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

词汇考查，根据首字母或汉语提示写单词。

1．Lucy likes collecting stamps and she has a large c___________ of them．

2．what a s___________ that I failed in the exam．

3．Good marks d___________ on your hard work．

4．My father is strict in his work and he’s always trying to be p___________ in everything he does．

5．The telephone was r___________ when I came into the room．

6．Pu Cunxin___________(扮演)the part of Lin Zexu very well．

7．People all over the world ___________ (庆祝)the new year．

8．The ___________ (结局)of the film made all of us feel sad．

9．The doctor performed an ___________ (手术)for 50 hours without stopping to have a rest．

10．The boy’s dream is to go to Sichuan to become a___________ (勇敢的)volunteer．

阅读理解

　　When I was at university (大学) I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass the exams. Others didn't do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Tea House than working in the library.

　　Once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in Chinese. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked very calm (镇静). Then he told me of his idea.

　　“It's very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty right to pass the test. I'll take a coin (硬币) into the room. I haven't studied a Chinese book for months, so I'll toss (掷、扔) the coin. That way, I'm sure I'll get half the questions right.”

　　The next day, Fred came happily into the examination room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he wrote down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

　　The next day, Fred saw the Chinese teacher at the school gate. “Oh, good,” he said. “Have you got the results of the test?”

　　The teacher looked at him and smiled. “Ah, it's you, Baines. Just a minute.”

　　Then he reached his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it. “I'm terribly sorry, Baines. You failed!”

根据上面短文内容，按要求完成第1～5题。

将下列句子译成汉语。

1．But a lot of my friends did very little work.

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2．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test.

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简要回答下列问题。

3．What did Fred spend more time doing?

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4．How did Fred decide the answer to the test?

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5．How long did the exam last?

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