1 . On a school trip to New York, our school had us wear name tags (牌) with our school name on it. Since all the attractions we visited were popular with school groups, the tags let the teachers know we should be with our group. If any of us separated from the group, teachers would quickly call us back.

Some students had tried to hide or throw away their name tags to avoid this, so our head teacher—a very strict lady—said that anyone found without the name tag would have to spend the rest of the trip staying with her at all times and then have a month’s worth of lockdown (禁闭) when we got back.

While we were all on a ferry (渡船), we were allowed to go around. While playing with friends, I didn’t realize it was my name tag until it was too far to reach. I started to freak out at once. I had never got into trouble at school before or had even a single punishment, and I would possibly face a month’s worth of them! After thinking for a moment, I finally decided to just tell the head teacher what had happened.

I went to the head teacher and explained very nervously to her. Instead of shouting at me, she took out another name tag and handed it to me. She said, “I have prepared several more name tags in case something unexpected happens.” Then she smiled at me, “Did you think you would get lockdown? Don’t worry, and that’s just for the trouble-makers in order to stop them losing it on purpose. I believe you’re a good kid. Don’t be worried about this. But be careful later.” When I heard these words, tears came to my eyes. What a kind teacher she is!

1. Why did the school ask us to wear name tags?

A．To avoid being separated.	B．To visit the attractions freely.
C．To make us popular.	D．To attract the classmates’ eyes.

2. What does the underlined phrase “freak out” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Be happy.	B．Be anxious.
C．Be silent.	D．Be excited.

3. Why didn’t the head teacher punish the writer?

A．She knew he was not a trouble-maker.

B．She disliked him very much.

C．She was unfair in fact.

D．She thought he was the best kid.

4. How did the writer feel about the head master?

A．Strict but impolite.	B．Brave but unfriendly.
C．Strict and patient.	D．Brave and honest.