and I applied to my little fair one all the admiration given to Sacharissa.

　　At length I danced with her at a school ball. I was so awkward that I dared scarcely speak to her; but I was so inspired that my poetical temperament for the first time broke out in poetry. I slipped(把......塞进......) the poem，trembling and blushing(脸红)，into her hand the next Sunday as she came out of church. She handed them to her mamma; the mamma handed them to the squire，the squire，who had no soul for poetry，sent them in anger to the school­master; and the school­master gave me a sound flogging.

语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者上学时所经历的痛苦，对诗歌的天赋以及暗恋上一个女孩的经历。

1．The author's father sent his son to a public school mainly___________.

A．to learn more knowledge

B．to develop his responsibility

C．to toughen the boy up

D．to meet upper class people

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的"but my father insisted that it was the only way to make boys hardy"可知，作者的父亲把他送到公立学校是为了让他变得更坚强。故选C项。

2．The schooling is compared to driving cattle to market to make the point that_________.

A．students' individuality was discouraged

B．students were punished for poor performances

C．students are grouped according to ability

D．students were treated in humanely

答案　B

解析　推理判断题。根据第一段第二句中的"we were flogged(鞭打) soundly when we did not get our lessons"可知答案选B。

3．It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that__________.

A．the author believed one had to be punished to learn well

B．the author's father got on well in school in his youth

C．the author had great respect for his father

D．the author's parents were on bad terms

答案　A