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 (头骨) 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.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇课堂故事, 该故事告诉我们一个道理，老师和教材上的话也要甄别。

1.细节理解题。从最后一段倒数第二句But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. 可知我们没有通过考试是因为没有仔细思考。故选A。

2.推理判断题。从文章可知根本没有cattytiger ，而不是老师没有告诉我们关于cattytiger 的真实故事，故A错误；C项是我们不是知道老师为什么骗我们，这不是生气的原因，故C错误；我们生气不是因为没有cattytiger，故B错误；我们生气是因为考试没通过，故选D。

3.推理判断题。Mr Whiteson给我们上了特别的一课主要是让我们能够在学习的时候思考的更多，学的更好。故选B。

4.推理判断题。从最后一段第一句We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. 可知老师认为如果我们认为老师和课本是错的，应该说出来。故选D。

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