Question

【题目】Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）

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（头骨）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（确切地）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】

本文主要通过老师一节课上故意给出错误的信息，而同学们自己没有质疑，紧接着进行一次考试，同学们以为考得好，但实际上所有人都没有及格的这样一次考试经历，说明了一个道理：教师和教科书并不总是正确的，遇到疑问时不要让我们的大脑进入睡眠状态而要大声说出来。

【1】题干：谁教六年级的科学？根据Mr Harries taught sixth-grade science.可知六年级的科学老师是Mr Harries。故答案为Mr Harries。

【2】题干：作者和他的同学在第一节科学课上做了什么？根据第一段的最后一句话We all took notes carefully and later we had a test.可知他们都认真记笔记，后来还有一个测试。故答案为took notes。

【3】题干：他们考试成绩好还是不及格？根据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（确切地）what Mr Harries said. Then I learned that everyone in the class had failed.可知我的每一个答案都打了一个大大的红色“×”，我失败了，然后我了解到班上每个人都失败了。故答案为No, they failed the test.

【4】题干：他们对考试的感觉如何？根据We felt that wasn't fair.可知他们觉得这不公平。故答案为They felt it wasn't fair.（They felt it was unfair.）

【5】题干：作者为什么科学考试不及格？根据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.可知他们笔记上的信息是错误的。故答案为was wrong/ incorrect。

【6】题干：你觉得科学老师怎么样？这是考查考生自己的观点，所以答案不唯一。