Question

On the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature (生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (頭骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.

When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else’s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn’t wait to get the answer.

Very simple, Mr Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?

Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?

We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.

1.We failed in the test because we didn’t .

A. think carefully

B. show interest in what Mr Whiteson said

C. listen to the teacher carefully

D. take notes while listening

2.We got angry because .

A. Mr Whiteson didn’t tell us the truth about cattytiger

B. there was no cattytiger

C. we didn’t know why he played the joke on us

D. we failed in the test

3.Mr Whiteson gave us a special lesson .

A. to show his special way of teaching

B. to help us learn our lessons better

C. to play a joke on us

D. so that we would no longer believe him

4.Mr Whiteson meant that .

A. teachers couldn’t make any mistakes

B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes

C. we shouldn’t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

D. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇課堂故事, 該故事告訴我們一個道理，老師和教材上的話也要甄別。

1.細節理解題。從最后一段倒數第二句But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. 可知我們沒有通過考試是因為沒有仔細思考。故選A。

2.推理判斷題。從文章可知根本沒有cattytiger ，而不是老師沒有告訴我們關于cattytiger 的真實故事，故A錯誤；C項是我們不是知道老師為什么騙我們，這不是生氣的原因，故C錯誤；我們生氣不是因為沒有cattytiger，故B錯誤；我們生氣是因為考試沒通過，故選D。

3.推理判斷題。Mr Whiteson給我們上了特別的一課主要是讓我們能夠在學習的時候思考的更多，學的更好。故選B。

4.推理判斷題。從最后一段第一句We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. 可知老師認為如果我們認為老師和課本是錯的，應該說出來。故選D。

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