from 1 to 300, none of you can move at all. If you do,  you6.       (pay) 50. "

The people sat like rocks while the man counted. When he reached 280, a large snake(蛇)7.        (see) moving slowly from the table to the glass of milk.

Mr Smith said,  "You 8.      just       (show) us an example of self-control,  but how did you know there  9.      (be) a snake in the room?"

"I 10.        (not,  know) it was,  but I knew the milk was for the snake,  "the man answered.

"It was lying right on my feet, " said Mrs Smith.

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.

The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning（发牢骚）, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.

Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!

I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.

“The scores were not very good, none of you passed,” Mr. Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”

A 55. That’s me!

Suddenly my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.

I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?”

“I made a 55,” I said.

A frown (皱眉) now stood on my father’s face. I knew I had to explain immediately. “But Dad, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.

“You failed!” my father replied.

“But it’s the highest!” I insisted.

“I don’t care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!” my father firmly said.

For years, my father was always that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.

We often don’t understand the wisdom (智慧) of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My father’s words have carried me throughout life.

1.In class, to hide my score from my classmates, I ___________ .

A. lowered my head                                B. covered my score up   

C. walked home alone                             D. explained immediately

2. A frown stood on my father’s face because he thought ____. .

A. I did a bad job in the test.                 B. I gave a good excuse.

C. I became the worst student.             D.I stood in his shoes

3. We can infer from the passage that _____..

A. the father was strict with his child.

B. the writer was always poor in tests.

C. Mr. Right was worried about the writer.

D. the writer was always happy with his scores.

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The Final Test       B. That’s Me!     C. My Strict Teacher      D. Scores, Important?