请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don't remember much about what we learnt in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! The scrawl (潦草的笔迹) in that worried my mother, so one day when she met Mrs White for one of those parent - teacher meetings, she asked her why she never corrected my mistakes. Why she never red - pencilled in the right spellings of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
Mrs White said, “The children are just beginning to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don't want to dampen that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait...” What my mother gave me was the gist (要点) of what she could remember. But I grew up learning to use words with loving confidence just like that.
And it occurs to me that if Mrs White had used her red pen more precisely, I probably wouldn't be telling you about this now. I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher—to restrain (限制) her red pen, and to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression flower—however faultily—like that.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. I never could quite remember that the e went before the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school endlessly. Eventually the es and as that were wrong placed in “beautiful” settled into their right places. I am glad I didn't wait on them though. “Pretty” is easier to spell but it doesn't hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And thanks to Mrs White I had no concerns about writing what I meant, even if I couldn't quite spell it out. Because life isn't pretty. It's beautiful.
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A. The author's unwillingness to go to school.
B. The teacher's terrible attitude to the author.
C. The teacher's ignorance of the author's mistakes.
D. The author's failure in exams and scrawl in homework.
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A. Reduce.
B. Gain.
C. Awaken.
D. Inspire.
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A. The author preferred using the word “pretty”.
B. The teacher in high school disliked the author.
C. The author finally succeeded in spelling “beautiful” correctly.
D. The author owed all his own spelling problems to Mrs White.
(
A. Generous and kind.
B. Enthusiastic and careful.
C. Honest and brave.
D. Far - sighted and tolerant.
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White.
I don't remember much about what we learnt in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! The scrawl (潦草的笔迹) in that worried my mother, so one day when she met Mrs White for one of those parent - teacher meetings, she asked her why she never corrected my mistakes. Why she never red - pencilled in the right spellings of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
Mrs White said, “The children are just beginning to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. I don't want to dampen that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait...” What my mother gave me was the gist (要点) of what she could remember. But I grew up learning to use words with loving confidence just like that.
And it occurs to me that if Mrs White had used her red pen more precisely, I probably wouldn't be telling you about this now. I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher—to restrain (限制) her red pen, and to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression flower—however faultily—like that.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. I never could quite remember that the e went before the a. It annoyed my teacher in high school endlessly. Eventually the es and as that were wrong placed in “beautiful” settled into their right places. I am glad I didn't wait on them though. “Pretty” is easier to spell but it doesn't hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And thanks to Mrs White I had no concerns about writing what I meant, even if I couldn't quite spell it out. Because life isn't pretty. It's beautiful.
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C
) 1. What worried his mother when the author was in kindergarten?A. The author's unwillingness to go to school.
B. The teacher's terrible attitude to the author.
C. The teacher's ignorance of the author's mistakes.
D. The author's failure in exams and scrawl in homework.
(
A
) 2. What does the underlined word “dampen” in paragraph 3 mean?A. Reduce.
B. Gain.
C. Awaken.
D. Inspire.
(
C
) 3. What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?A. The author preferred using the word “pretty”.
B. The teacher in high school disliked the author.
C. The author finally succeeded in spelling “beautiful” correctly.
D. The author owed all his own spelling problems to Mrs White.
(
D
) 4. Which of the following can be used to describe Mrs White?A. Generous and kind.
