be more careful with gifts in the future. Stammering(口吃), he apologized to Catherine. She smiled and said, "It's okay. It's the thought that counts, yes？"

　　1．From the first paragraph, we can infer Catherine ________.

　　A. would rather continue her study than sacrifice herself

　　B. is a lovable mother that she would like to give up herself

　　C. got a lot of advice from her teacher Nelson to help her son

　　D. studied grammar in Nelson's class in order to help her son

　　答案与解析：B　推理判断题。根据第一段内容，凯瑟琳中断了纳尔逊的语法课，因为她的儿子在学校出现了问题，她儿子不学习，可知凯瑟琳是爱儿子的，为了儿子宁愿牺牲自己的学习，故选B项。

　　2．How did Catherine deal with his son?

　　A. By appreciation.

　　B. By encouragement.

　　C. By understanding.

　　D. By communication.

　　答案与解析：A　细节理解题。根据第二段第四句内容可知，她通过像看鹰一样看她儿子以提供学习动力，可见她使用的是欣赏的方法，故选A项。

　　3．What caused Nelson to be so enthusiastic about teaching?

　　A. His wanting to make more money to support himself.

　　B. His students requiring him to continuing his teaching.

　　C. His active attitude towards his teaching.

　　D. His pride of many of his career achievement.

　　答案与解析：C　词义猜测题。根据第二段第三句内容可知，他也许十年前就退休了，但是他热爱教学，这是纳尔逊对教学如此热情的原因，故选C项。

　　4．From the passage, we can know Nelson is ________ with the present.

　　A. forgetful B. careful

　　C. casual D. strict

　　答案与解析：A　推理判断题。根据文章第三和第四段内容可知，纳尔逊精心挑选了礼物，但是这个礼物是一年前凯瑟琳送给他的，在凯瑟琳说明之后，他才知道，可见纳尔逊是健忘的，故选A项。

　　B

　　Japanese high school students either walk or ride bicycles if the distance is not too great. In other cases, students must take public buses and trains. After junior high school, students attend schools based on their high school entrance examination scores. So some students travel a great distance to attend the school.

　　◆The school day begins at 8：30

Then students assemble in their homeroom classes for the day's studies. Each homeroom has an average of 40-45 students. Students stay in their homeroom classrooms for most of the school days. Only for physical education, laboratory classes, or other subjects requiring special facilities(设备) do students move to different parts of the school. Between classes and at lunch－time, classrooms can be noisy, lively places. Some schools may have a cafeteria(自助餐厅), but most do not. In most schools, students bring a box lunch from home, prepared by the mother in the early morning hours.