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　　At first Kate, the Romanian girl, could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

　　“Why did they do this?” Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.

　　Nadia's voice was a whisper. “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia's English was perfect.

　　Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn-all at the same time.

　　“There're a lot of new things to learn, huh.?” said Kate.

　　Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she relied. “Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. “Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”

　　“Don't worry,” said Kate, “You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer.”

　　Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

　　Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

　　Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,” she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1．At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school, she was ________.

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A．disappointed

B．helpful

C．lively

D．shy

2．The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ________.

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A．puzzled

B．a(chǎn)ngry

C．shocked

D．serious

3．We can infer from the passage that ________.

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A．Nadia did not like Kate

B．Nadia had lived by the sea before

C．Nadia had never seen a computer before

D．Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

4．Which of the following statements is true?

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A．Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B．Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C．Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D．Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5．What is the message of the story?

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A．Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B．Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C．Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D．Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

Answer 1

答案：D;A;C;A;A
解析：

1．D　　該篇是一篇記敘文。敘述了羅馬尼亞姑娘Nadia在異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)求學(xué)第一天的經(jīng)歷。本題要求考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行判斷。文章開(kāi)始說(shuō)Kate問(wèn)她什么問(wèn)題她都不回答，但后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)她英語(yǔ)很好。據(jù)此我們可以推斷出她比較shy。 　　2．A　　這是一道詞義理解題。perplexed對(duì)大部分考生來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)生詞。但可以結(jié)合前后兩句來(lái)理解。既然Nadia's English was perfect．Kate就不理解她為什么不愛(ài)說(shuō)話(huà)了。couldn't understand why說(shuō)明Kate感到茫然。 　　3．C　　要求考生根據(jù)細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行推理判斷。Nadia描述電腦時(shí)使用的詞是a thin black box，說(shuō)明她從來(lái)未見(jiàn)過(guò)電腦。 　　4．A　　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。在數(shù)學(xué)課上，Nadia表現(xiàn)非凡，有些題只有她和老師能明白，說(shuō)明她的數(shù)學(xué)比其他同學(xué)好。 　　5．A　　考查對(duì)文章主旨的概括能力。從Nadia第一天入學(xué)，開(kāi)始不說(shuō)話(huà)，到后來(lái)數(shù)學(xué)課上表現(xiàn)出眾，回到座位上時(shí)已經(jīng)對(duì)自己充滿(mǎn)自信的描述，作者想闡明的是談?wù)撟约菏煜さ脑?huà)題能為交流帶來(lái)自信這樣一個(gè)主題。