Question

At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of（負責）showing Nadia around on her first day at Buck Minister Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

“Why did they do this?” Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can’t learn if you can’t understand the teacher.”

Nadia’s voice was a whisper (speaking in a very low voice). “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia’s English was perfect.

Kate was perplexed. She couldn’t understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn’t the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn – all at the same time.

“There’re a lot of new things to learn, huh?” said Kate.

Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn’t a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”

“Don’t worry.” said Kate. “You’ll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer.”

Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate’s surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer the questions at the blackboard.

Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,” she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1. At the beginning of Nadia’s first day at school, she was____________.

A. disappointed. B. helpful.

C. lively. D. shy.

2. The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ____________.

A. spellbound. B. angry.

C. shocked. D. serious.

3. We can infer（推斷）from the passage that _____________ .

A. Nadia did not like Kate.

B. Nadia had lived by the sea before.

C. Nadia had never seen a computer before.

D. Nadia spoke in soft voice out of politeness.

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D. Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5.What is the message of the story?

A. Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D. Maths helps to improve communication between cultures.

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意為Kate帶領新轉校來的女孩Nadia熟悉校園生活。Kate本以為Nadia是不懂得英語才不說話，通過談話才知道Nadia是沒有理解別人的意思才會感到害羞不說話。在數(shù)學課上，老師所講的正是Nadia所熟知的內(nèi)容，她很快就會適應這兒的新生活。

1.判斷推理題。通過第一段Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said.以及第三段Nadia’s voice was a whisper可知，Nadia在新學校的第一天因為不熟悉而感到害羞。選項A意為失望的；選項B意為有幫助的；選項C意為生動活潑的；選項D意為害羞的。故選D。

2.詞義猜測題。詞義猜測主要看上下文內(nèi)容。此句出現(xiàn)在一段的最開頭，可以看下面一句話的意思，通過下句She couldn’t understand why Nadia did not like to speak.可知，Kate無法理解，也就是感到困惑。選項A困惑的；選項B生氣的；選項C震驚的；選項D嚴肅認真的。故選A。

3.判斷推理題。根據(jù)原文第六段：For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. 以及第七段You see, that thin black box was a computer可知Nadia不認識電腦。故選C。

4. handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher.可知有些問題只有Nadia和老師能夠理解，也就是說Nadia的數(shù)學比其他人要好。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段：Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer the questions at the blackboard.可知C錯。故選A。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)最后一段“Some things,” she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”可知她終于在自己熟知的事物上找回了信心。選項B與原文意思不符；選項C說語言在不同文化的交流間起很重要的作用；選項D說數(shù)學推進了不同文化之間的交流。故選擇A。

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