Question

【題目】Answer the questions（根據(jù)短文內容回答下列問題）

Mr Harries taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of his class, he gave us a talk about an animal called "birdcat", which died out during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull（頭骨）as he talked. We all took notes carefully and later we had a test.

When he returned my paper the next day, there was a big red "×" through each of my answers. I had failed! I had written exactly（確切地）what Mr Harries said. Then I learned that everyone in the class had failed. What had happened? Very simple, Mr Harries said he had made all that "birdcat" there had never been any such animal. So the information in our notes was incorrect. Did you think you would get good marks for incorrect answers?

We felt that wasn't fair. What kind of test was this? And what kind of teacher?

We should have found it out, Mr Harries said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the "birdcat" skull, in fact a cat's. He had told us many unbelievable things about the animal, such as the size, the colour, the strength… but none of us had questioned.

Mr Harries said he hoped we could learn something from this lesson. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. In fact no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.

Up to now I haven't made any great scientific discoveries, but Mr Harries's class gave my classmates and me something just as important: to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.

【1】Who taught sixth-grade science?

________________________________________________________________

【2】What did the writer and his classmates do during the first science lesson?

They carefully watched the skull and ________________ and then had a test.

【3】Did they get good marks or fail the test?

_______________________________________________________________________

【4】How did they feel about the test?

__________________________________________________________________________

【5】Why did the writer fail in the science test?

Because the information in his notes ________________________________________.

【6】How do you like the science teacher?

_________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Mr Harries.

【2】took notes

【3】No, they failed the test.

【4】They felt it wasn't fair.（They felt it was unfair.）

【5】was wrong/ incorrect

【6】Any reasonable answer is OK.

【解析】

本文主要通過老師一節(jié)課上故意給出錯誤的信息，而同學們自己沒有質疑，緊接著進行一次考試，同學們以為考得好，但實際上所有人都沒有及格的這樣一次考試經歷，說明了一個道理：教師和教科書并不總是正確的，遇到疑問時不要讓我們的大腦進入睡眠狀態(tài)而要大聲說出來。

【1】題干：誰教六年級的科學？根據(jù)Mr Harries taught sixth-grade science.可知六年級的科學老師是Mr Harries。故答案為Mr Harries。

【2】題干：作者和他的同學在第一節(jié)科學課上做了什么？根據(jù)第一段的最后一句話We all took notes carefully and later we had a test.可知他們都認真記筆記，后來還有一個測試。故答案為took notes。

【3】題干：他們考試成績好還是不及格？根據(jù)When he returned my paper the next day, there was a big red "×" through each of my answers. I had failed! I had written exactly（確切地）what Mr Harries said. Then I learned that everyone in the class had failed.可知我的每一個答案都打了一個大大的紅色“×”，我失敗了，然后我了解到班上每個人都失敗了。故答案為No, they failed the test.

【4】題干：他們對考試的感覺如何？根據(jù)We felt that wasn't fair.可知他們覺得這不公平。故答案為They felt it wasn't fair.（They felt it was unfair.）

【5】題干：作者為什么科學考試不及格？根據(jù)Very simple, Mr Harries said he had made all that "birdcat" there had never been any such animal. So the information in our notes was incorrect.可知他們筆記上的信息是錯誤的。故答案為was wrong/ incorrect。

【6】題干：你覺得科學老師怎么樣？這是考查考生自己的觀點，所以答案不唯一。