Several years ago, a public school teacher was hired to visit children who were patients in a
英语试题 07-09
Several years ago, a public school teacher was hired to visit children who were patients in a city hospital. Her job was to tutor them with their schoolwork.
One day, this teacher received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She was told by the teacher on the other end of the line. “We’re studying nouns and adverbs in Class now. I’d be grateful if you could help him with his homework.”
It wasn’t until the visiting teacher got outside the boy’s room that she realized it was located in the hospital’s burn unit. No one had prepared her for that. When she walked into the room, she found the young boy, horribly burned, was obviously in great pain. The teacher felt awkward and didn’t know what to say, but she had gone too far to walk out. Finally, she was able to stammer out, “I…I’m… the special visiting hospital teacher, and your teacher sent me to help you with your nouns and adverbs.” Afterward, she thought it was not one of her more successful tutoring sessions.
The next morning when she returned, a nurse stopped her, “What did you do to that boy?” Before she could finish her apologies, the nurse interrupted her by saying, “You don’t understand. We’ve been worried about him, but ever since you were here yesterday his whole attitude has changed. He’s responding to treatment…”
In fact, the boy had completely given up hope and felt he was going to die until he saw that special teacher. Everything had changed with an insight gained by a simple realization. With happy tears in his eyes, the little boy said, “They wouldn’t send a special teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a dying boy, now, would they?”
4. Why did the teacher feel awkward after entering the room?
A. She walked into the wrong room.
B. She was too eager to be successful.
C. She had no idea how the boy was suffering.
D. She was not well prepared for her lesson.
5. What does the underlined word “stammer” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. To speak with a fear.
B. To speak with a pause.
C. To speak with a concern.
D. To speak with a gesture.
6. What can we infer from the teacher’s action of apologizing?
A. She got scared by the hospital nurse.
B. She was a person of modest personality.
C. She thought she made the boy uncomfortable.
D. She realized she got the usage of a noun wrong.
One day, this teacher received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She was told by the teacher on the other end of the line. “We’re studying nouns and adverbs in Class now. I’d be grateful if you could help him with his homework.”
It wasn’t until the visiting teacher got outside the boy’s room that she realized it was located in the hospital’s burn unit. No one had prepared her for that. When she walked into the room, she found the young boy, horribly burned, was obviously in great pain. The teacher felt awkward and didn’t know what to say, but she had gone too far to walk out. Finally, she was able to stammer out, “I…I’m… the special visiting hospital teacher, and your teacher sent me to help you with your nouns and adverbs.” Afterward, she thought it was not one of her more successful tutoring sessions.
The next morning when she returned, a nurse stopped her, “What did you do to that boy?” Before she could finish her apologies, the nurse interrupted her by saying, “You don’t understand. We’ve been worried about him, but ever since you were here yesterday his whole attitude has changed. He’s responding to treatment…”
In fact, the boy had completely given up hope and felt he was going to die until he saw that special teacher. Everything had changed with an insight gained by a simple realization. With happy tears in his eyes, the little boy said, “They wouldn’t send a special teacher to work on nouns and adverbs with a dying boy, now, would they?”
4. Why did the teacher feel awkward after entering the room?
A. She walked into the wrong room.
B. She was too eager to be successful.
C. She had no idea how the boy was suffering.
D. She was not well prepared for her lesson.
5. What does the underlined word “stammer” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. To speak with a fear.
B. To speak with a pause.
C. To speak with a concern.
D. To speak with a gesture.
6. What can we infer from the teacher’s action of apologizing?
A. She got scared by the hospital nurse.
B. She was a person of modest personality.
C. She thought she made the boy uncomfortable.
D. She realized she got the usage of a noun wrong.
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