Question

I’m a teacher. But there are days, like today, when I wonder why. The results of an English quiz taken by my fifth-graders were depressing. Despite my best efforts, the world of pronouns remains a mystery to them. How I wish there were a way to make the study of our language as exciting as a computer game, so the glazed (目光呆滯) looks would not appear in their eyes at the mention of the word “grammar.” I remember my husband’s words: “Why don’t you quit? You’d probably make more money by doing something else, and you wouldn’t have papers to grade every night.”
Tonight I have a stack of papers to grade, which I promised my students I would return tomorrow. But a friend, whom I haven’t seen in a year, is visiting from Belgium, and I told her I would keep this evening free.
Sitting in traffic behind a distant stoplight, it’s hard not to replay the day. A voice reports the body of a local youngster, missing for weeks, has been identified.
This missing child has had a deep effect on my students. They wondered, “If it happened to her, could it happen to me?”
My children had found the answer themselves. They got out their pencils, markers and made cards. Cards were written with words of compassion and love for a mother and father they didn’t know. Cards were filled with red hearts, golden crosses, flowers and angels. Their cards, intended to comfort others, comforted the children themselves by leading them past the anxiety, back into the world of security (安全) that should be theirs.
And then I remember why I’m still teaching. It’s the children. They’re more important than a lifetime filled with quiet evenings and more valuable than a pocket filled with money. My classroom, a child-filled world of discovery, of kindness and of caring is the real world.
It’s time to call my friend. I have promises to keep. She’ll understand. After all, she’s a teacher.

1. 1.
   The writer wonders why she is a teacher because _____.
   1. A.
      her students often play games in class
   2. B.
      teaching is not a well-paid job
   3. C.
      her students feel bored with grammar
   4. D.
      she feels frustrated at teaching
2. 2.
   The students’ attitude to the missing child’s parents might be that of _____.
   1. A.
      doubt
   2. B.
      unconcern
   3. C.
      sympathy
   4. D.
      tolerance
3. 3.
   What is the most important according to the writer?
   1. A.
      A pocket filled with money.
   2. B.
      The kind and caring children.
   3. C.
      A lifetime filled with quiet evenings.
   4. D.
      The freedom to control her own time.
4. 4.
   What promise will the writer keep?
   1. A.
      To grade papers that night.
   2. B.
      To help a student with homework.
   3. C.
      To accept her husband’s advice.
   4. D.
      To meet her old friend.

Answer 1

DCBA
1.D 第一題詢問作者對自己教師的身份懷疑的原因，文章第一段提到The results of an English quiz taken by my fifth-graders were depressing，由此可以得知是因?yàn)樗龑�教學(xué)感到灰心才會有此想法，故選擇D
2.C 理解題。學(xué)生們的態(tài)度被作者總結(jié)為intended to comfort others，即他們想要安慰過世孩子的父母，可推測知他們是出于同情，故選擇C
3.B 第三題詢問對于做著什么是最珍貴的，文章提到. It’s the children. They’re more important than……所以在作者心中學(xué)生比一切都重要，所以選擇B
4.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。作者許了兩個諾言，一是批改試卷，二是接待朋友，但從最后一段的She’ll understand. After all, she’s a teacher可以得知作者決定遵守與學(xué)生的諾言，故選擇A