Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams. All the in the school had been working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams. If they didn’t , they would have to retake(重考) them in September. There were usually a few who , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year, just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Barbara was about her. She went to bed too . The night before the first exam, Barbara that she have an early night and take a pill. She promised to wake up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of , she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination , but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. around her was writing pages and pages. she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write . She kept looking at her . Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she up. She was still in bed and it had all been a dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
【小题1】A．teachersB．studentsC．classmatesD．poets【小题2】A．prepareB．missC．gainD．pass【小题3】A．succeededB．failedC．endedD．harvested【小题4】A．butB．soC．andD．because【小题5】A．excitedB．frightenedC．worriedD．satisfied【小题6】A．earlyB．lateC．sadlyD．eagerly【小题7】A．insistedB．admiredC．orderedD．wished【小题8】A．sleepingB．starvingC．excitingD．breathing【小题9】A．himB．herC．themD．herself【小题10】A．handB．eyeC．mindD．body【小题11】A．her sisterB．her parentsC．the lessonsD．the medicine【小题12】A．resultB．marksC．deskD．paper【小题13】A．The teacherB．The studentsC．No oneD．Everyone【小题14】A．IfB．ThoughC．SoD．How【小题15】A．withB．aboutC．onD．to【小题16】A．watchB．textbookC．sisterD．subject【小题17】A．gave upB．put offC．look aroundD．thought over【小题18】A．examiningB．drowningC．copyingD．crying【小题19】A．raisedB．wokeC．turnedD．cheered【小题20】A．niceB．wonderfulC．terribleD．specialB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文介绍Jane在考试前熬夜复习功课，姐姐 Barbara很担心，给她吃安眠药让她早些睡觉，在梦中，Jane在考试中仍然很焦虑，让她担心的是很多题目不会，幸好，这只是梦。
【小题1】考查名词：根据 reviewing their lessons for the exams 可推知。classmates 在此表意不清。选 B。
【小题2】考查动词：A. prepare准备B. miss错过C. gain获得D. pass通过，由 have to retake them 可推知。选 D。
【小题3】考查动词：由 Jane didn’t want to be one of them 和前一句话可推知。选 B。
【小题4】考查上下文串联：前后形成对比，全句意思为“她已刻苦学习整整一年，可是临考前还得努力。” 选 A。
【小题5】考查形容词：A. excited兴奋B. frightened害怕C. worried担心D. satisfied满意，根据上下文之间的逻辑关系可知：姐姐担心她。选 C。
【小题6】考查副词：A. early早B. late迟C. sadly难过D. eagerly渴望，从下句的 she should have an early night 可推知，临近考试时她睡得很迟。选 B。
【小题7】根据从句中的虚拟语气形式可排除 B、D，insisted，order可以接虚拟语气，根据语境可排除 C。选 A。
【小题8】考查动名词：A. sleeping睡眠B. starving饥饿C. exciting兴奋D. breathing呼吸，根据下一句和下一节第三句可知是“安眠药”。 选 A。
【小题9】考查代词：从上文可知，是将 Jane 叫醒。用her选 B。
【小题10】考查名词：A. hand手B. eye眼睛C. mind思维D. body身体，思维活动应在“大脑”中进行。选 C。
【小题11】考查上下文串联：后来终于睡着了，这说明之前吃的“安眠药”起了作用。选 D。
【小题12】考查名词：A. result结果B. marks标志C. desk课桌D. paper试卷，从下两句可推知他看的是“试卷”。 选 D。
【小题13】考查词义辨析：A. The teacher老师B. The students学生C. No one没有人D. Everyone每个人，选项 A 不合常识，选项 B 主谓不一致，选项 C 不合上下文，应一一排除。选 D。
【小题14】考查连词：与下一分句形成转折关系。选 B。
【小题15】考查介词：根据语境，应为“不知道写什么”。Write about 选 B。
【小题16】考查名词：A. watch手表B. textbook课本C. sister姐姐D. subject科目，根据 look at 和 Time was running out 可推知选 A。
【小题17】考查动词：A. gave up放弃B. put off推迟C. look around环顾四周D. thought over考虑，一题未做完又做下一题，说明暂时放弃了前一题。选 A。
【小题18】考查动词：A. examining检查B. drowning淹死C. copying复制D. crying哭，从第四个空格前的内容可知 Jane 极不愿意不及格并补考，为此刻苦学习了一年，而考试时却一败涂地，怎能不会焦急地哭了。选 D。
【小题19】考查动词：A. raised提高B. woke醒来C. turned转身D. cheered欢呼，
身体的剧烈晃动导致自己从睡梦中“醒”来。选 B。
【小题20】考查形容词：A. nice好的B. wonderful精彩的C. terrible可怕的D. special特殊的，原来做的是一个“可怕的”梦。选 C。