Question

After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again．I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building．As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address．The dirty red brick houses had been swept away．In its place stood a bright, modern block．A huge expanse of glass extended (延展) across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn (草坪) where previously there had been “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.

I was pleased to find that it was bread time and that the children were all in the playground．This would enable me to meet some members of staff(职员)．On entering the building, I was surprised to hear loud laughter coming from what appeared to be the masters’ common room．I could not help remembering the teachers in my time, all dressed in black gowns (长袍) and high collars (领子)．And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline(纪律) on staff and pupils alike．I knocked at the common room door and was welcomed by a smiling young man who introduced himself to me as the headmaster．He was dressed casually in a sports jacket, and his cheerful manner, quickly dispelled (驱散) the image of Mr Ghastly．After I had explained who I was, the headmaster presented me to the teachers all of whom were a little younger than himself, and said he would take me round the school.

Here the biggest surprise of all was in store for (在等待)me．Gone were the heavy desks of old with their deeply carved names; gone too, were the dark classrooms with their ink stained, dark brown walls, and their raised platforms for the teachers．The rooms now were painted in bright colors, and the children, far from sitting straight in their places, seemed almost free to do as they liked．I looked with envy(嫉妒) as I remembered how, as a child, I had looked at the blackboard hardly daring to whisper to my neighbor.

1.“Mr Ghastly” must be ______.

A．the writer’s teacher

B．a serious old man

C．the strict headmaster

D．a naughty boy

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．He had expected that the school had completely changed.

B．In the writer’s time, all the teachers were dressed in black gowns and high collars.

C．There was a well-kept lawn in their school when he visited it.

D．An untidy gravel yard had disappeared.

3.From what is said in the passage, it seems clear that the writer ______.

A．disapproved of all the changes that had taken place

B．felt sorry for the children in the school

C．was glad that the school was still the same

D．felt that conditions at the school had improved a lot

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者30年以后再次回到母校的所见所闻所感。

1.C 细节题。根据文章第二段4、5行And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline(纪律) on staff and pupils alike.可知“Mr Ghastly”就是一位对学生和职员都很严厉的校长。故C正确。

2.A 细节题。根据文章第一段第2句I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building.可知我预料到学校会有变化，但是没有想到会有如此完全不同的建筑物。说明我没有预料到学校的变化是如此彻底。所以A项说法是错误的。

3.D 推理题。根据第一段后半部分As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address．The dirty red brick houses had been swept away．In its place stood a bright, modern block．A huge expanse of glass extended (延展) across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn (草坪) where previously there had been “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.可知学校的条件已经改善了很多很多。故D正确。

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