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I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr. Burke. Afterward, I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.
I came straight home from school, went to my room, and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or after supper. Mostly I wished I was dead. It wasn't even an accident that I cheated.
Yesterday Mr. Burke announced there'd be a unit test and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday, most particularly me, since I didn't pass the last unit test. I did plan to study just to prove to him that I'm plenty smart—which I am mostly—except in math.
Anyway, I got my desk ready to study on . Just when I was ready to work, Nicho came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor. What a mess! Nicho and I finally took the rabbit outside but then Philip came to my room and also Marty from next door and before long it was dinner.
After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework. Of course I said I had. That was the beginning. I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework.
It was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the unit test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day when I was in Mr. Burke's math class not knowing the 8- and 9-times tables. So, you see, the cheating was planned after all.
The next day, I'd go into class as usual, acting like things were going just great. I'd sit down next to Stanley Plummer—he is so smart in math it makes you sick—and from time to time, I'd glance over at his paper to copy the answers.
Lying on the floor of my room, I begin to think that probably I've been bad all along. It just took this math test to clinch it. I'll probably never tell the truth again. I tell my mother I'm sick when she calls me to come down for dinner. She doesn't believe me, but puts me to bed anyhow. I lie there in the early winter darkness wondering what terrible thing I'll be doing next when my father comes in and sits down on my bed.
"What's the matter?" he asks. "I've got a stomachache," I say. Luckily, it's too dark to see his face. "Is that all?" "Yeah." "Mommy says you've been in your room since school." "I was sick there too," I say. "She thinks something happened today and you're upset." That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother. She knows things sitting inside my head the same as if I was turned inside out.
"Well," my father says. I can tell he doesn't believe me. "My stomach is feeling sort of upset." I hedge. "Okay," he says and he pats my leg and gets up.
Just as he shuts the door to my room I call out to him in a voice I don't even recognize as my own. "How come?" he calls back not surprised or anything. So I tell him I cheated on this math test. To tell the truth, I'm pretty much surprised at myself. I didn't plan to tell him anything.
He doesn't say anything at first and that just about kills me. I'd be fine if he'd spank me or something. And then he says I'll have to call Mr. Burke. It's not what I had in mind. "Now?" I ask surprised. "Now," he says. He turns on the light and pulls off my covers. "I'm not going to," I say.
But I do it. I call Mr. Burke, and I tell him exactly what happened, even that I decided to cheat the night before the test. He says I'll come on Saturday to take another test, which is okay with me, and I thank him a whole lot for being understanding and all.
"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal," I tell my father when he turns out my light. Sometimes my father kisses me good night and sometimes he doesn't. I never know. But tonight he does.
小题1:After the author cheated on the math test, he felt ____________.
A.frightened because he might be caught
B.excited that he had succeeded
C.pleased that nobody knew it
D.unhappy because he had done something wrong
小题2:By “It wasn't even an accident that I cheated”, the author means that ________.
A.he had planned not to study before the test
B.he decided to cheat when he knew there was going to be a test
C.he decided to cheat after he had wasted the whole evening
D.he had planned to cheat with Plummer before the test
小题3:The author’ mother often drives him crazy because _____-.
A.She really knows what he is thinking
B.she was very strict with him
C.she doesn’t believe him
D.she asks him to come down for dinner
小题4:After he was informed of what he had done, the father _______.
A.scolded the author severely
B.didn’t say anything and left
C.called Mr. Burke immediately
D.let the author make a call to Mr. Burke
小题5:The author’s father kissed the author good night because ________-.
A.he had done something unusual
B.he promised to study math harder
C.he was willing to take a make-up test
D.he realized his mistake and had the courage to admit it

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D  

试题分析:文章介绍作者因为作弊感到难过,在爸爸的帮助下者意识到自己的错,敢于承认错误。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.可知作者认为自己做错了,感到很难过。选D
小题2:句意理解题:从下面的内容,可知作者想作弊是有预谋的,不是偶然的。选C
小题3:细节题:从第九段的句子:"She thinks something happened today and you're upset." That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother.可知妈妈总是知道他在想什么。选A
小题4:细节题:从倒数第三段的句子:And then he says I'll have to call Mr. Burke.可知爸爸让作者打电话给Burke先生。选D
小题5:推理题:从最后一段的句子:Today I thought I was turning into a criminal," I tell my father when he turns out my light.可知爸爸让作者意识到自己的错,敢于承认错。选D  
点评:文章篇幅较长,阅读的时候要快速浏览,就可以掌握大意,故事很有趣,也很有教育意义,题目设置很合理,做题时可以带着题目到文章找信息句,再加以判断。推理题要结合上下文进行判断,还有充分利用人物对话。
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A.whoB.itC.sheD.which
小题5:
A.guestsB.familyC.childrenD.friends
小题6:
A.realizedB.heardC.recognizedD.witnessed
小题7:
A.excited B.sadC.satisfiedD.enjoyed
小题8:
A.especiallyB.not soC.a littleD.not at all
小题9:
A.paintB.drawC.createD.mix
小题10:
A.stayedB.painted C.talkedD.played
小题11:
A.excitementB.encouragementC.delightD.surprise
小题12:
A.attitudeB.colorC.picture D.paper
小题13:
A.touchedB.distinguishedC.saw D.understood
小题14:
A.afterB.beforeC.until D.when
小题15:
A.referred toB.turned outC.come up D.talked about
小题16:
A.curiousB.quiet C.puzzledD.worried
小题17:
A.criedB.insisted C.complainedD.informed
小题18:
A.right B.wrongC.worriedD.uncertain
小题19:
A.shortcomingsB.difficultiesC.pride D.description
小题20:
A.paperB.pensC.handsD.eyes

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