3．Jeremy was born with a twisted body，and terminal illness slowly killing him throughout his young life．Still，his parents had tried to give him as normal a life as possible and had sent him to St．Theresa's Elementary School．
At the age of 12，Jeremy was only in second grade，seemingly unabl e to learn．His teacher，Doris Miller，often became angry with him．He would often disturb the class by squirming（扭動） in his seat，drooling（流口水） and making grunting（呼嚕聲）noises．Doris had 18 other youngsters to teach and she didn't want to waste time on Jeremy．
Spring came，and the children talked excitedly about the coming of Easter．Doris told them of the story of Jesus，and stressed the idea of new life springing forth，she gave each of them a large plastic egg．"Now，"she said to them，"I want you to take this home and bring it back tomorrow with something inside that shows new life．Do you understand？""Yes，Miss Miller!"All the children responded except Jeremy．He just listened，his eyes never left her face．He did not even make his usual noises．
The next morning，the children came to school and placed their eggs in a large basket on Doris'desk．After they completed their Math lesson，it was time to open the eggs．
In the first egg，Doris found a flower．"Oh yes，a flower is certainly a sign of new life，"she said．The next egg had a plastic beautiful butterfly in it．Then Doris opened the fourth egg．It was empty!Surely it must be Jeremy's she thought，and he did not understand the instructions．
She put that egg down so she wouldn't embarrass him．Suddenly Jeremy spoke up and said"Aren't you going to talk about my egg？"Doris replied，"But Jeremy-your egg is empty!"He looked into her eyes and said softly，"Yes，but Jesus'tomb was empty too!"
Doris asked him，"Do you know why the tomb was empty？""Oh yes!"Jeremy exclaimed．"Jesus was killed and put there．Then His Father raised Him up!"
A fter class the children excitedly ran out，but Doris cried．The cold inside her melted completely away．
Three months later，Jeremy died．Those who paid their respects at the funeral were surprised to see 19 eggs on top of Jeremy's casket，all of them empty．
21．What can we learn from the first paragraph？B
A．Jeremy's pare nts sent him to school．
B．Jeremy was badly ill．
C．Jeremy liked to go to school．
D．Jeremy lived a normal life．
22．From the third paragraph，we can infer that JeremyD．
A．was absent-minded in class
B．slept in class as usual
C．made noises uncontrollably
D．listened to the teacher attentively
23．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the text？B
A．In one of the eggs is a flower．
B．Jeremy didn't understand his teacher's instructions．
C．In one of the eggs is a butterfly．
D．There was nothing in Jeremy's egg．
24．What's the best title of the passage？D
A．Disabled Jeremy
B．A special class
C．Doris and her students
D．Jeremy's empty egg．
分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，屬于記敘文，主要講述了天生患重病的Jeremy用一只空蛋告訴別人他的生活中空洞無物，人生沒有任何意義．
解答 21．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段第一句Jeremy was born with a twisted body，and terminal illness slowly killing him throughout his young life．可知Jeremy天生殘疾，這種疾病慢慢地把他殺死．也就是說他病得很嚴(yán)重．故B項(xiàng)正確．
22．D 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段最后兩句He just listened，his eyes never left her face．He did not even make his usual noises．可知他的眼睛沒有離開過老師的臉，也沒有發(fā)出過去經(jīng)常會發(fā)出的聲音．這說明他聽得很認(rèn)真．故D正確．
23．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第五段前三句In the first egg，Doris found a flower．"Oh yes，a flower is certainly a sign of new life，"she said．The next egg had a plastic beautiful butterfly in it．Then Doris opened the fourth egg．It was empty!可知蛋中有花，有蝴蝶，也有一只蛋里什么也沒有．ACD三項(xiàng)內(nèi)容是正確的，實(shí)際上Jeremy完全理解了老師的話，他的蛋里什么也沒有是因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為自己的生命就如這個蛋一樣，空洞無物．故B正確．
24．D．主旨大意題．閱讀全文，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要講述了天生患重病的Jeremy用一只空蛋告訴別人他的生活中空洞無物，人生沒有任何意義．故D正確．
點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題，主旨大意題．做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測
