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Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had
been working hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to retake the exams in September.
There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all
day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was worried about her. She was
staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala insisted (坚持) that she should have an
early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised (许诺) to wake her in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried in case (万一) she over-slept. Her mind kept jumping
from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in
the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her
was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She
kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question,
wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two
sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook (摇晃,震颤).
It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute
later, Barbala called her name.
1. Which of the following is true?
A. All the students were usually successful in their exams.
B. Most of the students usually passed the year exams.
C. Only some of the students could pass the end of year exams.
D. None of the students would take the exams again in September
2. Kate worked very hard before the exams for _____.
A. she was very poor at her lessons.
B. she decided to be the best one in her class.
C. she didn't work hard all year.
D. she didn't want to fail in them.
3. Why did Barbala insist that Kate should take a sleeping pill?
A. Because she thought Kate should oversleep before the first exam.
B. Because Kate was so worried about her exams that she couldn't go to sleep at all.
C. Because Barbala hoped her sister would have a good sleep before the first exam.
D. Because she had promised to wake her up the next morning.
4. Kate dreamed a terrible dream simply because _____.
A. she had taken a sleeping pill.
B. she was too worried about her exams.
C. her sister had forgotten to wake her up.
D. she did not pass the exams.
