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 there used to be “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. 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 and high collars. And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline 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 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 as I remembered how, as a child, I had looked at the blackboard hardly daring to whisper to my neighbor.

1.The writer ______.

A.had no difficulty in recognizing his old school

B.found it difficult to recognize his old school

C.noticed that the building was still unfinished

D.was surprised to see an untidy gravel yard

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.“Mr. Ghastly” must be ______.

A.the writer’s teacher B.a serious old man

C.the strict headmaster D.a naughty boy

4.From what is said in the passage it seems clear 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.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

本文是记叙文。文章讲述了作者重新回到以前的学校，发现学校发生了很多的变化，和记忆中的完全不一样了。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的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.（离开三十年后，我决定再次访问我的母校。我预期到会发现一些变化，但不是一个完全不同的建筑）可知，作者预期到学校会有一些变化，但是结果发现学校完全变了一个样子。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段中的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 there used to be “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.（一大片玻璃延伸到建筑的表面，在前面，有一个维护良好的草坪，这里曾经是“一个不整洁的砾石院子”）可知，新的草坪代替了以前的脏的沙砾，由此可知，C项和D项正确。根据第二段中的I could not help remembering the teachers in my time, all dressed in black gowns and high collars.（我不禁想起了我那个时代的老师，他们都穿着黑色的高领子的长袍）可知，作者那个时代，老师们都穿着高领子的长袍，故B项正确。在根据第一段中的I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building.（我预期到会发现一些变化，但不是一个完全不同的建筑）可知，作者想到学校会有变化，但是没有想到学校完全变成另一个样子，故A项陈述与原文意思不符。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段中的And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline on staff and pupils alike.（最重要的是，我想起了加斯顿先生，我们给他起了个绰号“盖斯利先生”，他是一位对教职工和学生都有严格纪律的校长）可知，盖斯利先生对待员工和学生都有严格的纪律，因此他是一位严格的校长。故选C。

4.推理判断题。结合最后一段对学校变化的描述Here the biggest surprise of all was in store for 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.（在这里，最大的惊喜在等待着我。过去那些刻着深刻名字的笨重桌子不见了;漆黑的教室也不见了，墨迹斑斑，黑褐色的墙壁，高高的讲台也不见了。现在房间都漆成了鲜艳的颜色，孩子们非但没有端坐在自己的位置上，似乎还可以按自己的喜欢的方式坐着）可推知，和以前相比，学校现在的条件提高了很多。故选D。