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【題目】My mother is a teacher, and I grew up with the challenges (挑戰(zhàn)) a teacher faces. I often asked her, ”Why do you teach? What keeps you teaching? "The answer was always the same. "There is always that one child, that one moment that is worth it.”

Now, I am a teacher, too. But different from my mother, I teach students challenging activities outdoors. And when my mother asked me the similar questions, my answer was, "it's that one child, that one special moment.”

One of those moments happened recently. I was working with a group of girls in a four-week programme. Everything went on well through the "Team" events and we were moving on to a "High" one called the wire（鋼索） Walk．

In the Wire Walk, each girl had to climb up the pegs(木樁)in a tree to a wire, 8 meters high, and then walk across it. Of course, everything was safe for sure.

When I asked who would try, a few girls raised their hands, and they finished the Wire Walk with little difficulty.

But when it was Susie’s turn, it seemed that she didn’t really want to. I asked Susie if she was ready. She Answered softy, “I suppose.”

Now, Susie was at the foot of the tree. She started to make the long reach for the first peg. The other girls cheered for her. Then I found Susie was becoming nervous with every step. I realised she would not go much further.

Susie was halfway up. Then she stopped and held the tree tight(緊緊地), looking very afraid. Her eyes were closed. With her face against the tree, she cried, “I can’t.”

The other girls sat in silence. I talked quietly to Susie, trying to relax her. I talked for a long time till I ran out of words.

“I will still be your friend no matter what, Susie!" Mary broke the silence.

To my surprise, Susie lifted her head and looked up to the wire. Then she turned to look down at Mary and smiled. Mary smiled back.

Finally, Susie made it all the way across that wire. When she returned to the ground, the first hug she looked for was from Mary.

We all cheered.

Moments like this keep me doing what I do. The young hearts continue to fill me with courage.

【1】Susie stopped halfway up to the wire because ________.

A. the teacher asked her to do it

B. something was wrong with it

C. she was too afraid to move on

D. it was too high for her to reach

【2】Mary broke the silence in order to ________.

A. encourage Susie

B. relax the writer

C. try again herself

D. draw Susie’s attention

【3】From the story of Susie and Mary, we can learn that ________.

A. helping others is helping ourselves

B. a word of encouragement matters a lot

C. outdoor activities bring people closer than ever

D. a good method plays an important role in teaching

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. That One Moment

B. The Wire Walk

C. Love and Courage

D. The Young Hearts

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】短文介紹了作者和媽媽堅持做一名老師的原因。在一次作者帶領學生進行戶外挑戰(zhàn)活動中，一個叫瑪麗的小女孩在危急時刻一句鼓勵的話讓她的同學蘇茜成功走完了鋼索，生活中經歷了無數次這樣的時刻，這樣的時刻也讓作者堅持繼續(xù)做好自己的工作，成為當好一名老師的巨大動力。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文中的句子“Susie was halfway up. Then she stopped and held the tree tight(緊緊地), looking very afraid.”可知，蘇茜中途停在鋼索上不動是因為她非常害怕，故答案為C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據文中句子“I will still be your friend no matter what, Susie!" Mary broke the silence. “不管怎樣，我還是你的朋友，蘇茜！”瑪麗打破了沉默。這句話是在蘇茜停在鋼索上不敢前行的情況下而說的，可以推斷當時瑪麗是在用朋友的真情來鼓勵蘇茜，故答案為A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據文中句子“To my surprise, Susie lifted her head and looked up to the wire. Then she turned to look down at Mary and smiled.”令我吃驚的是，蘇茜抬起頭看了看鋼索。然后她轉過身來，低頭看著瑪麗笑了。以及后面的句子“Finally, Susie made it all the way across that wire.”可知，瑪麗一句鼓勵的話讓蘇茜獲得了巨大的能量，成功地走完了鋼索，故答案B符合題意。

【4】主旨大意題。根據第一段中的句子There is always that one child, that one moment that is worth it.”可知，總是有那么一個孩子，在那一刻讓媽媽感覺做老師是值得的。文中作者對為何當一名老師的回答是“it's that one child, that one special moment.” 是一個孩子，一個特別的時刻。還有短文最后的句子“Moments like this keep me doing what I do.”這樣的時刻讓我堅持繼續(xù)做自己的事情。短文的收尾以及中間都出現(xiàn)了“moment”這個單詞，寫出了作者以及媽媽當一名教師的原因，故短文的最佳標題是A。