Britain's smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous British newspaper reported in May. The newspaper said the six-year-old girl's parents were unhappy with a teacher she just got the new job to teach the only pupil.

    The school was closed for the last nine months after its former(前任的) teacher retired(退休)and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary school. The new teacher, Ms Puckey, was to start teaching the girl and reopen(重開) the school. But the girl's mother is keeping her daughter at home." I was not pleased with the new teacher," the mother said, "I told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school." The school is on an island(島) off the northeast coast(海岸) of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.

1.The reading is about_______.

A. the smallest school that was closed down

B. the only pupil in the smallest school

C. the new teacher and her teaching

D. the old teacher who just retired

2."turn up" in the reading means_______.

A. pass an exam                                 B. go to school

C. pay money                                               D. hand in homework

3.From the reading we can know that the school_______.

A. is too far for the students                     B. does not have enough teachers

C. does not have many pupils                   D. is new but small

4.Before the school was closed down_______.

A. the girl's mother wanted to teach her daughter at home

B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school

C. a famous newspaper had written something about it

D. the girl's mother had a talk to the former teacher

5.The reading doesn't say but we can infer(推斷) that_______.

A. the girl's mother had only one child

B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl

C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl

D. the parents were unhappy with the school

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:這篇短文講述了英國(guó)最小的一所學(xué)校要關(guān)閉了,因?yàn)槲ㄒ坏囊粋(gè)小學(xué)生不想上學(xué)。主要原因之前的老教師退休了,而家長(zhǎng)不喜歡新來(lái)的老師。學(xué)校其他方面條件都不錯(cuò)。

1.主旨大意題。這篇文章主要講述了英國(guó)最小的學(xué)校里,唯一的一個(gè)學(xué)生和新來(lái)老師的事情,故選C,新老師和她的教學(xué)。

2.詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容得知,唯一的一個(gè)學(xué)生不想去上學(xué),因?yàn)樗幌矚g新來(lái)的老師,its only pupil failed to turn up for class它的唯一的一個(gè)學(xué)生不去上課。Turn up出現(xiàn),這里指上學(xué),故選B。

3.判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容得知這個(gè)學(xué)校目前只有一個(gè)學(xué)生。故選C,學(xué)校沒(méi)有很多學(xué)生。

4.判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中第二段描述the mother said, "I told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms Puckey got the job, my children would not be going to school."這位媽媽說(shuō):“我在九月就跟那個(gè)老教師說(shuō)了,如果Puckey小姐擔(dān)任這個(gè)工作,我的小孩就不去上學(xué)。從而得知她跟之前的教師談過(guò),故選D。

5.判斷推理題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容得知這個(gè)媽媽更喜歡之前的那個(gè)老師,故選C,那個(gè)老教師更適合教這個(gè)女孩。

考點(diǎn):新聞?lì)惗涛拈喿x。

 

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