Question

    After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet. I didn’t go to bed. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome thing they call “books”.

I would have my important examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

As soon as the clock struck twelve, I suddenly heard and couldn’t help crying “Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!” We students are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He didn’t have to work so hard when he was a boy.

When the clock struck one, I felt I was hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them a few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were__.

A.asleep B.outside

C.working in bed D.quietly laughing at him

2.The underlined word “wretched” means _______.

A.energetic B.disappointed

C.unhappy D.hopeful

3.The best title for the passage would be ___.

A.The night before the examination B.Staying up all night

C.A lazy student D.Going over my lessons

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

【解析】

本文是记叙文，描述了作者在考试前一晚，非常想睡觉，但同时又想到有那么多书要看、为第二天的考试担忧的心里活动。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段中“After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet.”可知，晚上23点过后，房子里很安静，说明作者家里其他人都已经睡觉了。故选A项。

2.

词义猜测题。文章第二段提到“‘When can I go to’bed?’ I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.”，作者极想睡觉但是又不敢；再根据划线词前的句子“‘Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!’”已经半夜12点了，作者还想到有很多书要看才能睡觉。从这些描述中可以看出，作者觉得当学生很辛苦。因此可以推断“wretched”意思以为“不幸福的”。故选C项。

3.

主旨大意题。文章第二段提到“I would have my important examination the next day.”；通读全文，文章描述了作者在考试前一晚，非常想睡觉，但是又想到有那么多书要看，就不敢睡觉的心里抗争经过。 因此文章标题应该为“考试前的一晚”。故选A项。