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【题目】That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……

Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.

Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.

However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……

It was the new teacher!

The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.

【1】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

A. creativity B. imagination

C. responsibility D. curiosity

【2】The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.

A. was in great need of math teacher’s help after class

B. knew much more about math than other classmates

C. had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it

D. disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons

【3】According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.

A. learn about where he lived B. find out if he felt upset

C. say something to comfort him D. make friends with him

【4】What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?

A. To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes.

B. To think up the most original ways to explain.

C. To use all kinds of stuff.

D. To follow him home after school.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，男孩和老师约好上课故意出错，让其他同学找出正确答案，用选择方法向他解释具体错误，以此调动课堂气氛提高教学效果。

【1】推理判断题。根据文章最后一段The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.可知实际上那个男孩是老师约好了上课时故意出错，让其他同学找出正确答案，并向他解释，以此调动课堂气氛提高教学效果。说明这位新老师很有创造性。故A项正确。

【2】推理判断题。根据文章最后一句Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math可知数学老师和那个男孩一起讨论数学问题，男孩的数学并不差。也许要比其他的同学的数学还要好。故B项正确。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章第四段前两句However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying.可知Lewis跟踪这个男孩是想确认一下他内心是否很难过，他最想看见他在哭。故B项正确。

【4】讨论判断题。根据划线词前一句To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc.可知同学们为了向这个愚蠢的孩子解释数学问题，用了各自东西做说明。但是这些都没有让这个男孩搞清楚那些数学问题。故C项正确。