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Mr Chen was puzzled（閒惑的）and a little suspicious（懷疑的）. He sat in the office and studied a letter apparently（明顯地）from Mrs Wang, the mother of one of the pupils in his class. There was something about it which worried him.

“I don't understand, ”he said to himself. He shook his head as he circled four mistakes in the letter. "Mrs Wang is an educated woman. She wouldn't make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry. "Mr Chen took out his class register（名冊）and said to himself, “Yesterday was Thursday. Let me see. Ah, yes. I thought so. David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before. Hm. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays? Was he really ill yesterday? Could it be a coincidence（巧合）?”

Mr Chen stared at the register as if the answers to his questions were hidden in it somewhere. Then he took out a copy of the timetable（課程表）for his class.

"I wonder. . "he told to himself. "I wonder if his absence has anything to do with one of these lessons. "

Mr Chen looked at the subjects for Thursday: Mathematics, English, P. E. He thought about P. E. He knew that the pupils had P. E. twice a week: once on Monday, when they usually played games on the school field, and once on Thursday, when they did exercises in the gym.

Mr Chen glanced round the office to find Mr Long, the rather strict P. E. teacher, but he was not there.

"I'd better have a chat with Long and David, "Mr Chen thought.

The bell rang. "I can't do anything right now, "Mr Chen thought. "It's time to go to Class 2. I' ll do it later on. "

Mr Chen picked up his books and walked off to teach Class 2.

Later, on Friday, Mr Chen spoke to Mr Long, the P. E. teacher. Mr Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days. They thought about it for a while.

“David is a good athlete（運動員）, ”Mr Long finally said, "but he's afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn't climb more than a couple of metres up the rope. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently? ”

“Yes, I think so, "Mr Chen said. "I'm going to talk to him this afternoon before he goes home. "

"Well, I've got a suggestion to make, "said Mr Long. "If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him. ”

“That's very kind of you, "said Mr Chen. "I'll get him to come and see you on Monday or Tuesday. ”

1. The letter was sent to Mr Chen because David        on Thursday.

A. was ill at home

B. didn't go to school

C. was absent from P. E. class

2. Mr Chen was puzzled by the letter because        .

A. David's mother sent him the letter

B. he couldn't understand the letter

C. it didn't seem to be written by an educated adult

3. Mr Chen got the idea that David's absence had something to do with PE after he ______ .

A. studied the timetable

B. studied the class register

C. talked with Mr Long

4. The underlined word“ vertigo" means in the passage.

A. 身體疼痛                    B. 恐高眩暈                    C. 腸胃痙攣

5. From the passage we know ____.

A. David didn't like P. E. classes

B. David didn't like Mr Long's being hard on him

C. David was afraid of heights

【回答】

1.B

【解析】細節理解題。根據David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before. Hm. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays? Was he really ill yesterday? Could it be a coincidence（巧合）可知，大衞上個星期四和上上個星期四都沒來。嗯。為什麼他星期四總是缺席?他昨天真的病了嗎?可能這是一個巧合。根據後文可知，他不是真地生病了，而是怕上體育課。所以，大衞沒有上學，故選B。

2.C

【解析】細節理解題。根據“I don't understand, ”he said to himself. He shook his head as he circled four mistakes in the letter. "Mrs Wang is an educated woman. She wouldn't make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry可知，陳先生不能理解，請假條裏有四個錯誤，王女士是一個受過教育的女人，她不可能犯這樣的錯誤，所以他困惑的是這封信看起來不是一個受過教育的成年人寫的，故選C。

3.A

【解析】細節理解題。根據"I wonder. . "he told to himself. "I wonder if his absence has anything to do with one of these lessons. " Mr Chen looked at the subjects for Thursday: Mathematics, English, P. E. He thought about P. E. He knew that the pupils had P. E. twice a week: once on Monday, when they usually played games on the school field, and once on Thursday, when they did exercises in the gym. Mr Chen glanced round the office to find Mr Long, the rather strict P. E. teacher, but he was not there可知，陳先生看了週四的課表，發現週四有一堂練習的體育課，每個週四大衞都請假，所以表示陳先生看完課程表後感覺他請假是與體育課有關，故選A。

4.B

【解析】詞義猜測題。根據If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him可知，如果他恐高，可以在放學後找我，許多人都恐高，我樂意為他提供幫助，所以可以推斷出vertigo譯為恐高眩暈，故選B。

5.C

【解析】主旨大意題。根據but he's afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn't climb more than a couple of metres up the rope. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently以及If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from（遭受）vertigo. I'll be glad to help him可知，大衞恐高，在體育課上表現得不好，而且體育老師對他很嚴格，當體育老師得知這件事後，很樂意幫助他。所以可知得知，大衞恐高，故選C。

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