C
你对考试成绩在意吗?你父母又是如何看待成绩的?
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren't looking good.
Mr Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you want your classmates to see.
"The scores were not very good; none of you passed," Mr Right said. "The highest score in the class was a 55."
A 55. That's me!
Suddenly my sad look didn't look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test?"
"I made a 55," I said.
A frown now stood on my father's face. I knew I had to explain immediately. "But Dad, I had the highest score in the class," I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
"You failed!" my father replied.
"But it's the highest!" I insisted.
"I don't care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!" my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn't matter what others did. It only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don't understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents' shoes. My father's words have carried me throughout life.
WORD BOX ＞＞
| anxiously | ['æŋkʃəsli] | adv. 忧虑地;不安地 | circle | ['sɜːkl] | vt. 将……圈起来 |
| lower | ['ləʊə(r)] | vt. 放低;降低 | frown | [fraʊn] | n. 皱眉 |
| state | [steɪt] | vt. 陈述 | matter | ['mætə(r)] | vi. 事关紧要;要紧 |
| in one's shoes | | 处于某人的位置 | throughout | [θruː'aʊt] | prep. 遍及;从头到尾 |
COMPREHENSION CHECK UP ＞＞
Choose the best answer according to the passage.
(
A. Singing. B. Laughing. C. Complaining. D. Quarreling.
(
A. Lower my head. B. Cover my score up.
C. Walk home alone. D. Explain immediately.
(
A. He thought I did a bad job in the test.
B. He thought I gave a good excuse.
C. He thought I became the worst student.
D. He thought I stood in his shoes.
(
A. The father was strict with his child.
B. The writer was always poor in tests.
C. Mr Right was worried about the writer.
D. The writer was always happy with his scores.
(
A. The final test B. That's me!
C. My strict teacher D. Scores, important?
你对考试成绩在意吗?你父母又是如何看待成绩的?
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren't looking good.
Mr Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you want your classmates to see.
"The scores were not very good; none of you passed," Mr Right said. "The highest score in the class was a 55."
A 55. That's me!
Suddenly my sad look didn't look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test?"
"I made a 55," I said.
A frown now stood on my father's face. I knew I had to explain immediately. "But Dad, I had the highest score in the class," I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
"You failed!" my father replied.
"But it's the highest!" I insisted.
"I don't care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!" my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn't matter what others did. It only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don't understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents' shoes. My father's words have carried me throughout life.
WORD BOX ＞＞
| anxiously | ['æŋkʃəsli] | adv. 忧虑地;不安地 | circle | ['sɜːkl] | vt. 将……圈起来 |
| lower | ['ləʊə(r)] | vt. 放低;降低 | frown | [fraʊn] | n. 皱眉 |
| state | [steɪt] | vt. 陈述 | matter | ['mætə(r)] | vi. 事关紧要;要紧 |
| in one's shoes | | 处于某人的位置 | throughout | [θruː'aʊt] | prep. 遍及;从头到尾 |
COMPREHENSION CHECK UP ＞＞
Choose the best answer according to the passage.
(
C
) 1. What does the underlined word "groaning" mean?A. Singing. B. Laughing. C. Complaining. D. Quarreling.
(
B
) 2. In class, what did I do to hide my score from my classmates?A. Lower my head. B. Cover my score up.
C. Walk home alone. D. Explain immediately.
(
A
) 3. Why did a frown stand on my father's face?A. He thought I did a bad job in the test.
B. He thought I gave a good excuse.
C. He thought I became the worst student.
D. He thought I stood in his shoes.
(
A
) 4. What can we infer from the passage?A. The father was strict with his child.
B. The writer was always poor in tests.
C. Mr Right was worried about the writer.
D. The writer was always happy with his scores.
(
D
) 5. Which is the best title for the passage?A. The final test B. That's me!
