A
Just as the teacher was coming into the classroom, one of the boys, Bill, said loudly, “The teacher is a real fool.”
To their surprise, the teacher pretended not to have heard this. He paid no attention to anyone and said nothing. He just went up to the teacher’s desk and began the class. He said, “Today we are going to study punctuation (标点符号). Punctuation in sentences is very important. Look at the sentence, please, boys and girls.”
He picked up a piece of chalk and wrote the following sentence on the blackboard: Bill says the teacher is a real fool. The class laughed at once.
“Now,” the teacher went on, “with two commas I can change the meaning of the sentence and it reads: Bill, says the teacher, is a real fool.”
1. What happened at the beginning of the class?
A. One of the boys made much noise.
B. One of the boys told the class why their teacher was a fool.
C. One of the boys said something bad about the teacher.
D. One of the boys was fooled by the teacher.
2. To their surprise,_____.
A. the students paid no attention to the teacher.
B. The teacher went up to the teacher’s desk angrily.
C. The teacher began the class with a strange sentence.
D. The teacher seemed not to have heard it.
3. What did the teacher teach in class?
A. He asked a student to read a sentence.
B. He told the students that punctuation was very important to a sentence.
C. He told the students not to be a fool.
D. He asked the students to change a sentence.
4. From the story we can learn_____.
A. It’s very important to use punctuation correctly.
B. The teacher must be strict in his work.
C. The teacher is a foolish man.
D. The teacher was satisfied with what Bill had said.
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B 4. A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了在课堂上，老师用自己的智慧巧妙地讲解了标点符号的重要性，同时化解了课堂尴尬。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段内容Just as the teacher was coming into the classroom, one of the boys, Bill, said loudly, “The teacher is a real fool.”可知，就在老师走进教室的时候，一个叫Bill的男孩大声说到：“老师真是个傻瓜。”由此可推断出，上课开始时，一个男孩说了老师的坏话。故选C项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段关键句To their surprise, the teacher pretended not to have heard this. He paid no attention to anyone and said nothing.可知，令他们吃惊的是，老师假装没听见。他没有注意任何人，什么也没说。由此可推断出，令他们吃惊的是，老师看起来好像没有听见这句话。故选D项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段关键句He said, “Today we are going to study punctuation (标点符号). Punctuation in sentences is very important.可知，今天他们要学习标点符号，老师说标点符号在句子中是非常重要的。由此可推断出，老师这节课主要是告诉学生标点符号在句子中是非常重要的。故选B项。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。浏览文章可知，文章出现了两个关键的句子，第一句Bill says the teacher is a real fool.意为“Bill说老师真是个傻瓜”。第二句通过在句中加了两个逗号，变为Bill, says the teacher, is a real fool.，意为“老师说，Bill真是个傻瓜”，由此可知，通过标点符号的变化，句意发生了很大变化。所以通过这个故事我们能学到，正确使用标点符号是很重要的。故选A项。
