Barditch High School decided to an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and ing up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers bined.
Then Ms. Yates started to speak:
“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth your children, in my imagination.”
Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”
“There is no greater fort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. Tee clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.
【小题1】What activity was organized for the school reunion?A．Sightseeing in the park. B．A picnic on the school playground.C．Telling stories about past events. D．Graduates’ reports in the old building.【小题2】What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A．Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms. Yates’ speech.B．Many graduates disliked Ms. Yates’ ways of teaching.C．Some people got tired from the reunion activities.D．Most people had little interest in the reunion.【小题3】We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she .A．kept track of her students’ progressB．gave her students advice on their careersC．attended her students’ college graduationsD．went to her students’ wedding ceremonies【小题4】What was Ms.Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?A．Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’ achievements.B．Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced.C．Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.D．Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers.【小题5】Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?A．Reliable and devoted. B．Tough and generous. C．Proud but patient. D．Strict but caring.C
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(答案→)C
解析：Barditch High School 组织教师学生重聚会，在聚会上Ms. Yates的一席发言打动了所有在场的人。
【小题1】细节理解。根据第一段中的“Several former teachers were on hand to tell stories about the old days.”可以得到答案。
【小题2】推理判断。由于第二段只有2句话，通读之后通过排除法即可选择，ACD是在原文中没有提及的内容。
【小题3】细节理解。根据第四段，but和although之后的话选择答案。这一段是说：Ms. Yates对学生毕业后的事业、成功以及坎坷都非常关注。她从报纸上收集了有关他们的照片。尽管她不能亲自到场，但是在她的想象中她已经参加了学生的毕业典礼、婚礼以及孩子的出生典礼等。
【小题4】细节理解。根据“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me.”可知答案。
【小题5】推理判断。Ms. Yates虽然对学生们很严格但是很关心自己的学生。