Question

My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between the age of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me present, and sat me on his knees, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.

At school, when he walked into a room full of noisy boys, there was silence (沉默) once. When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, that boy went red in the face, and looked down at his shoes. If a boy brought him poor, careless work, the work that was not the best that boy could do, my grandfather picked up the boy’s book and threw it across the room, shouting, “Do it all again, and bring it back first in the morning!” If the boy was late, or if he forgot to bring the work, he had to do it again, and again, and yet again. My grandfather never forgot. He was a very different man at school, from the man I saw day by day in his own home.

1.The underlined word “gentle” may mean ________ in Chinese.

A. 严厉的    B. 苛刻的    C. 温和的    D. 易怒的

2.When he looked at a boy in a certain way, that boy ________.

A. went red and could not look at him

B. looked back at my grandfather’s red face

C. looked at his shoes to see if his shoes were dirty

D. went red in the face because his shoes were dirty

3.When he received poor work, my grandfather ________.

A. shouted at the boy and threw his work across the room

B. went red in the face

C. usually asked the parents to come to the school

D. threw the book at the boy

4.From the passage, we know that the grandfather ________.

A. didn’t get angry at school like he did at home

B. got angry easily both at home and at school

C. did not throw books about at school like he did at home

D. did not get angry at home

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了祖父当老师的事情。

1.词义猜测题。I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart,我知道他的内心是一个善良而且_____的人；根据下文because when I was young, he gave me present, and sat me on his knees, and told me stories.因为我小时候，他给我礼物，让我坐在他的膝盖上，给我讲故事，由and可知空格处和前面的kind是并列关系，所以此处应是“温柔的、温和的”，故答案选C。

2.细节理解题。根据When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes, that boy went red in the face, and looked down at his shoes.可知，当他以某种方式看着一个男孩时，那个男孩会脸变红，然后低头看他的鞋，也就是不敢看祖父，故答案选A。

3.细节理解题。根据If a boy brought him poor, careless work, the work that was not the best that boy could do, my grandfather picked up the boy’s book and threw it across the room, shouting,可知，当他遇到糟糕的工作时，祖父会对着男孩大喊，而且把他的作品仍到房间的另一边，故答案选A。

4.细节理解题。I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young, he gave me present, and sat me on his knees, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.可知，祖父在家里不生气，故答案选D。