Question

When Pat Jones finished college, she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could while she was young. Pat wanted to visit Latin America first, so she got a job as an English teacher in a school in Bolivia. Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English.

Once, A sentence she had read somewhere struck her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, you have really mastered it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and hoped that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in English.

One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept badly.

“What does this have to do with your homework?” Pat asked.

“I dreamed all night, Miss Jones. And my dream was in English.”

“In English?” Pat was very surprised, since he was such a bad student. She was even secretly jealous (嫉妒的). Her dream was still not in Spanish. But she encouraged her young student, “Well, tell me about your dream.”

“All the people in my dream spoke English. All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English.”

“But that’s wonderful,” said Pat. “What did all the people say to you?”

“I am sorry, Miss Jones. That’s why I slept so badly. I didn’t understand a word they said. It was a nightmare (噩夢)”.

1.Pat believed that ______.

A. people can learn foreign languages in their dreams

B. she already dreamed in Spanish so she has mastered Spanish 

C. one of her worst students had already mastered English

D. dreaming in a foreign language means a good command of it

2.Pat’s student didn’t finish his home work because______.

A. the home work was too difficult        

B. the student dreamed in English

C. the student didn’t sleep well           

D. the student didn’t know much English  

3.The writer wrote this story ______.

A. to show us how to learn a foreign language      

B. to show us how to teach a foreign language

C. to amuse us with an interesting story           

D. to encourage us to travel to foreign countries

4.From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. in Bolivia, people speak Spanish

B. Pat’s student who dreamed in English was actually good at English

C. Pat has already learned much Spanish

D. in Latin America, the newspapers and magazines are in English

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：夢見外語會怎么樣呢？Pat 是一名在玻利維亞任教的英語教師，她一直希望學生們能學好英語。一天，班上成績最差的學生來找她，因為他夢見了英語，結(jié)果如何呢？

1.細節(jié)理解題。由“Once, A sentence she had read somewhere struck her mind: if you dream in a foreign language, you have really mastered it.”可知Pat 認為夢見一種語言就證明自己精通它。故選D。

2.細節(jié)理解題。由“One day, one of her worst students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had gone to bed early and had slept badly. ”可知他因為睡覺很糟糕所以沒能完成作業(yè)。故選 C。

3.主旨大意題。文章講述了一個英語老師激勵學生學英語但不成功的故事，并引人發(fā)笑。故選 C。

4.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Pat spoke a little Spanish, so she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn’t know much English. ”可知 在玻利維亞人們用西班牙語交流。故選A。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。