题目内容
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cochran, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School, did something unforgettable. On the first day of school, with permission of the school headmaster, she took all of the desks out of the classroom.
The kids came into the first period. They walked in, and there were no desks. They looked around and said, "Ms Cochran, where are our desks?" And she said, “You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them.”
They thought, "Well, maybe it's our grades.”
"No," she said.
"Maybe it's our behavior."
And she told them, "No, it's not even your behavior."
Second period, the same thing. Third period... By early afternoon television news reporters had gathered in Ms. Cochran’s class to find out about this crazy teacher.
The last period of the day, Martha Cochran gathered her class. They were at this time sitting on the ground floor around the sides of the room. "Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the ordinary desks in this classroom." she said, "Now I'm going to tell you."
Martha Cochran went to the door of the classroom and opened it, and as she did, twenty-seven adults, who were fathers or mothers of the kids, walked into that classroom, each one having a school desk. And they placed those school desks in rows. And when they finished placing those desks, those kids for the first time in their lives understood how they earned those desks.
Martha said, "You don't have to earn those desks. They did it for you. They put them out there for you, but it's up to you to sit here responsibly to learn, to be good students and good citizens, because they paid a price for you to have that desk, and don't ever forget it!"
1.Why did Cochran take all the desks out of the classroom?
A. Because she wanted to punish the kids.
B. Because she wanted to let kids know how they earned the desks.
C. Because kids didn't need any desks at her classes.
D. Because the desks were all broken.
2.Who get kids to have a chance to get education?
A. Teachers. B. The headmaster.
C. Kids themselves. D. Kids’ parents.
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text?
A. Kids finally understood what their teacher meant by themselves.
B. The headmaster supported Ms. Cochran’s idea.
C. Kids studied without desks on the first day.
D. Kids' parents earned the desks for them.
1.B
2.D
3.A
【解析】
试题分析:学校开学的第一天,经过校长的同意,老师Martha Cochran把教室里的课桌全部移到了教室外。通过这件事,老师想让孩子们认识到来之不易的教育机会是父母创造的,应该好好珍惜难得的学习机会并好好学习。
1.“You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them.””可知,Cochran把所有的课桌移出教室的原因是,她想让孩子们知道他们是怎样获得课桌的,这里指怎样获得上学的机会,故选B。
2.who were fathers or mothers of the kids...each one having a school desk”和最后一段“They did it for you. They put them out there for you...because they paid a price for you to have that desk”可知,是孩子们的父母为孩子们提供了学习的机会,让孩子们得到了学习用的课桌,故选D。
3."Throughout the day no one has really understood how you earn the ordinary desks in this classroom." she said, "Now I'm going to tell you."”可知,没有孩子真正理解他们是如何得到课桌的,是老师告诉了孩子们原因,A项是错误的,故选A。
考点:教育类短文阅读
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By doing these things you may discover that the happiness you long for is much closer than you thought.
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