The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed

The clock struck eleven at night.The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the stronglight, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff theycall “books”.

    I was going tohave my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’tanswer. In fact I dared not.

    The clockstruck twelve.” Oh, !”I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go tobed!” We pupils are the most wretchedcreatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have towork so hard when he was a boy.

    The clockstruck one. I was quite desperate(绝望的) now. I forgot all I had learned. I was tootired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to workhard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that Icould hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fellasleep.

1.When the author was going over his lessons,all the others in the house were____.    

   A.asleep          B.outside         C. working in bed      D.quietly laughing at him

2.The underlined word “wretched” in Paragraph 3 probably means____.

   A. veryhappy      B. disappointed     C.very unhappy       D. hopeful

3.Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because______.

   A. it was too lateat night

   B. he was very tired

   C. his eyes lidswere so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

   D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

4. What do you suppose happened to the author?

   A. He went to achurch to pray again.       B. He passed the examby luck.

   C. He failed in theexam.                D. He was punished by his teacher.

5.The best title for the passage would be____.

   A. The Night Beforethe Examination           B.Working Far into the Night

  C. A Slow Student                          D.Going Over My Lessons

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】略