五、阅读理解。
Hello, my name is Jimmy. One day, my eighth-grade friend said that he would take part in the School Geography Bee Written Test the next day. Something in his tone told me that he was not looking forward to it. I could not understand! It sounded like a lot of fun to me.
All day, I found myself wishing I were in middle school, so I could take part in the School Geography Bee Written Test. During my lunch break, I walked up to my social studies teacher and asked her if I could take part in the test for middle school pupils. She did hesitate(犹豫) a bit because I was too young. I was just a primary school pupil. I told her that I really loved to learn about our earth—its rivers, mountains and all the human cultures on it. She was still not sure but finally said, “Yes. ” I jumped at once!
The next morning, I took part in the test as a participant and learned the things I was really interested in. I was not nervous at all. Instead, I was very excited to do something I really loved. We had four written rounds—two on the United States and two on the world. I did surprisingly well and I was on the list of top ten, beating some of the seventh and eighth graders. I lost in the oral(口语) round, but caught my teacher’s attention. After the test, I came home and tried to find the answers to the questions that other students and I didn’t answer correctly.
I came second in my school the following year, but more importantly, I realized that I really loved Geography and enjoyed the time I spent learning it. I may have lost the first test, but I won the world—the love for the world and the love to explore the world!
(
B
)1. What can we learn about Jimmy’s eighth-grade friend from the passage?
A. He was very good at Geography at school.
B. He was not ready to take part in the School Geography Bee Written Test.
C. He was very excited before the School Geography Bee Written Test.
D. He didn’t know about the country he was living in.
(
C
)2. When the teacher agreed to let Jimmy take part in the School Geography Bee Written Test, he was ______.
A. surprised
B. nervous
C. excited
D. worried
(
A
)3. What do we know about Jimmy’s first test?
A. It made him more interested in Geography.
B. He was very sorry to lose the first test.
C. He came second in the oral round.
D. It made him get to know it was hard to learn Geography well.
