阅读理解LittleTommyWasdoingverybadlyinmath.Hisparentshadtriedeverything—tutors（家庭教师）cardsspeciallearningcenters—inshorteverythingtheycouldthinkof.FinallytheytookTommytocatholic（天主

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Little Tommy Was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors（家庭教师） cards special learning centers—in short everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to catholic（天主教的）school.

After the first day little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread（铺开）out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room、without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening .

Finally little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise，little Tommy got all A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity（好奇心）. She went to his room and asked “Son， what was it? Was it the nuns（修女）?”

Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head，“No.”

“Well then，”she asked again. ‘‘WHAT was it?”

Little Tommy looked at her and said “Well on the first day of school when I saw that man nailed（钉）to the plus sign（加号） I knew they weren’t joking.”

1.Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?

A．Because he could eat well there.

B．Because he could earn more about nuns.

C．Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.

D．Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math anymore

2. Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son .