Question

    "Her grades are fine； I'm not worried about that， but she just doesn't seem to love learning any more，"

Alice's mum said．

She's absolutely right． I'd noticed the same thing about her daughter over the previous two or three years when I'd been Alice's middle school teacher， and I have an answer， right there on the tip of my tongue， to what has gone wrong． Yet I'm torn between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I'm not sure this mother is ready to hear．

The truth for this parent and so many others is this： Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar of achievement， and it's our fault． Alice's parents， her teachers， society at large - we are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning． From her first day of school， we pointed her toward that altar and trained her to measure her progress by means of points， scores， and awards．

We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect（智力）， and that her intellect is more important than her character． We taught her to come home proudly bearing grade As， championship prizes， and college acceptance， and not on purpose， we taught her that we don't really care how she obtains them． We taught her to protect her academic and extracurricular（课外的）perfection at all costs and that it's better to quit when things get challenging rather than risk losing that perfect record． Above all else， we taught her to fear failure． That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning．

1.We can infer from Paragraph 2 that the author ______ ．

A. thinks Alice is right

B. is uncertain of the answer

C. hesitates to express an idea

D. wonders why the mother is worried

2.Which can replace the underlined words"at the altar of"？ ______

A. instead of    B. at the risk of

C. at the loss of    D. in the interest of

3.What has really made Alice change her attitude to learning？ ______

A. Being slow in study．    B. Fear of bad grades．

C. Difficulty in study．    D. Press from parents．

4.What is more important for a teenager in the author's opinion？ ______

A. His knowledge．    B. His intellect．

C. His character．    D. His achievement．

Answer

1. C

2. D

3. B

4. C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章作者是一名老师，介绍了自己的一个学生，成绩很好，但不爱学习，然后分析了原因，是老师，家长，社会用所谓的成就抹杀了孩子的热情和好奇心，最终导致孩子不爱学习。

1.推理判断题。由第二段“I have an answer, right there on the tip of my tongue, to what has gone wrong. Yet I’m torn between my responsibility to help Alice and the knowledge that what I have to say is a truth I’m not sure this mother is ready to hear.”我的答案就在我的嘴边，就是出了什么问题。然而，我在帮助爱丽丝的责任和我必须说的是事实之间左右为难，我不确定这个母亲是否已经准备好聆听了。可知，作者对要表达出自己的看法很犹豫。故C选项正确。

2.词义猜测题。由第三段“Her child has sacrificed her natural curiosity and love of learning at the altar of achievement”她的孩子为了所谓的成就牺牲了她天生的好奇心和对学习的热爱。可知at the altar of的意思是“为了.......”。故D选项正确。

3.细节理解题。由最后段“That fear is what has destroyed her love of learning.恐惧摧毁了她对学习的热爱”可知，B选项正确。

4.推理判断题。由第三段“Alice’s parents, her teachers, society at large — we are all supposed to be blamed in this crime against learning”以及“ We taught Alice that her potential is tied to her intellect(智力）, and that her intellect is more important than her character”爱丽丝的父母，她的老师，整个社会--我们都应该在这次犯罪中受到谴责。“我们告诉爱丽丝，她的潜力与她的智力息息相关，她的智力比她的性格更重要。”可知，作者在表达我们对孩子的错误教导。所以可以判断出作者认为性格更重要。故C选项正确。