This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. As I searched the name, I found that there were two famous people having the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts£¨»¨Éú£©, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice; let the coin decide. I flipped(ÖÀ) a coin and Ah! Tails (±³Ãæ)! My report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.
Weeks later, I stood in front of the classroom and proudly read my homework. But things started to get strange. I looked around the room, only to find my classmates with big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes and my stone-faced teacher. I was completely lost. ¡°What could be causing everyone to act this way?¡±
Oh well, I dropped the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear, ¡°My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American War of Independence.¡± The whole world became quiet! How could I know that my teacher meant that George Washington?
Of course, my subject result was awful. Sad but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to the headmaster Miss Lancelot, but she said firmly: No re-dos; no new score. I felt that it was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. So I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, I sat in the headmaster¡¯s office again, but this time a completely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the terrible moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster told me I was good enough to skip(Ìø¹ý) the 6th grade and started the 7th grade next term.
СÌâ1:The task I received was to find information about ________.
A£®uses for peanuts | B£®American War of Independence |
C£®George Washington | D£®my headmaster Miss Lancelot |
СÌâ2:________ helped me decide what my report would be about.
A£®The Internet | B£®My classmates | C£®My grandpa | D£®A coin |
СÌâ3:People in the class acted strangely because ________.
A£®I was too proud of my homework |
B£®I mistook what the homework was about |
C£®the whole world suddenly became quiet |
D£®the teacher¡¯s face turned to a stone |
СÌâ4:I ________ after I failed the subject.
A£®worked harder to prove my ability |
B£®started to study from the 7th grade |
C£®was so frightened at the awful result |
D£®was given a second chance to redo the work |
СÌâ5:We can infer(ÍƶÏ) from the passage that ________.
A£®the headmaster didn¡¯t like the writer at all |
B£®the writer¡¯s classmates felt sad at his mistake |
C£®the writer knew little about American history |
D£®the writer¡¯s grandpa was a very wise man |
СÌâ6:Which of the following proverbs can best describe the main idea of this story?
A£®Seeing is believing. |
B£®Where there is a will, there is a way. |
C£®One is never too old to learn. |
D£®A friend in need is a friend indeed. |