12．I had worried myself sick over Simon's mother coming to see me．I was a new teacher，and I gave an honest account of the students'work．In Simon's case，the grades were awfully low．He couldn't read his own handwriting．But he was a bright student．He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension．His work in no way reflected his abilities．
So when Simon's mother entered the room，my palms （手掌心） were sweating．I was completely unprepared for her kisses on both my cheeks．"I came to thank you，"she said，surprising me beyond speech．Because of me，Simon had become a different person．He talked of how he loved me，he had begun to make friends，and for the first time in his twelve years，he had recently spent an afternoon at a friend's house．She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the self-respect I had developed in her son．She kissed me again and left．
I sat，stunned，for about half an hour，wondering what had just happened．How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without even knowing it？What I finally came to remember was one day，several months before，when some students were giving reports in the front of the class，Jeanne spoke quietly，and to encourage her to raise her voice，I had said，"Speak up．Simon is the expert on this．He is the only one you have to convince，and he can't hear you in the back of the room．"That was it．From that day on，Simon had sat up straighter，paid more attention，smiled more，and became happy．And it was all because he happened to be the last kid in the last row．The boy who most needed praise was the one who took the last seat that day．
It taught me the most valuable lesson over the years of my teaching career，and I'm thankful that it came early and positively．A small kindness can indeed make a difference．
36．We can infer that when Simon's mother entered the room，the writer feltB．
A．satisfied
B．nervous
C．happy
D．surprised
37．Why did Simon's mother come to visit her son's teacher？B．
A．Because she worried about her son's poor work．
B．Because she wanted to show her gratitude to the teacher．
C．Because Simon asked her to do so．
D．Because she wanted to know her son's performance in the school．
38．What the teacher said in paragraph 3is intended toA．
A．encourage Jeanne to speak louder
B．encourage Simon to work hard
C．a(chǎn)sk Jeanne to convince Simon
D．tell the students that Simon was expert on that．
39．The purpose of the passage is toD．
A．tell the story of Simon
B．tell teachers how to be kind to students
C．a(chǎn)dvise the readers to be kind to others．
D．share a valuable lesson with readers．
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，屬于記敘文，我擔(dān)心自己生病了西蒙的媽媽來(lái)看我．我是一個(gè)新老師，我對(duì)學(xué)生工作很認(rèn)真真誠(chéng)．本文以此展開談?wù)摚饕v述了作者的一個(gè)善意舉動(dòng)給他的學(xué)生帶來(lái)了影響，家長(zhǎng)來(lái)感謝他的故事．
解答 36．答案：B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"I had worried myself sick over Simon's mother coming to see me．"可知，作者的心情是緊張的，當(dāng)Simon的媽媽來(lái)見他時(shí)．故選B．
37．答案：B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"．"I came to thank you，"she said，surprising me beyond speech．"可知，Simon的媽媽來(lái)見我是為了表達(dá)感謝之情．故選B．
38．答案：A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"Jeanne spoke quietly，and to encourage her to raise her voice，I had said，"Speak up．Simon is the expert on this．He is the only one you have to convince，and he can't hear you in the back of the room．""可知，作者之所以那樣說(shuō)是為了鼓勵(lì)Jeanne提高音量．故選A．
39．答案：D．主旨大意題．閱讀全文，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，尤其是"It taught me the most valuable lesson over the years of my teaching career，and I'm thankful that it came early and positively．A small kindness can indeed make a difference．"可知，本文作者分享了自己的一個(gè)善意舉動(dòng)給他人帶來(lái)了影響的故事．故選D．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及主旨大意題，細(xì)節(jié)理解題．做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)．
