1. (2023高一上·红河月考)  听录音，回答问题。

Have you ever heard of a four-year-old college student?<br />But this is true of Nicholas McMahon,<br />who is now studying at college because he is too clever for school.<br />Nicholas spoke well before he was one.<br />At 18 months, he took telephone messages for his parents.<br />At two, he began to learn French.<br />The strange thing about Nicholas is that he taught himself to read before he could speak.<br />His parents knew immediately that he could read.<br />When he could speak, he corrected his spelling.<br />He tried two different schools,<br />but he was bored and unhappy and his parents decided that he couldn't stay there.<br />His parents did not have enough time to prepare special lessons for Nicholas.<br />The McMans had no idea what to do with him.<br />Then the West London Institute offered to help.<br />Nicholas spent some of his time there,<br />and also studies at home.<br />He reads newspaper every day,<br />and he can play the violin well.<br />He doesn't have any social life in the school.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Have you ever heard of a four-year-old college student?<br />But this is true of Nicholas McMahon,<br />who is now studying at college because he is too clever for school.<br />Nicholas spoke well before he was one.<br />At 18 months, he took telephone messages for his parents.<br />At two, he began to learn French.<br />The strange thing about Nicholas is that he taught himself to read before he could speak.<br />His parents knew immediately that he could read.<br />When he could speak, he corrected his spelling.<br />He tried two different schools,<br />but he was bored and unhappy and his parents decided that he couldn't stay there.<br />His parents did not have enough time to prepare special lessons for Nicholas.<br />The McMahon's had no idea what to do with him.<br />Then the West London Institute offered to help.<br />Nicholas spent some of his time there,<br />and also studies at home.<br />He reads newspaper every day,<br />and he can play the violin well.<br />He doesn't have any social life in the school.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.<br />Nicholas is a clever child and the teachers want to help him in every way.

1. （1） What did Nicholas do at eighteen months？

   A . He began to learn French. B . He read the newspaper. C . He took telephone messages.
3. （2） Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?

   A . He had too much homework. B .  He almost couldn't learn anything special. C . His teachers often corrected his spelling.
5. （3） Who offered to help Nicholas finally?

   A . His classmates. B . His parents. C . A college.
7. （4） What is Nicholas' life like now?

   A . Busy without any social life. B . Full but boring. C . Busy at college and free at home.