Question

    Little Toby is doing very badly in math. His parents try everything—tutors(家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short，everything they can think of. Finally they take Toby to a catholic(天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Toby comes home with a very serious look on his face. He doesn’t kiss his mother  hello. Instead，he goes straight to his room and start studying. Books and papers are spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Toby is hard at work. His mother is surprised. She calls him down to dinner and as soon as he finishes eating，he goes back to his room without a word. In no time he is back hitting the books as hard as before. This goes on for some time. Day after day the mother tries to understand what is happening.Finally, little Toby brings home his report card. He quietly puts it on the table and goes up to his room and hit the books. His mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Toby gets an A in math. She can no longer hold her curiosity(好奇心). She goes to his room and asks, “Son, what is it? Is it the nuns(修女)?”

Little Toby looks at her and shakes his head, “No.” “Well then,” she asks again. “WHAT is it?”

Little Toby looks at her and says, “Well, on the first day of school, when I see that man nailed( 钉) to the plussign(十字架), I know they aren’t kidding.”

1.Why do Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A.Because he can eat well there.

B.Because he can learn more about nuns.

C.Because his parents want him to do better in his math.

D.Because his parents don’t want him to learn math anymore.

2.Tommy’s mother feels surprised that his son     .

A.is still the same as usual B.eats so much at dinner

C.kisses her hello after school D.works hard but says little

3.“Hitting the books” means     ” in Chinese.

A.studying really hard B.doing exercise C.being angry D.playing games

4.The last sentence in the passage shows that     .

A.Toby feels sorry for the nail B.Toby is afraid of being nailed

C.Tommy doesn’t like the plus sign D.Toby likes playing jokes on others

5.From the passage, we can infer（推断）that     .

A.teachers should be strict with their students

B.a catholic school is much better than other ones

C.sometimes misunderstanding (误解) might do good

D.nuns are good at helping children with their math

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

短文主人公为小男孩Toby，Toby的父母想尽了所有方法都没能让Toby的数学成绩提高，最后他们送他去了一所天主教学校，Toby去了学校之后看到被钉在十字架上的耶稣，十分害怕自己也遭受这样的惩罚，便努力学习数学，最终得到了A。

1.

推理判断题，从第一段开头“Little Toby is doing very badly in math”可以得知Toby非常不擅长数学，他的父母想尽了一切办法，而送他去天主教学校是最后一个办法，因此Toby的父母是为了让Toby学好数学，故选C。

2.

细节理解题，根据第二段“Instead，he goes straight to his room and start studying. Books and papers are spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Toby is hard at work.” 相反，他直接回到自己的房间开始学习。书和纸铺满了整个房间，小托比在努力工作。可以得知Toby反常地认真学习让他的妈妈很惊讶。故选D。

3.

词义猜测题，根据第二段第四句“Books and papers are spread out all over the room and little Toby is hard at work” 书和纸铺满了整个房间，小托比在努力工作，得知Toby在吃饭之前是在埋头学习，而后面吃完饭后回到房间“as hard as before.”像吃饭之前一样努力，可以推断出Toby又埋头学习了，所以“hitting the books”表示的是study hard,故选A。

4.

推理判断题，最后一句“Well, on the first day of school, when I see that man nailed to the plus sign, I know they aren’t kidding.”上学的第一天，当我看到那个人被钉在十字架上时，我知道他们不是在开玩笑。再加上Toby回家后的表现，可以推断出Toby是害怕自己会因为数学成绩不好，而也被钉在十字架上，所以努力学习。故选B。

5.

主旨大意题，结合全文，Toby被送去天主教后的一系列反常的努力学习，是因为他误认为成绩不好的人会被钉在十字架上，所以有时候误解会带来好的影响，选项C符合文章主旨，另外文章中并没有提到天主教里的老师和修女，也没有拿天主教学校和其他学校比较，故ABD三个选项错误，故选C。