Question

This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts（花生）, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(掷) a coin and Ah! Tails (背面)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”

Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?

Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster’s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

1.The task I received was to find information about ________.

A. uses for peanutsB. American War of Independence

C. George WashingtonD. my headmaster Miss Lancelot

2.________ helped me decide what my report would be about.

A. The InternetB. My classmatesC. My grandpaD. A coin

3.People in the class acted strangely because ________.

A. I was too proud of my homework

B. I mistook what the homework was about

C. the whole world suddenly became quiet

D. the teacher’s face turned to a stone

4.I ________ after I failed the subject.

A. worked harder to prove my ability

B. started to study from the 7^th grade

C. was so frightened at the awful result

D. was given a second chance to redo the work

5.We can infer(推断) from the passage that ________.

A. the headmaster didn’t like the writer at all

B. the writer’s classmates felt sad at his mistake

C. the writer knew little about American history

D. the writer’s grandpa was a very wise man

6.Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?

A. Seeing is believing.

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. One is never too old to learn.

D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者在新学校接到的第一次任务是在网上查找关于George Washington.的信息，由于小作者对历史了解的很少，所以在班级出现了笑话，最后通过他自己的努力成功了这样一个故事。

1.1】细节理解题。根据第一段This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington.可知是找关于George Washington的信息，故选择C。

2.2】细节理解题。根据第一段I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide.可知硬币帮助他做决定。故选择D。

3.3】细节理解题。根据第二段find out what I had done wrong.可知我弄错了家庭作业是关于什么的，故选择B。

4.4】细节理解题。根据最后一段So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.可知选择A。

5.5】推理判断题。根据整篇文章内容的理解我们可以推断出作者对美国历史了解的很少。故选择C。

6.6】细节理解题。根据整篇文章内容的理解可知这篇文章主要观点是有智者事竟成。故选择B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。