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阅读理解 Native Tongue 　　At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English．Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said．Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School．Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying． 　　“Why did they do this?” Kate wondered aloud, “I mean, you can’t learn if you can’t understand the teacher．” 　　Nadia’s voice was a whisper．“I understand English．I will learn．”Nadia’s English was perfect． 　　Kate was perplexed．She couldn’t understand why Nadia did not like to speak．Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn’t the easiest thing to do．There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn－all at the same time． 　　“There’re a lot of new things to learn, huh?” said Kate． 　　Nadia nodded rapidly．In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do not understand．I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying．For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying．Isn’t a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me．” 　　“Don’t worry, ”said Kate, “you’ll figure everything out in time．You see, that thin black box was a computer．A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer．” 　　Nadia and Kate were quiet after that．They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson． 　　To Kate’s surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard． 　　Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her．Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher．When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands． 　　Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate．“Some things, ”she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world．” (1) At the beginning of Nadia’s first day at school．She was _________． [　　] A． disappointed B． helpful C． lively D． shy (2) The underlined word “perplexed” probably means _________． [　　] A． puzzled B． angry C． shocked D． serious (3) We can infer from the passage that _________． [　　] A． Nadia did not like Kate B． Nadia had lived by the sea before C． Nadia had never seen a computer before D． Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness (4) Which of the following statements is true? [　　] A． Nadia was better at maths than other students． B． Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult． C． Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class． D． Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers． (5) What is the message of the story? [　　] A． Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication． B． Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates． C． Language plays an important role in communication between cultures． D． Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．C;4．A;5．A;
解析：

(1)	根据第一段“At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English．Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said．”和在上课时所发生的出乎Kate意料之外的事情，可判断出Nadia在开学的第一天很害羞。
(2)	根据“At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English”和“Nadia’s English was perfect”可猜测出perplexed的意思是puzzled。
(3)	根据Nadia向Kate提出的有关USB接口的问题“Isn’t a port a place for ships？”可推断出Nadia以前没有接触过电脑。因为USB接口是电脑用来连接其他硬件的接口。
(4)	从倒数第二段“Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understand what was going on except Nadia and the teacher”可得出答案。Nadia能够做出只有她和老师才知道答案的数学题目，说明她的数学比其他同学好。
(5)	本篇短文讲述了罗马尼亚姑娘Nadia在开学的头一天由于对Buckminster Grade School不太熟悉，不愿意说话，而当她回答数学问题时却表现得特别出色。说明谈论熟悉的事情可增加自己的自信心。