Question

【題目】 After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet. I didn’t go to bed. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome thing they call “books”.

I would have my important examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

As soon as the clock struck twelve, I suddenly heard and couldn’t help crying “Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!” We students are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He didn’t have to work so hard when he was a boy.

When the clock struck one, I felt I was hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. 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 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.asleepB.outside

C.working in bedD.quietly laughing at him

【2】The underlined word “wretched” means _______.

A.energeticB.disappointed

C.unhappyD.hopeful

【3】The best title for the passage would be ___.

A.The night before the examinationB.Staying up all night

C.A lazy studentD.Going over my lessons

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

本文是記敘文，描述了作者在考試前一晚，非常想睡覺(jué)，但同時(shí)又想到有那么多書(shū)要看、為第二天的考試擔(dān)憂的心里活動(dòng)。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中“After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet.”可知，晚上23點(diǎn)過(guò)后，房子里很安靜，說(shuō)明作者家里其他人都已經(jīng)睡覺(jué)了。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】

詞義猜測(cè)題。文章第二段提到“‘When can I go to’bed?’ I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.”，作者極想睡覺(jué)但是又不敢；再根據(jù)劃線詞前的句子“‘Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!’”已經(jīng)半夜12點(diǎn)了，作者還想到有很多書(shū)要看才能睡覺(jué)。從這些描述中可以看出，作者覺(jué)得當(dāng)學(xué)生很辛苦。因此可以推斷“wretched”意思以為“不幸福的”。故選C項(xiàng)。

【3】

主旨大意題。文章第二段提到“I would have my important examination the next day.”；通讀全文，文章描述了作者在考試前一晚，非常想睡覺(jué)，但是又想到有那么多書(shū)要看，就不敢睡覺(jué)的心里抗?fàn)幗?jīng)過(guò)。 因此文章標(biāo)題應(yīng)該為“考試前的一晚”。故選A項(xiàng)。