Question

【題目】

In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher asked them to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an “F” on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairy tale”. Jean was completely disappointed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement. “Girls can’t become airline pilots; never have, never will. You’re crazy.” Finally Jean gave up.

In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a strict teacher with high standards. One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question, “What will you do in the future?” Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm (熱情), and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream right away.

The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean’s life. “I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited (無(wú)限的) abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you don’t go for your dream, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you try!”

The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared suddenly. Jean felt thrilled and told her teacher about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton slapped (敲) the desk top, “Then do it!” she said.

So Jean did. It didn’t happen overnight. In her l0 years of hard work, even facing all kinds of difficulties, she never gave up her dream.

Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain (機(jī)長(zhǎng)) of the United Airline Company.

【1】Jean’s third-grade teacher thought her dream to be _____________.

A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasonable

【2】Mrs. Slaton may think that _____________.

A. Jean is not a nice girl

B. only some of her students have great abilities

C. a belief helps to realize one’s dream

D. her students are good enough to enter the best schools

【3】According to the passage, we can infer that _____________.

A. Jean’s dream was always in her deep heart

B. Jean didn’t go for her dream

C. most people around Jean were for her dream

D. Jean achieved her dream overnight

【4】What does the underlined word thrilled in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. excited B. surprised C. disappointed D. relaxed

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Face Difficulties B. Dream C. Voice Your Dream D. Go for your dream

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 A

【4】 A

【5】 D

【解析】

Jean Harper的夢(mèng)想是成為一名飛行員，但她小學(xué)的老師以及周圍的人都告訴她那是不可能的，Jean也一度放棄了這個(gè)夢(mèng)想。但她上高中時(shí)，她的英語(yǔ)老師Dorothy Slaton夫人的鼓舞的話，又讓她重新有了信心。最后她成為了美國(guó)航空公司波音737的機(jī)長(zhǎng)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中Her paper came back with an “F” on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairy tale”.可知，當(dāng)Jean在報(bào)告中寫(xiě)下她的夢(mèng)想是成為一名飛行員的時(shí)候，老師給了她一個(gè)F，并且告訴她這是一個(gè)“童話”，即是不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。故應(yīng)選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean’s life. “I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited (無(wú)限的) abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you don’t go for your dream, no one will do it for you. You can have what you want if you try!” Slaton夫人的話可知，她讓Jean堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想，并告訴她只要你努力，你就能獲得你想要的。故C選項(xiàng)符合文意，“信念有助于一個(gè)人實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想”。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，從小學(xué)三年級(jí)的時(shí)候，Jean有了成為飛行員的夢(mèng)想，她就一直沒(méi)有放棄過(guò)，即便身邊的人都說(shuō)那是不可能的，這個(gè)夢(mèng)想也一直在她的心中，故應(yīng)選A。根據(jù)文意可知，Jean去追求她的夢(mèng)想，而且實(shí)現(xiàn)了夢(mèng)想，故B不對(duì)；根據(jù)As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement. “Girls can’t become airline pilots; never have, never will. You’re crazy.”可知C不對(duì)；根據(jù)So Jean did. It didn’t happen overnight可知D不對(duì)。

【4】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文可知，Slaton夫人鼓勵(lì)Jean去追求自己的夢(mèng)想，還鼓勵(lì)她只要努力就一定能獲得自己想要的，Jean聽(tīng)了這些話應(yīng)該感到非常的興奮，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)夢(mèng)想一直在她的心中，她又看到了實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的希望。thrill的意思應(yīng)該與excited接近，意為“興奮的”，故選A。surprised吃驚的；disappointed失望的；relaxed放松的。

【5】主旨大意題。這篇短文講述的是Jean心里一直有一個(gè)當(dāng)飛行員的夢(mèng)想，但一開(kāi)始周圍的人都認(rèn)為這是不可能的。在Jean上高中時(shí)，她的英語(yǔ)老師Slaton夫人在知道了Jean的夢(mèng)想后，鼓勵(lì)她，追求夢(mèng)想，并努力實(shí)現(xiàn)它。最后Jean實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。因此Go for your dream“追尋你的夢(mèng)想”這個(gè)題目最能概括文意，點(diǎn)明文章主旨，故應(yīng)選D。

這篇短文給我們講述了Jean從小有想當(dāng)飛行員的夢(mèng)想，最后在她的高中英語(yǔ)老師的鼓勵(lì)下，勇敢追尋夢(mèng)想，最終實(shí)現(xiàn)的故事。文章是一篇記敘文，按事情發(fā)展過(guò)程記敘，文意比較容易理解。后面的題目設(shè)置有細(xì)節(jié)理解題、推理判斷題、詞義猜測(cè)題和主旨大意題，考查比較全面。細(xì)節(jié)題考查我們對(duì)文章細(xì)節(jié)信息的理解，答案常可以直接在原文找到，做題時(shí)，應(yīng)根據(jù)題目所問(wèn)，定位原文相關(guān)段落或語(yǔ)句，搜索信息作答。例如第1小題，根據(jù)題目中third-grade可以迅速定位到短文第一段，根據(jù)Her paper came back with an “F” on it. The teacher told her it was a “fairy tale”.可知，當(dāng)Jean在報(bào)告中寫(xiě)下她的夢(mèng)想是成為一名飛行員的時(shí)候，老師給了她一個(gè)F，并且告訴她這是一個(gè)“童話”，即是不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的。故應(yīng)選B。詞義猜測(cè)題考查學(xué)生們根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境猜測(cè)生詞意思的能力，考查方式主要有兩種：一種是選擇單詞的漢語(yǔ)意思；另一種是選擇同義詞，第4小題是第二種考查形式，劃線單詞thrill是一個(gè)生詞，我們應(yīng)把它放到原文，根據(jù)上下文的語(yǔ)境猜測(cè)。上文講述了Slaton夫人對(duì)Jean的鼓勵(lì)，Jean在聽(tīng)了這些話之后，應(yīng)該感到非常的興奮，因?yàn)樗�又看到了�?shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想的希望，故thrill的同義詞應(yīng)該是excited，“興奮的，激動(dòng)的”。