A Hard-working Student

This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed awake.

After a while she went to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?” “I have a suggestion (建议),” said the doctor, “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you will be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the student returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?” The student still looked tired. “Yes,” she said, “I tried counting one, two, three...up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that (以便) I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1. Why couldn’t the young student go to sleep?

2. What did the doctor ask the young student to do while she was lying in bed?

3. The underlined word “awake” in paragraph 1 means “______”.

4. What did she do after she felt sleepy?

5. The coffee made her ______, so she still couldn’t fall asleep.

A Hard-working Student
This story is about a young student. She worked very hard at her lessons. She was too busy to have a rest. At last, she became ill, and couldn’t go to sleep. Every night, when she went to bed, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep. But the more she tried, the more she stayed awake.
After a while she went to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do?” “I have a suggestion (建议),” said the doctor, “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you will be asleep. I’m sure of it.”
The next day the student returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?” The student still looked tired. “Yes,” she said, “I tried counting one, two, three...up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that (以便) I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1. 1.

   Why couldn’t the young student go to sleep?

   1. A.
      She was worried about her lessons.
   2. B.
      She hadn’t finished her homework.
   3. C.
      She had worked too hard and became ill.
   4. D.
      There was a lot of noise.
2. 2.

   What did the doctor ask the young student to do while she was lying in bed?

   1. A.
      To take some medicine.
   2. B.
      To count numbers while she was lying in bed.
   3. C.
      To count numbers before she went to bed.
   4. D.
      To read some books on the bed.
3. 3.

   The underlined word “awake” in paragraph 1 means “______”.

   1. A.
      asleep
   2. B.
      not asleep
   3. C.
      sleepy
   4. D.
      sleeping
4. 4.

   What did she do after she felt sleepy?

   1. A.
      She fell asleep.
   2. B.
      She stopping counting.
   3. C.
      She got up and drank some tea.
   4. D.
      She got up to have some coffee.
5. 5.

   The coffee made her ______, so she still couldn’t fall asleep.

   1. A.
      tired
   2. B.
      sleepy
   3. C.
      hungry
   4. D.
      excited

Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Rakesh, he studied and lived in a boarding school(寄宿学校). Every night he jumped over the wall and played outside. He        returned before dawn (黎明) and lay on his bed again, so no one knew that Rakesh went out at        .
One night as usual, Rakesh found         asleep. He decided to play outside again. He went into his teacher—Mrs. Green’s room        and saw her        . Then Rakesh walked out towards the wall. Near the wall, there was a ladder in the bushes, he hid it there. He         the ladders and he climbed up it , then jumped over the wall.        at that time his teacher was awake and saw him going out.
      got up and took away the        from the wall. A few hours        , Rakesh returned. In the dark, he tried to climb        from the wall. Sadly, there was no ladder, instead, Mrs. Green was standing where the ladder was and waited for him. Rakesh was very        to be punished (处罚), but to his surprise, she just helped Rakesh to get onto the ground , said, "Rakesh, at least        a warm coat with you, when you go out at night."
Mrs. Green's        made Rakesh know his own faults. He apologized (道歉) and never went out at night again. It is the        lesson that he has ever had.

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, （a）出生于in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for （b）______________ he was born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything（c）他需要知道。

   When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, （d）he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with sudden change. （e）This made the readers surprised.

1．将划线部分（a）译成英语:_______________________________________

2．在（b）的空白处填入适当的词组:_________________________________

3．将划线部分（c）译成英语: ______________________________________

4．将划线部分（d）译成汉语: ______________________________________

5．将划线部分（e）译成汉语: ______________________________________