Mr. Brown was a nice teacher．He taught ns science。In the first class，he gave us a talk on an animal called“birdcat”which had died out（灭绝）during the Ice Age．He passed around a skull（头骨）as he was talking．We all took notes carefully and later we had an exam on it．

    When he returned my paper the next day, I found there was a big red“X”on it．I falled! I couldn’t believe my eves! There must be some mistakes! 一 I wrote down exactly what Mr. Brown said．But then I learned that everyone in the class failed．What had happened?

    Very simple! Mr. Brown said that he had made up（编造）all that“birdcat”and there had never been such an animal．So the information in our notes was incorrect．

    But We all felt that was unfair．What kind of exam was this? And what kind of teacher was he?

    “You should have figured it out,”Mr. Brown said．“Actually, the‘birdcat’skull was a cat’s．”Hadn’t he been telling us no other findings about this animal except the skull? He had told us many unbelievable（难以置信）things about the animal，such as the size，the color, the diet…．but none of us had questioned him!

    Mr. Brown said he hoped we would learn something from that 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 file textbook was wrong．

    Mr. Brown's class let me and my classmates learn something important：never fear to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong．

（   ）1．Mr. Brown was a _______teacher．

    A．math                   B．history                 C．science                  D．music

（   ）2．Why did the writer fall the exam?

    A．Because the exam was too difficult．

    B．Because he didn’t answer the questions according to what Mr. Brown said。

    C．Because Mr. Brown made some mistakes．

    D．Because the information in the answers was incorrect．

（   ）3．The underlined part“figured it out”probably means“________”．

    A．wrote it down      B．found it out          C．took it out              D．talked about it

（   ）4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A．The writer’s classmates passed the exam，but the writer didn’t．

    B．Mr. Brown found fire“birdcat”skull himself and he succeeded．

    C．During the talk on“birdcat”，some students questioned the teacher

    D．The teacher encouraged us to question what he said arid tell the truth bravely．

（   ）5．Which is the best title for this passage'?

    A．A Birdcat’s Skull                                     B．A Strange Animal

    C．An Unforgettable Exam                               D．An Unfair Teacher

Mary had some troubles, so she went to see the doctor.  He was a new doctor, and did not know her.  So he first asked her some questions. One of the questions was, “What is your age?”
“Well...” Mary answered, “I don't quite remember, doctor, but I will try to think.” She thought for a while and then said, “Yes, I remember now, doctor. When I married, I was twenty-two years old, and my husband was thirty then. Now he is sixty, I know, and that is twice thirty. And so I am twice twenty-two. That is forty-four, isn't it?”

1. 1.

   Mary went to see the doctor because ________ .

   1. A.
      she had a headache
   2. B.
      she had a fever
   3. C.
      she had caught a cold
   4. D.
      she wasn’t feeling well
2. 2.

   At first the doctor _________ .

   1. A.
      asked her some questions
   2. B.
      examined her carefully
   3. C.
      gave her some medicine
   4. D.
      asked her to have a rest
3. 3.

   The doctor's first question was “ _______ “.

   1. A.
      You are no more than forty, are you?
   2. B.
      Do you have a fever?
   3. C.
      What is your age?
   4. D.
      Have you had any medicine?
4. 4.

   Mary  ________ .

   1. A.
      answered the doctor's questioned at once
   2. B.
      answered the question after thinking for a while
   3. C.
      just kept silent
   4. D.
      refused to tell her age
5. 5.

   Mary should be _______ .

   1. A.
      forty-four
   2. B.
      forty-five
   3. C.
      fifty
   4. D.
      fifty-two

There were some new soldiers on the ground. They were taught in modern  1   of fighting by their two teachers. They were  2  how a man could trick(欺骗) a soldier and take his gun away from him. First one teacher took a knife away from  3 , using only hands, and then he took a gun away from him in the  4  way. Several days later  5  they made the young soldiers do these things themselves, both of the  6  asked them lots of questions and wanted to see  7  they had understood. One of the questions was what you would  8  when you were on duty with a  9  on a big bridge at night. It was Tom’s  10  to answer the question. He thought carefully for  11  and said, “Well, I think, the  12  thing to do would be to  13  my gun into the river as  14  as possible so that the man couldn’t take it away from me and  15  me with it.”

1. A. ways       B. clothes           C. trousers     D. hats

2. A. taught     B. shown             C. questioned   D. asked

3. A. the man   B. the soldiers     C. the other    D. modern

4. A. different  B. same             C. difficult    D. modern

5. A. when       B. while             C. before       D. after

6. A. soldiers   B. men              C. women        D. teachers

7. A. how hard   B. how hardly        C. how well    D. how badly

8. A. take       B. bring             C. do         D. throw

9. A. book       B. gun               C. radio      D. ball

10. A. work     B. turn              C. duty       D. business

11. A. an hour  B. a week            C. a month    D. a moment

12. A. worst    B. last              C. first     D. earliest

13. A. throw    B. put             C. send        D. push

14. A. quickly   B. slowly           C. quietly    D. softly

15. A. thank     B. help             C. teach      D. kill