Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had worked on, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way?”
Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched for the name of this fellow, it became obvious that there were two people with the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip (擲) a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails, my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, “My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?
Obviously, my grade was terrible. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. At last, I worked very hard for the rest of the school year.
Ten months later, that chance came as I found myself sitting in the headmaster’s office with my grandfather, now having a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my chance to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!
【小題1】 What did the author’s classmates think about his report?

A．Complex. B．Funny. C．Boring. D．Puzzling. 
【小題2】 Why was the author confused about the task?
A．He was unfamiliar with American history. 
B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin. 
C．He forgot his teacher’s instruction. 
D．He didn’t know why the teacher gave such a task. 
【小題3】In the end, the author turned things around _______.
A．by redoing his task 
B．through his own efforts 
C．with the help of his grandfather 
D．under the guidance of his headmaster 


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】B

解析試題分析: 文章介紹了主人公“我”在完成老師交待的任務(wù)時(shí)，對(duì)美國(guó)歷史不是很熟悉，介紹的華盛頓這個(gè)人物不是歷史上領(lǐng)導(dǎo)美國(guó)革命的華盛頓，而是另外一個(gè)人。在課堂上，讀自己寫(xiě)的有關(guān)人物的報(bào)告時(shí)，引起了同學(xué)的嘲笑，分?jǐn)?shù)也很低，接下來(lái)的時(shí)間，主人公“我”努力學(xué)習(xí)，并最終取得了好的成績(jī)。
【小題1】B理解推測(cè)題。Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher.句意為：我自豪地讀著我寫(xiě)的文章，我環(huán)視著教室的周?chē)�，同學(xué)們的臉上都強(qiáng)忍著大大的微笑，在他們的眼里都憋出了淚花，更加疑惑的是，我還看見(jiàn)了老師那“石頭般’的繃著的臉。四個(gè)形容詞的意思分別為：complex 復(fù)雜的funny 有趣的 boring令人厭煩的 puzzling令人困惑的。由同學(xué)們的笑和老師的表情可知“我”的文章是荒唐可笑的。故答案為B
【小題2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二自然段I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant.句意為：以前，我從未聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)這個(gè)名字，但查找之后發(fā)現(xiàn)有兩個(gè)人的名字一樣，而又是完全不同的兩個(gè)人，一個(gè)是發(fā)現(xiàn)了花生的數(shù)百種用法的人，一個(gè)是領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了美國(guó)的革命，我也不知道，老師指的是哪一個(gè)。由此可知，“我”對(duì)美國(guó)的歷史是不了解的。故答案為A。
【小題3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.句意為：我感覺(jué)，我受到的懲罰是不公平的，我還應(yīng)該有第二次機(jī)會(huì)，剩余時(shí)間我把自己全身心的投入到我的學(xué)習(xí)中。由此可知改變事情的結(jié)果是通過(guò)“我”的努力
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【小題3】According to Paragraph 3, how did Buffet start his investment? (no more than 10 words)
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【小題4】Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
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【小題5】Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5.(no more than 10 words)
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