Question

    Several years ago, a public school teacher was hired to visit children who were patients in a city hospital. Her job was to tutor them with their schoolwork.

One day, this teacher received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She was told by the teacher on the other end of the line. “We’re studying nouns and adverbs in Class now. I’d be grateful if you could help him with his homework.”

It wasn’t until the visiting teacher got outside the boy’s room that she realized it was located in the hospital’s burn unit. No one had prepared her for that. When she walked into the room, she found the young boy, horribly burned, was obviously in great pain. The teacher felt awkward and didn’t know what to say, but she had gone too far to walk out. Finally, she was able to stammer out, “I…I’m… the special visiting hospital teacher, and your teacher sent me to help you with your nouns and adverbs.” Afterward, she thought it was not one of her more successful tutoring sessions.

The next morning when she returned, a nurse stopped her, “What did you do to that boy?” Before she could finish her apologies, the nurse interrupted her by saying, “You don’t understand. We’ve been worried about him, but ever since you were here yesterday his whole attitude has changed. He’s responding to treatment…”

In fact, the boy had completely given up hope and felt he was going to die until he saw that special teacher. Everything had changed with an insight gained by a simple realization. With happy tears in his eyes, the little boy said, “They wouldn’t send a special teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a dying boy, now, would they?”

1.Why did the teacher feel awkward after entering the room?

A.She walked into the wrong room.

B.She was too eager to be successful.

C.She had no idea how the boy was suffering.

D.She was not well prepared for her lesson.

2.What does the underlined word “stammer” in paragraph 3 mean?

A.To speak with a fear.

B.To speak with a pause.

C.To speak with a concern.

D.To speak with a gesture.

3.What can we infer from the teacher’s action of apologizing?

A.She got scared by the hospital nurse.

B.She was a person of modest personality.

C.She thought she made the boy uncomfortable.

D.She realized she got the usage of a noun wrong.

4.What helped the boy regain hope?

A.He felt the learning pressure from the special teacher.

B.He believed that the teacher was expert at teaching grammar.

C.He was aware that everyone was trying their best to care for him.

D.He realized that he was not in so bad a situation as he had assumed.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一个严重烧伤的男孩因为学校派了一位老师到医院辅导他学习名词和副词而重拾求生的意念、积极配合治疗的故事。

1.

推理判断题。根据第三段的No one had prepared her for that. When she walked into the room, she found the young boy, horribly burned, was obviously in great pain. The teacher felt awkward and didn't know what to say, but she had gone too far to walk out.(没有人为她做好准备。当她走进房间时，她发现这个小男孩被严重烧伤，显然非常疼。她觉得很尴尬，不知道说什么，但她已近走进屋里很长一段距离了)可知，这位老师之前并不知道自己是要去辅导一位被严重烧伤的男孩，因此当她进入病房看到痛苦的男孩时，感到不知所措。由此推测，这位老师感到尴尬是因为她不知道小男孩的烧伤如此严重。C. She had no idea how the boy was suffering.(她不知道这个男孩有多么痛苦)符合以上推测，故选C项。

2.

词义猜测题。根据第三段的“I…I’m… the special visiting hospital teacher, and your teacher sent me to help you with your nouns and adverbs.”可知，老师在毫不知情的情况下见到了严重烧伤的男孩，顿时不知所措、说话结巴。由此猜测，划线词的意思是“结结巴巴地说”。B. To speak with a pause.(说话有停顿)符合以上说法，故选B项。

3.

推理判断题。根据第三段的Afterward, she thought it was not one of her more successful tutoring sessions.(后来，她觉得这不是她比较成功的辅导课程之一)可推测，老师向男孩道歉的原因是，她认为自己那天的行为和课程给孩子留下了不好的印象。C. She thought she made the boy uncomfortable.(她认为她让这个男孩感到不舒服)符合以上推测，故选C项。

4.

推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的They wouldn’t send a special teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a dying boy, now, would they? (他们不会派一个特别的老师去给一个将死的孩子辅导名词和动词，现在，他们会吗？)可知，男孩本以为自己是即将要死去的人，所以不配合治疗。由此推断，他现在意识到自己的情况并不那么糟糕，因此改变了不愿治疗的想法，重拾希望。D. He realized that he was not in so bad a situation as he had assumed.(他意识到他的情况并没有想象中那么糟糕)符合以上说法，故选D项。