文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。Cathy在拼写考试中获得了满分,从而得到了奖品,但是她清楚事实并非是这样,而是老师没有发现她的错误,经过思考之后,Cathy告诉了老师真相,老师修改了奖品字典上的寄语,又还给了她。
【推荐1】Cathy double-checked the words on her spelling test. If she got 100 points today, she would win a new ________. Also, Ms. Miller had promised to do a handstand if anyone got a perfect score.
Three more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y. Q-u-i-c-k-l-y. H-o-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! She had spelled honesty, not honestly! Cathy erased the t-y and wrote l-y before she ________ her paper.
After grading the test papers, Ms. Miller walked into the classroom. Then, as if she were an Olympic gymnast (体操运动员), Ms. Miller threw both her ________ into the air.
“Congratulations, Cathy! You did it!” she announced while she was upside down.
The whole class ________! Ms. Miller presented Cathy with her prize. It was a dictionary with the words: To Cathy Carter, for her perfect score in ________.
As soon as she arrived home, Cathy showed Mom her spelling test paper and prize with ________. “Well done, Cathy.” Mom hugged her.
Cathy was so happy that she lifted up her cat and said to him, “Can you spell nicely, Jasper? And quickly and honesly, and...”
Honesly? H-O-N-E-S-L-Y! Cathy threw the test paper ________ her schoolbag, rushed to her room and fell onto her bed. She thought to ________ again and again.” How could she tell the class she shouldn’t have got the prize after all? Shouldn’t Ms. Miller have been more ________ when grading her test? It wasn’t her fault that Ms. Miller had given her the prize. If she put the missing ‘t’ back in, ________ would know...”
The next morning, Cathy got to school ________ than usual. Ms. Miller was unlocking the classroom. “I can’t keep this. I misspelled ‘honestly’ and you didn’t ________ it,” Cathy said with her head down, giving her teacher the spelling paper and the dictionary.
For a moment, Ms. Miller stood ________, reading the words on the dictionary. Then she took out her pen, crossed out the word “perfect” and wrote “honest” ________ returning the dictionary to Cathy.
Cathy felt ________. “I get to keep this? Honestly?”
“For ‘honestly’, no.” Ms. Miller smiled. “But for honesty, yes.”
1. A.book | B.dictionary | C.eraser | D.schoolbag |
2. A.gave up | B.took out | C.turned on | D.handed in |
3. A.feet | B.hands | C.ears | D.arms |
4. A.stopped | B.left | C.cheered | D.laughed |
5. A.reading | B.spelling | C.writing | D.counting |
6. A.courage | B.progress | C.excitement | D.sadness |
7. A.into | B.from | C.across | D.with |
8. A.itself | B.himself | C.themselves | D.herself |
9. A.careful | B.creative | C.helpful | D.careless |
10. A.everyone | B.anyone | C.someone | D.no one |
11. A.more quickly | B.earlier | C.more slowly | D.later |
12. A.touch | B.miss | C.meet | D.catch |
13. A.happily | B.actively | C.silently | D.wisely |
14. A.before | B.if | C.since | D.until |
15. A.embarrassed | B.disappointed | C.surprised | D.satisfied |