Question

Although I had left school against the advice of my teacher， I had， without telling anyone， tried to continue my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome walk from one end of the city to another and to sit among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the class， so the friendship I knew at school was absent， I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.

By chance， I won some prizes and rewards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She wanted to make a short film about me， to which I said， “No， I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real excuse， I was just frightened. In the end she persuaded me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this， and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening， I hesitatingly（支吾其词地） told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They wanted to know if I was sure， if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training， it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me， and they asked about the matter on future.

1.Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraphs above this text?

A. The writer’s unhappy childhood.

B. The poor teaching quality of the writer’s school.

C. The writer’s leaving school against his teacher’s advice.

D. Whether it was worth leaving school for job training.

2.The writer did NOT feel comfortable at the evening school because __________.

A. he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates

B. he had to walk a long distance to the evening school

C. he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain

D. all of the above

3. After his success， he __________.

A. decided to get a good job

B. decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school

C. decided to return to the school he once left

D. began to feel very important and proud

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍作者在违背老师愿望离开学校后在夜校“继续”学文学。经过自己的努力，获得了文学奖，并拍了电视短片，这样他对文学更感兴趣了，因此他决定放弃工作，继续回到学校学习。

1.C 细节理解题。通读全文可知这篇文章中作者反对老师的建议即将离开学校。所以选C。

2.D细节理解题。根据文中 I was the youngest in the class， so the friendship I knew at school was absent， I put up with it for a short period. It was too long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued reading books and started writing poetry at home.可知作者在夜校没有感到舒服是很难交到朋友；离夜校得距离很远；他不能把全部的心思放在学习上。因此选择D。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。