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【題目】It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.

The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介紹的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.

"Aha!" they bothexclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion， ESL students should try to speak English only.

"I agree." said Rose.

"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right，Rose?" Rose nodded，and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.

The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.

【1】The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".

A. announced with excitement

B. shouted in surprise

C. screamed with joy

D. cried in fear

【2】From the passage, we can infer(推斷)that .

A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea

B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group

C. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days

D. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them

【3】Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Don't Tell Lies B. An ESL Class

C. Let's Speak English D. Three Korean Women

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【解析】試題分析：這篇文章講述了來自韓國的Tara開始沒有告訴來自相同地方的兩個同學(xué)，因為她不想在課堂上用韓語進行交流。在后來她們成為了好朋友，但也一直用英語溝通。

【1】B詞義推測題。根據(jù)后面的內(nèi)容"You ARE from Korea!"你確實是來自韓國！這與前面Tara跟她們說她不是來自韓國不一致，故此處選B，驚訝地大叫。

【2】C判斷推理題。She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them.她告訴她們她不想和她們一起用韓語進行對話，故選C。

【3】C標題歸納題。這篇短文講述了Tara為了在英語課堂上說英語，開始沒有告訴來自韓國的兩個同學(xué)她也來自韓國，并且在后來也一直堅持用英語溝通，故此題選C。