Question

【题目】 I am studying English in a language school in the USA. It is the second week and everything is new to me. Because of the different language and the new environment, I find it difficult to adapt to school life here.

In yesterday’s class, Mr. Peters talked about baseball. He said, “baseball is one of the most popular sports in the USA. If you hope to speak English well, you must understand baseball. First, you need to know the rules. Then you need to try to find how it has to do with daily life.”

He gave us some expressions and let us guess the meanings. Unluckily, I had never watched a baseball game before, so I sat quietly and just listened to the others. After school, I took out a dictionary and asked Jake, one of my friends in the neighboring class, for help. Jake was kind and patient and he has been in the USA for several years. He tried to teach me the baseball rules. I learned that baseball is a game between two teams of nine players. In baseball, a player on one team throws a small round ball at the player on the other team, who tries to hit it back with a bat.

He told me more rules of the game, but the more he said, the more confused（困惑的） I felt! Maybe one day I need to watch a real game to understand it better!

【1】The writer finds studying in the USA is________.

A.funB.easyC.boringD.challenging

【2】According to paragraph 2, Mr. Peters probably agrees that ________.

A.learning baseball rules is difficultB.baseball is American’ favorite sport

C.every student should learn to pay baseballD.understanding baseball is helpful in learning English

【3】Why did the writer keep quiet in yesterday’s class?

A.He knew nothing about baseball.B.He could not follow the teacher.

C.He was too shy to speak.D.He did not like the teacher.

【4】The writer wrote the passage to ________.

A.say sorryB.ask for advice

C.compare two different culturesD.describe his personal experience

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

本文是记叙文。作者描述了在美国的一个英语学校学习英语的经历，一开始是新环境，语言又不通，彼得老师告诉大家了解棒球对于学习英语很重要，上来就介绍棒球的知识，而“我”从未看过棒球赛，因此什么也不懂，需要懂得更多关于棒球的知识。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“Because of the different language and the new environment, I find it difficult to adapt to school life here.”可知，因为不同的语言和新环境，“我”在美国的学习生活是一种挑战，故选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据第二段彼得老师告诉我们“If you hope to speak English well, you must understand baseball.”可知，他认为懂得棒球对于学习英语是有益的，故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段“Unluckily, I had never watched a baseball game before, so I sat quietly and just listened to the others.”可知，因为“我”对棒球一无所知，所以在课堂上只是听别人说，自己一言不发，故选A。

【4】推理判断题。作者描述了他在美国的一个英语学校学习英语的经历，一开始是新环境，语言不通，彼得老师上来就介绍棒球的知识，而他从未看过棒球赛，因此什么也不懂，可知作者写的目的是为了描述个人的学习经历，故选D。