Question

Roger Alvarez, 22, was one of the 52 percent of students who didn’t make it through his senior year at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles.

    He dropped out several years ago, but by the time he was in ninth grade, Alvarez says he already knew he wasn’t going to graduate.

    “There’s a certain amount of knowledge you have to have when you enter in a specific grade, and I didn’t have it.” Alvarez says,“Every class I used to go in, I was like, ‘Do I know this? I don’t know this.’”

    It was a shameful attitude, he tells his former English teacher, Antero Garcia, 29.

    “You were determined to help me, but what was I willing to give? I could have actually tried.”

    For his part, Garcia wants to know how he could have reached out to Alvarez better, but Alvarez says Garcia had always been helpful.

    “I mean, you could cheer me up, and then I see other students doing way better,” Alvarez says,“So then, I get nervous. I get stuck, and then my motivation goes to the floor.” He felt the situation was hopeless.

    “You talked to me like if I could do it, but inside me, I knew I couldn’t.” he tells Garcia,“I just didn’t want you to think that I’m…stupid.”

    Now, school is a life tool that Alvarez says he’s missing—but his teacher isn’t to blame.

    “Always, I just wanted you to know…you were a good teacher, and I always respected you.” he tells Garcia,“Some teachers, I felt like they only wanted to teach a certain group of people. But you looked at me and you paid attention.”

    “Maybe it didn’t get me to graduate, but there’re a lot of teachers, they don’t take the time to take a look. And it was never your fault.”

    Alvarez now works the night shift at a loading dock(碼頭). He still hopes to get his degree one day.

1.When Alvarez entered a grade, he was sure that ___________.

A. he wasn’t going to pass the class

B. he would do better than other students

C. he might learn an amount of knowledge

D. he would try his best to learn at class

2.By saying “my motivation goes to the floor”,  Alvarez meant __________.

A. he hid his goal from others              B. he lost heart gradually

C. he built up his motivation               D. he fell to the ground completely

3.In the opinion of Alvarez, most teachers _______.

A. paid no attention to teaching             B. had no time to read books

C. didn’t care about what he did             D. showed no respect to students

4.The passage mainly tells us that _________.

A. a dropout complains about being treated badly

B. a dropout plans to get his degree again

C. a dropout shows respect for not graduating

D. a dropout has thanks to his teacher not blame

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：羅杰幾年前輟學(xué)了，但他向在校期間幫助過自己的英語老師加西亞表示感謝，希望自己有一天會拿到自己的學(xué)位。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段最后一句可知他總是認(rèn)為自己沒有應(yīng)該具備的知識，所以他認(rèn)為自己是不會升級的。B、C、D與原文的意思相反。故選A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第七段的So then, I get nervous, I get stuck可知他雖然得到了老師的鼓勵，但是其他同學(xué)做得更好，所以他會變得緊張，感覺被困住，因此他的學(xué)習(xí)動機(jī)一蹶不振，因此選B。A、C、D的解釋與語境不符。故選B。

3.結(jié)合倒數(shù)第三段的第二句可知很多老師是不關(guān)心他做什么的，因此選C。A沒有事實(shí)依據(jù)；B文中沒有提及；D中no太絕對。故選C。

4.主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了一位輟學(xué)者和一位在學(xué)校期間關(guān)心他的英語老師之間的交談，說明了他并不會責(zé)備老師而是感謝這位老師在校期間對他的鼓勵，所以D符合主旨。故選D。

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