B. Enthusiastic and careful.
C. Honest and brave.
D. Far - sighted and tolerant.
答案：1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D
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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
你还记得你幼儿园老师的名字吗？我记得。她的名字叫怀特夫人。
我不太记得我们在她的课上学了什么，但我妈妈曾经告诉我，我们过去经常写字。我会把我写的东西带回来，她会看，然后发现有很多错误。但没有红色的批改。而且总是有一颗星。有时甚至还有一个“好！”我那潦草的笔迹让我妈妈很担心，所以有一天，当她在一次家长会中见到怀特夫人时，她问她为什么从不纠正我的错误。为什么她从不用红笔写出单词的正确拼写，也不指出语法错误。
怀特夫人说：“孩子们刚刚开始对使用单词、组织句子感到兴奋。我不想用红墨水来抑制那种热情。拼写和语法可以等等……”我妈妈告诉我的是她能记得的要点。但我在成长过程中就是那样带着爱的自信学会使用文字的。
我突然想到，如果怀特夫人更频繁地使用她的红笔，我现在可能就不会和你们讲这件事了。我现在回想起来，觉得她一定是一位相当特别的老师——能克制住使用红笔，让表达的快乐、惊奇和兴奋绽放，不管（表达）有多么错误。
我过去经常把“beautiful”拼错。我总是记不住e在a前面。这让我的高中老师非常烦恼。最终，“beautiful”中放错位置的e和a回到了它们正确的位置。不过，我很高兴我没有等（把拼写完全弄对）。“pretty”更容易拼写，但有时它不能完全表达你的意思。
多亏了怀特夫人，我不用担心写出我的意思，即使我不能完全把它拼出来。因为生活不是“pretty”（漂亮的、美好的，侧重于外表等）。生活是“beautiful”（美丽的、美好的，更强调内涵、本质等）。
（C）1. 作者上幼儿园时，什么让他的妈妈担心？
A. 作者不愿意上学。
B. 老师对作者的态度很糟糕。
C. 老师对作者的错误视而不见。
D. 作者考试不及格，作业字迹潦草。
（A）2. 第三段中划线单词“dampen”是什么意思？
A. 减少、抑制。
B. 获得。
C. 唤醒。
D. 激发。
（C）3. 从第五段我们能了解到什么？
A. 作者更喜欢用“pretty”这个词。
B. 高中老师不喜欢作者。
C. 作者最终成功地把“beautiful”拼写正确了。
D. 作者把他所有的拼写问题都归咎于怀特夫人。
（D）4. 以下哪项可以用来描述怀特夫人？
A. 慷慨且善良。
B. 热情且细心。
C. 诚实且勇敢。
D. 有远见且宽容。
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
你还记得你幼儿园老师的名字吗？我记得。她的名字叫怀特夫人。
我不太记得我们在她的课上学了什么，但我妈妈曾经告诉我，我们过去经常写字。我会把我写的东西带回来，她会看，然后发现有很多错误。但没有红色的批改。而且总是有一颗星。有时甚至还有一个“好！”我那潦草的笔迹让我妈妈很担心，所以有一天，当她在一次家长会中见到怀特夫人时，她问她为什么从不纠正我的错误。为什么她从不用红笔写出单词的正确拼写，也不指出语法错误。
怀特夫人说：“孩子们刚刚开始对使用单词、组织句子感到兴奋。我不想用红墨水来抑制那种热情。拼写和语法可以等等……”我妈妈告诉我的是她能记得的要点。但我在成长过程中就是那样带着爱的自信学会使用文字的。
我突然想到，如果怀特夫人更频繁地使用她的红笔，我现在可能就不会和你们讲这件事了。我现在回想起来，觉得她一定是一位相当特别的老师——能克制住使用红笔，让表达的快乐、惊奇和兴奋绽放，不管（表达）有多么错误。
我过去经常把“beautiful”拼错。我总是记不住e在a前面。这让我的高中老师非常烦恼。最终，“beautiful”中放错位置的e和a回到了它们正确的位置。不过，我很高兴我没有等（把拼写完全弄对）。“pretty”更容易拼写，但有时它不能完全表达你的意思。
多亏了怀特夫人，我不用担心写出我的意思，即使我不能完全把它拼出来。因为生活不是“pretty”（漂亮的、美好的，侧重于外表等）。生活是“beautiful”（美丽的、美好的，更强调内涵、本质等）。
（C）1. 作者上幼儿园时，什么让他的妈妈担心？
A. 作者不愿意上学。
B. 老师对作者的态度很糟糕。
C. 老师对作者的错误视而不见。
D. 作者考试不及格，作业字迹潦草。
（A）2. 第三段中划线单词“dampen”是什么意思？
A. 减少、抑制。
B. 获得。
C. 唤醒。
D. 激发。
（C）3. 从第五段我们能了解到什么？
A. 作者更喜欢用“pretty”这个词。
B. 高中老师不喜欢作者。
C. 作者最终成功地把“beautiful”拼写正确了。
D. 作者把他所有的拼写问题都归咎于怀特夫人。
（D）4. 以下哪项可以用来描述怀特夫人？
A. 慷慨且善良。
B. 热情且细心。
C. 诚实且勇敢。
D. 有远见且宽容。