Ⅰ.阅读理解
Miss Baugh taught seventh-grade social studies.She was the kind of teacher that perhaps everyone has had at least once:scary.In class,she always taught us to take school seriously.She had been teaching for a long time and I was as afraid of her as anyone,including the boys who were typically naughty in the back row.
But I also had a life outside of school and had just discovered cheap objects for pranks.One such prop(道具) had two parts:an ink bottle painted to look as though it had overturned,and a piece of shiny black metal shaped like a pool.
Of all the people I could have tricked,unexpectedly I chose Miss Baugh.At the beginning of the class,I opened her book and placed the props on one of the pages.Then I waited for the fun.When Miss Baugh saw the bottle and the spilled ink,she let out a little cry and looked for something to wipe up the ink with.The trick had succeeded beyond my expectations.But then I suddenly knew I had no control over what would happen next.When Miss Baugh tried to remove the ink with a paper towel,she discovered it was just a piece of black metal.She picked it up,her eyes sweeping the classroom with a deadly gaze.Then came the question:“Who did this?”
After some hesitation,I raised my hand.Miss Baugh fixed me with a stare that terrified me,and my classmates.And then,most unexpectedly,she laughed.“Well,it certainly fooled me!” she said.She returned the props to me,and for a few seconds a sweet little aged lady appeared right where Miss Baugh stood.
We got back to having a class.But something had changed for me.I began to realize that,if someone like Miss Baugh had a warm heart beneath that crusty surface,then other crusty people would probably do,too.That may have been the most valuable lesson I learned.
1.Which words best describe Miss Baugh according to paragraph 1?
A.Serious and experienced.
B.Easy-going and selfless.
C.Naughty and demanding.
D.Scary and narrow-minded.
2.What does the underlined word “pranks” probably mean in paragraph 2?
A.Bets. B.Experiments.
C.Tricks. D.Strategies.
3.What can we learn from paragraph 4?
A.Miss Baugh’s stare wasn’t as terrifying as before.
B.The author was given away and finally raised his hand.
C.Miss Baugh burst into laughter and gave the props back.
D.A little aged lady entered the classroom to give a lecture.
4.What valuable lesson did the author learn?
A.Crusty people can be easily changed.
B.Crusty people may be friendly to others.
C.Crusty people are difficult to get along with.
D.Crusty people are sensitive to others’ feelings.
