Question

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me．I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time．I know kids who have been shot or beaten up．I have friends who ended up in prison．I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr．Clark wouldn’t let that happen．

       Mr．Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact, the scores of our whole class rose．One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem．Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We did not want to let him down．

       Mr．Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year．He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award．But when the time came to draw names, Mr．Clark said, “You’re all going．”

       On graduation day, there were a lot of tears．We didn’t want his class to end．In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch．He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55．In 2003,

       Mr．Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages（孤兒院）．It was the most amazing experience of my life．It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds．

36．Without Mr．Clark, the writer         ．

       A．might have been put into prison     B．might not have won the prize

       C．might have joined a women’s club  D．might not have moved to Atlanta

37．The Essential 55 is         ．

       A．a(chǎn) show            B．a(chǎn) speech

       C．a(chǎn) classroom rule             D．a(chǎn) book

38．How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr．Clark?

       A．None B．Three       C．Fifty-five．    D．All．

39．What can we learn in the short reading?

       A．It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time．

       B．Mr．Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did．

       C．Mr．Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles．

       D．In 2003, Mr．Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us．

40．In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that         ．

       A．Mr．Clark went to South Africa because he liked travelling

       B．Mr．Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

       C．a(chǎn) good teacher can help raise his or her students’ scores

       D．a(chǎn) good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】D

【小題3】A

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

解析:

【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一段的后兩句話的意思是：我也有被關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄的可能性，所以A正確。

【小題2】詞義猜測題。由第四段的…and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules…得知這是一本書。

【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第三段最后一句話可知A正確。

【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后兩句得知答案應(yīng)為B。

【小題5】主旨大意題。D項正是全文的大意。