“How was school，Ben？” I asked my grandson after he began kindergarten (幼兒園) this year.“The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play，” he replied.

I couldn’t help but remember Ben’s own mother，my daughter，Jane，and her reaction (反應(yīng)) to the first day of school.Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister.“I want to go ‘sool’and you not let me！” my three?year?old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus.

When Julie returned home that afternoon I asked her the same question that I asked Ben，“How was school，Julie？” Julie replied，“I didn’t learn to read today.”

This year as the school bus went by my house，my mind went back to those school days again.I could almost smell the chalk dust in the air.I also wonder what the children these days manage to get chosen to do in order to get out of school for a few moments since there are no erasers to clean.It was fun to be “chosen” for eraser cleaning duty.This was a task finished by going outside and beating erasers together while sneezing and coughing.No_wonder_so_many_babies_now_have_allergies_(過(guò)敏癥)，it’s_simply_because_we_all_have_chalk_dust_in_our_lungs!

On the first day of school，the expectation was so great that I would ready long before it was time to leave for school.We didn’t miss having backpacks because we had cigar boxes.We carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores.We saved the cigar boxes and used them from year to year until they fell apart.

The first day of school was exciting.It was a new beginning.The doors of knowledge had been opened.The first day of school is an event in our lives that most of us remember.It’s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood behind and so “there isn’t enough time to play”．

No matter how old we get，nor how much we learn，it still seems like “The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play.”

50．Why did Jane become angry according to the passage?

A．Because she didn’t learn to read on the first day of school.

B．Because there was too much work for her to do at school.

C．Because she had no time to play at school.

D．Because she wasn’t allowed to go to school.

51．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that________.

A．the author was thinking of her school days jokingly

B．the author warned students against the harm of chalk dust

C．the author suffered from an allergy because of chalk dust

D．the author doubted whether her lungs had chalk dust

52．In the opinion of the author，the first day of school is________.

A．a(chǎn) day when a child is the happiest

B．a(chǎn) day when a child does much work

C．the beginning of great learning

D．the end of childhood full of toys

53．Which of the following may the author agree with?

A．Children have too much homework to do now.

B．Teachers should make their classes interesting on the first day of school.

C．School days haven’t changed over years.

D．People never have enough time to play once they start school.

【語(yǔ)篇解讀】　孫子、女兒和作者對(duì)上學(xué)第一天的反應(yīng)和感受不太一樣，然而上學(xué)第一天對(duì)他們又有著同樣重要的意義。

50．D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二段的Julie was also disappointed with the first day of school and so was her little sister.“I want to go ‘sool’and you not let me！” my three­year­old daughter announced angrily after her big sister got on the big yellow school bus可知作者的女兒Jane因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)才三歲，所以家長(zhǎng)不讓她去上學(xué)，她很生氣，故選D項(xiàng)。

51．A　推理判斷題。作者回憶自己在學(xué)校里的時(shí)候，當(dāng)時(shí)班上的學(xué)生都愿意去清理黑板擦，但是黑板擦上面都是粉筆末，所以她開玩笑說(shuō)，難怪現(xiàn)在這么多小孩患有過(guò)敏癥，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)我們吸入了粉筆末，故選A項(xiàng)。

52．C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的It was a new beginning.The doors of knowledge had been opened可知開學(xué)的第一天是知識(shí)大門打開的時(shí)候，也是學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程的開始，故選C項(xiàng)。

53．D　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段No matter how old we get，nor how much we learn，it still seems like “The work is too long...and there’s not enough time to play.”可知，不管我們多大年紀(jì)，也不管我們掌握了多少知識(shí)，情況好像仍然是這樣的：有做不完的作業(yè)或工作而沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間玩耍。由此推斷出，作者認(rèn)為一旦上學(xué)人們從來(lái)就沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間玩。

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