Question

Paul couldn’t sleep last night. He woke up early and sat up, and then he lay down again. He felt terrible. “I must be sick,” he thought. “but I must study for that test.”

He got up and looked for his history notebook. He finally found it under a pile of clothes on a chair. He went over his history notes, but he couldn’t remember any of the facts in the notes. “What shall I do?” he thought. He felt terrible.

    Just then Paul’s telephone rang. He put down his notebook and picked up the telephone.

    “Good morning,” Jack’s voice said, “You must be wrong about that test.”

    “What do you mean?” Paul asked weakly.

    “We’re not going to have the test today.” Jack said. “I wrote down the date in my notebook. The test will be next Wednesday; it isn’t today. How do you feel this morning?”

    “Fine,” said Paul. “Just fine!” Suddenly he really felt fine.

1.Paul felt uneasy because he

A. was seriously ill.                   B. was too tired.    

C. was worried about the coming test.     D. couldn’t find his history notebook.

2.It seemed that Paul __________

A. was good at history.                 B. liked to study history.

C. lost interest in history.               D. was ready for the history test.

3.What made Paul feel fine at once?

A. The telephone call

B. the coming test.

C. Jack’s notebook

D. The fact that the test was not to be given that day.

4.“How do you feel this morning?” From this question we can see Jack________

A. knew Paul.                         B. knew Paul very well.

C. wanted to help Paul with his history.     D. would lend Paul his notebook..

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：paul早上起床主要想找笔记本来学习以应对今天的考试，正在焦急万分时收到杰克电话说，考试时间是下周，然后paul就没有感到那么紧张了。

1.C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段““but I must study for that test.”以及第二段“He finally found it under a pile of……”可知Paul对考试很紧张；故C正确。

2.C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二、第三句可以看出“他最后在椅子上的一堆衣服里找到了历史笔记，复习时却记不住里面的内容”可知C正确。

3.D 细节理解题。根据最后两段可知“杰克最后打电话告诉不是今天考试”故D正确。

4.B 推理判断题。根据文中““You must be wrong about that test.””可知B正确。

考点：考查记叙文的阅读理解。