Question

求大神帮忙解决一道英语阅读题

After an absence of thirty years, I decided to visit my old school again. I had expected to find changes, but not a completely different building. As I walked up the school drive, I wondered for a moment if I had come to the right address. The dirty red brick houses had been swept away. In its place stood a bright, modern block. A huge expanse of glass extended (延展) across the face of the building, and in front, there was a well-kept lawn (草坪) where previously there had been “an untidy gravel (沙石) yard”.
I was pleased to find that it was bread time and that the children were all in the playground. This would enable me to meet some members of staff. On entering the building, I was surprised to hear loud laughter coming from what appeared to be the masters’ common room. I could not help remembering the teachers in my time, all dressed in black gowns (长袍) and high collars (领子). And above all, I recalled Mr Garston whom we had nicknamed “Mr Ghastly”, the headmaster who had iron discipline on staff and pupils alike. I knocked at the common room door and was welcomed by a smiling young man who introduced himself to me as the headmaster. He was dressed casually in a sports jacket, and his cheerful manner, quickly dispelled (驱散) the image of Mr Ghastly. After I had explained who I was, the headmaster presented me to the teachers all of whom were a little younger than himself, and said he would take me round the school.
Here the biggest surprise of all was in store for me. Gone were the heavy desks of old with their deeply carved names; gone too, were the dark classrooms with their ink stained, dark brown walls, and their raised platforms for the teachers. The rooms now were painted in bright colors, and the children, far from sitting straight in their places, seemed almost free to do as they liked. I looked with envy as I remembered how, as a child, I had looked at the blackboard hardly daring to whisper to my neighbor.

42. The writer ______.
A. had no difficulty in recognizing his old school B. found it difficult to recognize his old school C. noticed that the building was still unfinished D. was surprised to see an untidy gravel yard

43. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. He had expected that the school had completely changed.
B. In the writer’s time, all the teachers were dressed in black gowns and high collars. C. There was a well-kept lawn in their school when he visited it. D. An untidy gravel yard had disappeared.

44. “Mr Ghastly” must be ______.
A. the writer’s teacher B. a serious old man C. the strict headmaster D. a naughty boy

45. From what is said in the passage it seems clear the writer ______.
A. disapproved of all the changes that had taken place B. felt sorry for the children in the school
C. was glad that the school was still the same D. felt that conditions at the school had improved a lo

Answer 1

42.B. 从第二句话得出。我期待学校能有一些改变，但我没料到会看到一栋完全不同的建筑。说明了学校变化大，很难辨认了。
43.A 错就错在completely上。
44.C. 首先排除D，这个人是他们的校长，所以肯定不是一个淘气的孩子。A选项也可以排除，因为此题问的是must be肯定是，校长不一定就是他的老师。排除B选项是因为old这个词，校长是严肃的，文章中也说过新校长是年轻人，但这并不代表之前的校长就年迈啊。选C是因为文中说到Mr. ghastly had iron discipline(铁的纪律)所以说他是一个严厉的校长。
45. D 作者通篇都在赞扬新学校，所以态度是积极的。AB是消极的，所以不选。不选C是因为题中说作者很开心学校还是原来的样子很明显是错的，因为学校完全变了。

Answer 2

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