Question

【题目】It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.

The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.

"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion， ESL students should try to speak English only.

"I agree." said Rose.

"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right，Rose?" Rose nodded，and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.

The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.

【1】The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".

A. cried in fear

B. shouted in surprise

C. screamed with joy

D. announced with excitement

【2】According to the passage, we can infer(推断)that .

A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea

B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group

C. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them

D. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days

【3】What can be the best title of this passage?

A. Let's Speak English B. An ESL Class

C. Don't Tell Lies D. Three Korean Women

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了来自韩国的Tara开始没有告诉来自相同地方的两个同学，因为她不想在课堂上用韩语进行交流。在后来她们成为了好朋友，但也一直用英语沟通。

【1】B词义推测题。根据后面的内容"You ARE from Korea!"你确实是来自韩国！这与前面Tara跟她们说她不是来自韩国不一致，故此处选B，惊讶地大叫。故选B。

【2】D判断推理题。She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them.她告诉她们她不想和她们一起用韩语进行对话，故选D。

【3】A主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述了Tara为了在英语课堂上说英语，开始没有告诉来自韩国的两个同学她也来自韩国，并且在后来也一直坚持用英语沟通，故此题选A。