IwasinmythirdyearofteachingwritingatRalphHighSchoolinNewYorkwhenoneofmystudents15-year-oldMikeygavemeanotefromhismother.Itexplainedhisabsencefromclassthedaybefore:"DearMr.McCortMikey

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  I was in my third year of teaching writing at Ralph High School in New York when one of my students 15-year-old Mikey gave me a note from his mother. It explained his absence from class the day before:

    "Dear Mr. McCort Mikey's grandmother who is eighty years of age fell down the stairs from too much coffee and I kept Mikey at home to take care of her and his baby sister so I could go to my job. Please excuse Mikey and he'll do his best in the future. P.S. His grandmother is OK."

    I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. l said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students. The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually boring: "Peter was late because the alarm clock didn't go off."

    The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject but when they produced excuse notes they were excellent. So I decided to give the first class to study the art of the excuse note.

    “Today I'd like you to write 'An Excuse Note from Adam to God' or 'An Excuse Note from Eve to God'. "Heads went down. Pens raced across paper. They had to be asked to go to lunch by their friends.[来源:学|科|网Z

    The next day everyone had excuse notes. Heated disc ussions followed. But suddenly I saw the headmaster at the door. He entered the classroom and walked up and down looking at papers and then said. "I'd like you to see me in my office." My heart sank

    When I stepped into his office he came to shake my hand and said "I just want to tell you that lesson that task was great. Those kids were writing on the college level. Thank you."

1.What did the writer do when he found the students dishonest?

A. He reported them to the headmaster.

B. He lectured them hard on honesty.

C. He had them take notes-n class.

D. He helped improve their writing skills.

2.We can learn that when Mikey was absent from the class he was____.

A. somewhere enjoying himself

B. taking care of his baby sister

C. looking after his grandmother

D. studying the art of the excuse note

3.How did the writer usually find out his students' parental excuse notes were dishonest?

A. They were written in boring words.

B. He called their parents and found out the truth.

C. They were more like stories than facts.

D. The handwriting clearly looked like children's.

4.Which of the following is true?

A. The writer has many years of teaching experience.

B. The students are good at writing excuse notes.

C. The headmaster was angry with the writer.

D. Most of the excuse notes were written by the parents.

5.Which of the following best describes the writer as a tea cher?

A. Honest.               B. Strict.                   C. Hardworking.    D. Wise.

 

Answer 1

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

分 析：
这篇文章里，作文老师发现很多孩子不擅长写作，但自己编的假条却写得很精彩。他利用这件事情帮助孩子提高写作能力，其效果还得到了校长的认可。

1.判断推理题。根据文章描述，老师发现学生假的请假条时，他不是告诉校长，而是So I decided to give the first class to study the art of the excuse note决定第一堂课教他们如何写请假条，故选D提高他们的写作技能。

2.判断推理题。根据文中第三段描述I had seen Mikey writing the note at his desk. l said nothing. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my students.我看到Mikey自己写请假条。我收到的许多父母写的请假条其实都是学生自己写的。从而判断Mikey的请假条内容是假的，他并不是照顾奶奶，而是做他自己喜欢的事情去了，故选A。

3.判断推理题。根据文中第三段The writers of those notes didn't realize that honest excuse notes were usually boring这些写假条的学生都没意识到真实的假条往往很无趣，而when they produced excuse notes they were excellent他们编的假条很精彩，从而判断C正确。

4.判断推理题。根据文中描述The students always said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject but when they produced excuse notes they were excellent.学生们总说写200字的作文很难，但当他们编假条时都写得很好，从而判断B正确。

5.判断推理题。从文章中老师利用学生写假请假条这件事来太高孩子写作技能，可以看出老师很聪明，故选D。

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