C. My strict teacher D. Scores, important?
答案：1. C
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
解析：
翻译:
C
你在意考试成绩吗？你的父母又是如何看待成绩的呢？
也许我唯一记得的考试分数是我高中时的55分。
那次考试是一门课程的期末考试。我记得当我的老师赖特先生一张张地分发试卷时，我焦急地等待着。那是一场相当难的考试。我听到同学们在抱怨，从这些抱怨中我能看出大家的分数看起来都不太理想。
赖特先生把我的试卷放在我的课桌上。在试卷上，用大红色的数字写着我的分数——55分，还被圈了起来以引起注意！
我低下头，迅速地把分数盖住。55分可不是你想让同学们看到的分数。
“这次的分数都不太理想，你们中没有人及格，”赖特先生说，“班里的最高分是55分。”
55分。那就是我！
突然，我难过的神情看起来没那么糟糕了。我得了最高分。我感觉好多了。
那天我带着这个低但又高的分数独自走回家。我父亲知道我那天有一场重要的考试，我一到家他就问我：“你考试考得怎么样？”
“我考了55分。”我说。
父亲的脸上现在皱起了眉头。我知道我必须马上解释。“但是爸爸，我是班里的最高分，”我自豪地说。我原以为这个解释会起作用。
“你不及格！”父亲回答道。
“但这是最高分呀！”我坚持说。
“我不在乎别人得了多少分，但你不及格。重要的是你自己的表现！”父亲坚定地说。
多年来，我父亲一直都是这样。别人怎么做不重要，重要的是我做了什么，以及我是否把它做得很出色。
我们常常直到自己站在父母的立场上时，才会理解优秀父母的智慧。父亲的话伴随我度过了一生。
词汇框＞＞
| anxiously | ['æŋkʃəsli] | 副词，忧虑地；不安地 | circle | ['sɜːkl] | 及物动词，将……圈起来 |
| lower | ['ləʊə(r)] | 及物动词，放低；降低 | frown | [fraʊn] | 名词，皱眉 |
| state | [steɪt] | 及物动词，陈述 | matter | ['mætə(r)] | 不及物动词，事关紧要；要紧 |
| in one's shoes | | 处于某人的位置 | throughout | [θruː'aʊt] | 介词，遍及；从头到尾 |
阅读理解检测＞＞
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
（ ）1. 划线单词“groaning”是什么意思？
A. 唱歌。
B. 大笑。
C. 抱怨。
D. 争吵。
（ ）2. 在课堂上，我做了什么来向同学们隐藏我的分数？
A. 低下头。
B. 把我的分数盖住。
C. 独自走回家。
D. 马上解释。
（ ）3. 为什么父亲的脸上皱起了眉头？
A. 他认为我在考试中表现不好。
B. 他认为我找了个好借口。
C. 他认为我成了最差的学生。
D. 他认为我站在他的立场上了。
（ ）4. 我们能从这篇文章中推断出什么？
A. 父亲对他的孩子要求严格。
B. 作者考试总是考得很差。
C. 赖特先生很担心作者。
D. 作者对自己的分数总是很满意。
（ ）5. 这篇文章的最佳标题是什么？
A. 期末考试
B. 那就是我！
C. 我严厉的老师
D. 分数，重要吗？
C
你在意考试成绩吗？你的父母又是如何看待成绩的呢？
也许我唯一记得的考试分数是我高中时的55分。
那次考试是一门课程的期末考试。我记得当我的老师赖特先生一张张地分发试卷时，我焦急地等待着。那是一场相当难的考试。我听到同学们在抱怨，从这些抱怨中我能看出大家的分数看起来都不太理想。
赖特先生把我的试卷放在我的课桌上。在试卷上，用大红色的数字写着我的分数——55分，还被圈了起来以引起注意！
我低下头，迅速地把分数盖住。55分可不是你想让同学们看到的分数。
“这次的分数都不太理想，你们中没有人及格，”赖特先生说，“班里的最高分是55分。”
55分。那就是我！
突然，我难过的神情看起来没那么糟糕了。我得了最高分。我感觉好多了。
那天我带着这个低但又高的分数独自走回家。我父亲知道我那天有一场重要的考试，我一到家他就问我：“你考试考得怎么样？”
“我考了55分。”我说。
父亲的脸上现在皱起了眉头。我知道我必须马上解释。“但是爸爸，我是班里的最高分，”我自豪地说。我原以为这个解释会起作用。
“你不及格！”父亲回答道。
“但这是最高分呀！”我坚持说。
“我不在乎别人得了多少分，但你不及格。重要的是你自己的表现！”父亲坚定地说。
多年来，我父亲一直都是这样。别人怎么做不重要，重要的是我做了什么，以及我是否把它做得很出色。
我们常常直到自己站在父母的立场上时，才会理解优秀父母的智慧。父亲的话伴随我度过了一生。
词汇框＞＞
| anxiously | ['æŋkʃəsli] | 副词，忧虑地；不安地 | circle | ['sɜːkl] | 及物动词，将……圈起来 |
| lower | ['ləʊə(r)] | 及物动词，放低；降低 | frown | [fraʊn] | 名词，皱眉 |
| state | [steɪt] | 及物动词，陈述 | matter | ['mætə(r)] | 不及物动词，事关紧要；要紧 |
| in one's shoes | | 处于某人的位置 | throughout | [θruː'aʊt] | 介词，遍及；从头到尾 |
阅读理解检测＞＞
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
（ ）1. 划线单词“groaning”是什么意思？
A. 唱歌。
B. 大笑。
C. 抱怨。
D. 争吵。
（ ）2. 在课堂上，我做了什么来向同学们隐藏我的分数？
A. 低下头。
B. 把我的分数盖住。
C. 独自走回家。
D. 马上解释。
（ ）3. 为什么父亲的脸上皱起了眉头？
A. 他认为我在考试中表现不好。
B. 他认为我找了个好借口。
C. 他认为我成了最差的学生。
D. 他认为我站在他的立场上了。
（ ）4. 我们能从这篇文章中推断出什么？
A. 父亲对他的孩子要求严格。
B. 作者考试总是考得很差。
C. 赖特先生很担心作者。
D. 作者对自己的分数总是很满意。
（ ）5. 这篇文章的最佳标题是什么？
A. 期末考试
B. 那就是我！
C. 我严厉的老师
D. 分数，重要吗？