Question

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before a huge pile of troublesome stuff they call “books”.

I was going to have my examination the next day. "When can I go to bed?" I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. "Oh, dear!" I cried, " ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy ."

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. 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 heavy, 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. working in bed

C. outside D. quietly laughing at him

2.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because ________.

A. it was too late at night

B. he was very tired

C. his eyes l ids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

3.What do you suppose happened to the author?

A. He went to a church to pray again

B. He passed the exam by luck

C. He failed in the exam

D. He was punished by his teacher

4.The best title for the passage would be __________.

A. The Night Before the Examination

B. Working Far into the Night

C. A Slow Student

D. Going Over My Lessons

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：夜里十一點，當其他家人都在熟睡的時候，作者卻在為第二天的考試拼命復習，因為要看的書有很多，作者一直看到凌晨一點還沒看完，最后困得睡著了。

1.Everyone was in bed except me.”可知，除了作者，其他人都睡覺了，故選A。

2.I prayed, “Oh, God, Please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards”可知，作者平時學習不努力，祈禱這次能通過考試，故選D。

3.ten more books to read”和最后一段“with my head on the desk, I fell asleep”可知，作者不僅平時沒有好好學習，復習時也沒復習好，因此他不可能通過考試，故選C。

4.The clock struck eleven at night. ... The clock struck 12. ...The clock struck one.”可知，整篇文章都在寫作者復習考試的情況，排除B、C，D項“復習功課”沒有提到考試，排除D，故選A。

考點：教育類短文閱讀