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【题目】Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working hard for some time. If they didn’t pass, they would have to retake the exams in February. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister, Barbala, was worried about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case（万一）she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn’t find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.

【1】Which of the following is true?

A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.

B. Most of the students usually passed the year exams.

C. Only some of the students could pass the end of year exams.

D. None of the students would take the exams again in February.

【2】 Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?

A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.

B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn’t go to sleep at all.

C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.

D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.

【3】Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because ______

A. she had taken a sleeping pill.

B. she was too worried about her exams.

C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.

D. she did not pass the exams.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：凯特对考试太担忧了，常常睡不好觉，还做噩梦，她的妹妹巴拉拉坚持说她应该早点睡并且服一粒安眠药很。她承诺在早上叫醒她。

【1】B细节理解题。根据第一段中All the students had been working hard for some time. If they didn’t pass, they would have to retake the exams in February. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them.可知大多数学生能通过考试，所以选B。

【2】C细节理解题。根据第一段中Barbala insisted（坚持）that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised（许诺）to wake her in the morning的描述可知坚巴拉拉坚持说她应该早点睡并且服一粒安眠药是想让她在考前能睡好，所以选C。

【3】B细节理解题。根据第二段中In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn’t find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out.的描述可知凯特对考试太担忧了，所以选B。