The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room. For a moment there was
. Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to
him.”
“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs. Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”
“That’s just the
,” the other woman replied. “Tom is my best student. The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets
done. He hasn’t handed me
of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised
he did now.”
before had Mrs. Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy. “Have you
with him about it?” she asked.
“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework. I
that clear the first day for class. When the course started , he did so
that I considered asking the
to give him a scholarship (奖学金). But now he even
in class! I’ve never seen such a
in a student.”
“You should have a
with him. Give him a chance to tell his side of story.”
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and
all about it. He was studying all day and
most of the night in a factory to pay for his education. Of course he was tired in the
and sometimes could hardly keep
. Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a
and he was able to give up his
and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies .
| 小题1: | | A．distance | B．silence | C．pleasure | D．delight |
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| 小题2: | | A．fail | B．teach | C．beat | D．tell |
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| 小题3: | | A．lesson | B．thing | C．trouble | D．boy |
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| 小题4: | | A．homework | B．housework | C．cleaning | D．washing |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．plenty | C．any | D．lots |
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| 小题6: | | A．even | B．if | C．though | D．when |
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| 小题7: | | A．Long | B．Until | C．Ever | D．Never |
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| 小题8: | | A．quarreled | B．talked | C．dealt | D．discussed |
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| 小题9: | | A．said | B．thought | C．required | D．made |
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| 小题10: | | A．quickly | B．often | C．much | D．well |
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| 小题11: | | A．school | B．class | C．others | D．parents |
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| 小题12: | | A．talks | B．sleeps | C．laughs | D．walks |
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| 小题13: | | A．matter | B．change | C．habit | D．way |
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| 小题14: | | A．lesson | B．look | C．talk | D．meeting |
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| 小题15: | | A．studied | B．got | C．learned | D．understood |
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| 小题16: | | A．sleeping | B．working | C．spending | D．staying |
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| 小题17: | | A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．night |
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| 小题18: | | A．silent | B．clean | C．warm | D．awake |
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| 小题19: | | A．scholarship | B．room | C．teacher | D．position |
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| 小题20: | | A．education | B．sleep | C．job | D．pay |
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