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(坚决地): No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I should have 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 when the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(跳过) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.

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

A. My classmates   B. A coin

C. My grandpa     D. The Internet

2.I read my homework proudly because ________.

A. I believed my homework was excellent

B. I was good at my lessons

C. my classmates wore big smiles on their faces

D. my grandfather was always right

3.I ________ after I failed the subject.

A. worked harder to prove my ability

B. did my homework a second time

C. was so frightened at the awful result

D. decided to give it up

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

A. the headmaster wasn’t a good person at all

B. the writer’s classmates were cleverer than him

C. the writer knew little about American history

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

5.Which of the following can best describe the writer?

A. Silly and lazy.        B. Clever but unlucky.

C. Proud and confident.    D. Brave and hard-working.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

【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，所以在班级闹出了笑话，最后通过他自己的努力成功了这样一个故事。

1.B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B。

2.A细节理解题 通读整篇文章可知，作者骄傲地读我的家乡是因为作者认为家乡是最棒的。故选A。

3.A细节理解题 根据文中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可知，作者失败后，更加努力来证明自己的能力。故选A。

4.C推理判断题。根据整篇文章我们可以推断出作者对美国历史了解的很少。故选择C。

5.5】D主旨大意题。根据整篇文章可知作者是一个勇敢和努力的人。这篇文章主要观点是有智者事竟成，故答案选D。

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