Question

Little Toby is doing very badly in math. His parents try everything—tutors(家庭教師), cards, special learning centers—in short，everything they can think of. Finally they take Toby to a catholic(天主教的) school.

After the first day, little Toby comes home with a very serious look on his face. He doesn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead，he goes straight to his room and start studying. Books and papers are spread (鋪開) out all over the room and little Toby is hard at work. His mother is surprised. She calls him down to dinner and as soon as he finishes eating，he goes back to his room without a word. In no time he is back hitting the books as hard as before. This goes on for some time. Day after day the mother tries to understand what is happening.Finally, little Toby brings home his report card. He quietly puts it on the table and goes up to his room and hit the books. His mom looks at it and to her surprise, little Toby gets an A in math. She can no longer hold her curiosity(好奇心). She goes to his room and asks, “Son, what is it? Is it the nuns(修女)?”

Little Toby looks at her and shakes his head, “No.” “Well then,” she asks again. “WHAT is it?”

Little Toby looks at her and says, “Well, on the first day of school, when I see that man nailed( 釘) to the plussign(十字架), I know they aren’t kidding.”

1.Why do Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A.Because he can eat well there.

B.Because he can learn more about nuns.

C.Because his parents want him to do better in his math.

D.Because his parents don’t want him to learn math anymore.

2.Tommy’s mother feels surprised that his son .

A.is still the same as usual B.eats so much at dinner

C.kisses her hello after school D.works hard but says little

3.“Hitting the books” means ” in Chinese.

A.studying really hard B.doing exercise C.being angry D.playing games

4.The last sentence in the passage shows that .

A.Toby feels sorry for the nail B.Toby is afraid of being nailed

C.Tommy doesn’t like the plus sign D.Toby likes playing jokes on others

5.From the passage, we can infer（推斷）that .

A.teachers should be strict with their students

B.a catholic school is much better than other ones

C.sometimes misunderstanding (誤解) might do good

D.nuns are good at helping children with their math

Answer 1