Question

【题目】More and more pupils are giving teachers presents, but the practice only creates insecurity in parents and staff.

I’ve certainly noticed some pupils being feverishly overgenerous of late. Last year, I received not one bottle of wine but four for helping a disaffected pupil through his GCSEs. By and large, my colleagues report the gifts differing along gender lines. Gentlemen get ties, mugs, booze and, if they’re really lucky, tickets to football matches. The ladies are often presented with flowers, jewels, chocolates and so on.

When my son was at private school, I noticed there was a real competitiveness between the students about giving presents to teachers, with expensive baskets from fancy stores and huge bouquets being handed out on the last days of term. Since my wife and I only let my son give thank-you cards, it was clear we were not “classy”. Now he is at an inner-city primary, we’ve noticed that this kind of nonsense seems to have more or less disappeared．For one thing, there isn’t that kind of money floating around – but there isn’t that kind of competitive culture either.

Personally, I think gifts to teachers should be banned beyond the thank-you card they cause many more problems than they solve, creating insecurity in both parents and staff. Perhaps the recession and the lack of money in people’s pockets might be a good excuse for the government to issue some guidelines to schools that gifts shouldn’t be accepted by teachers.

The gifts that I really value are the cards which say a genuine thank you. I still keep them in a file at home.

【1】What can the author most probably be?

A．A teacher. B．A school nurse.

C．A researcher. D．A gift shop owner.

【2】The underlined word “nonsense” in Paragraph 3 refers to the fact that ________.

A．the son only gives thank-you cards to teachers

B．the author and his wife are not classy

C．the son goes to an inner-city primary

D．the students give gifts to teachers

【3】To solve the problem, the author thinks it’s a good way to ________.

A．forbid the students to give any gifts to teachers

B．create insecurity by giving thank-you cards

C．make people have less money in pockets

D．issue some guidelines by the government

【4】Which of the following can be the best title?

A．Don’t Forget to Give Gifts to Your Teachers

B．Presents Won’t Make Pupils Teachers’ Pets

C．Learn the Competitive Culture of Gifts

D．Refuse Presents from Your Students

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了，学生给老师送礼已蔚然成风。而作者认为这种现象是不合理的，学生给老师送礼反而会破坏老师和家长的关系。现在，作者的小孩在城内一所小学就读，送礼这种现象少多了。作者还认为政府应该出台政策来禁止老师收自学生的礼物。

【1】推理判断题。第二自然段第二句“I received not one bottle of wine but four for helping a disaffected pupil through his GCSEs.”我帮助一个心怀不满的学生通过普通中等教育证书考试，收到了四瓶啤酒而不是一瓶。可以推测作者是一位老师，故选择A。

【2】词义猜测题。“nonsense”字面意思是“不合理，没有意义”，前文提到学生争相给老师送礼物，而作者认为这种现象是不合理的。可知“nonsense”指的是学生给老师送礼物，故选择D。

【3】细节理解题。第四段最后一句” Perhaps the recession and the lack of money in people’s pockets might be a good excuse for the government to issue some guidelines to schools that gifts shouldn’t be accepted by teachers.”也许经济的衰退和人民没钱对政府是一个好的借口，政府可以出台禁止老师收礼的政策。故选择D。

【4】主旨大意题。文章叙述了学生争相向老师送礼这一现象，而作者认为这种现象是不合理的。相反地，学生向老师送礼反而会破坏家长与老师的关系。”Presents Won’t Make Pupils Teachers’ Pets”意思是礼物不会成为学生和老师的宠儿，符合文章主题，故选择B。