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I had mixed feelings today, nervous, worried, happy, excited… My heart went down when Miss Chan, our head teacher, said that Matthew and Beth, two students from England, would spend three months with us! I was worried that I had to speak English so much! But at the end of the school day, I was happier than I thought: the morning with them today was more enjoyable than I expected.
Today is the most unforgettable first day I have had! Matthew is fantastic! His English is clearer and easier to listen to than I thought. The other English student, Beth, is the most helpful girl I’ve ever met. There were lots of things to do on the first day. Beth offered to help Miss Chan put up all the notices. Of course, some of the credit (功勞) should also go to ME because I translated some of the notices for her. Miss Chan praised us!
We finished all the preparations 10 minutes earlier than expected, then Beth and I talked for a while, Matthew sang several English songs and did some stand-up comedy (單人喜劇表演) at the party. We all praised him. When the bell rang to end the first school day, none of us wanted to leave.
When I went back home, I had a little headache. I have probably spoken more English today than the whole of last year.
It was really a happy day! I hope our friendship can continue, even after they gone back to England!
【小題1】The writer felt ______ when he heard the news from Miss Chan.

A．tired B．a(chǎn)ngry
C．fantastic D．worried
【小題2】 Beth helped Miss Chan with the ______.
A．comedy B．speeches
C．notices D．translation
【小題3】 Matthew ______ at the party.
A．had a talk B．rang the bell
C．sang several songs D．made a preparation
【小題4】 Matthew and Beth ______ on the first day.
A．spoke much Chinese B．got lots of praise
C．had a little headache D．forgot to leave the school
【小題5】 From the passage, we know that the writer ______.
A．caught a bad cold that day
B．went back home with Beth
C．expects to travel to England
D．likes the two English students


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇短文講述的是作者的班里要來兩個外國學(xué)生，一開始作者感到很擔(dān)心，擔(dān)心自己聽不懂他們的話，但是和這兩個學(xué)生相處了一天之后，作者從開始的擔(dān)心變得開心，還和他們建立了友誼，
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的開頭I had mixed feelings today, nervous, worried, happy, excited… My heart went down when Miss Chan, our head teacher, said that Matthew and Beth, two students from England, would spend three months with us! 可知，當(dāng)作者從Chan女士那里知道有兩個來自英格蘭的學(xué)生要和他們一起度過三個月這件事情后，作者有著復(fù)雜的感情，緊張、擔(dān)心、開心、興奮…。故選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的第二段中Beth offered to help Miss Chan put up all the notices.可知，Beth主動幫助Chan老師張貼所有的通知和布告。故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中Matthew sang several English songs and did some stand-up comedy (單人喜劇表演) at the party.可知，Matthew在晚會上唱了很多英語歌，還表演了一些單人喜劇。由此可知選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中可知，兩個來自英格蘭的學(xué)生在學(xué)校里幫忙做了很多事情，在晚會上表演了精彩的節(jié)目。文章第三段中We all praised him.，我們都表揚(yáng)了他們。故應(yīng)該選B。
【小題5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文的最后兩段的內(nèi)容可知，和這兩個外國的學(xué)生相處了一天，作者練習(xí)說了英語，并且和他們建立了友誼，由此我們可以推斷，作者喜歡這兩位英國學(xué)生。故選D。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。

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