Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science．In his first class，he gave us a __1__ about an animal called “cattywampus”，which died out during the Ice Age．He passed __2__ a skull （头盖骨）as he talked．We felt proud for feeling it，took __3__ and later had a quiz．

When my paper returned，I was shocked at the big red cross through __4__ of my answers．Why? I had written down exactly what he said．

Very simple．Mr. Whitson __5__．He had made up the story about the cattywampus．Needless to say，we were extremely __6__．

We could have _7__ him out，he said．__8_，he told us _9__ remains of the animal had ever been found at the very moment he was showing us the skull，_10__ a cat's．So，why didn't we __11__ his description（描述）about its color and other facts，especially the ridiculous（荒唐的）__12 _ he gave it? The zeros would be recorded in his __13__ book．He hoped we would learn something from this __14__．Teachers and textbooks were not always correct and we shouldn't let our mind sleep，but speak up what we thought _15__．

We _16__ our skepticism（怀疑主义）into other classed，but it caused __17__ for the teachers who weren't used to being challenged．I've kept in mind what Mr. Whitson gave me-the   __18__ to look people in the eye and tell them they were wrong．

Not everyone sees the __19_ in this．I once told a teacher about it and she was surprised，saying "He shouldn't have tricked（欺骗）you like that．" I looked at her right in the __20__ and told her she was wrong．

1．A．report               B．picture            C．story              D．lesson

2．A．around               B．by                C．over               D．through

3．A．pictures              B．notes            C．imagination          D．surprise

4．A．some                B．most              C．each               D．part

5．A．answered            B．explained           C．ordered             D．asked

6．A．sad                 B．nervous            C． happy            D．angry

7．A．watched              B．found             C．tried               D．looked

8．A．Such as             B．Above all           C．After all            D．In addition

9．A．any                 B．no                C．some              D．many

10．A．on purpose          B．as usual            C．in fact             D．in short

11．A．doubt              B．hear             C．understand         D．check

12．A．description          B．speech           C．skull               D．name

13．A．note               B．school           C．guide              D．grade

14． A．experience          B．accident           C．text               D．failure

15．A．simple             B．right                     C．wise              D．terrible

16．A．carried             B．meant             C．preferred           D．managed

17．attitude                 B．chances          C．accidents           D．problems

18．A．method             B．hope              C．courage            D．anxiety

19．A．value               B．result            C．aim                D．success

20．A．head               B．face             C．egg               D．mouth

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36 , including her "sixth sense", that she rarely gives the impression she’s   37  anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, she moves around so fast that often   40  don’t realize she’s blind.
I   41  this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was  43  excited about her finger-painting project."Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44  colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  45  with us.
To my great   46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, "Michelle told me my  47  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really  48  what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation. When I told her, she was  51  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla   52 . And I knew my child was  53  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla’s   54 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my  55 ." Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other   36   , including her “sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression she’s   37 anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house. She moves around so fast that often   40  don’t realize she’s blind.
I  41 this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42 about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43 excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle   45  with us.
To my great   46   , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!
Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my  47 showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really   48   what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation.
When I told her, she was   51  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla   52 . And I knew my child was   53  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's   54  in her work,
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55 .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  __1 , including her “sixth sense”, that she seldom gives the impression (印象) that she’s  2__   anything. It’s really amazing.
Michelle  3  her children pretty much like the rest of us, except that she isn’t too hard on them. Her children really benefit a lot from her  4 __attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that 5 often don’t realize she’s blind.
I 6   this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   7  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was  8  excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to 9 colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  10  with us”. 
To my great  11 , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my   12  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment (成就). She really   13  what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt  14  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn’t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never come  15  in conversation. When I told my daughter Michelle was blind, she was   16  for a moment. At first, she didn’t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla  __17 . I knew my child was _18  because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also “heard” Kayla’s 19 in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my __20__.” Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.

My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other  36  , including her "sixth sense", that she rarely gives the impression she's   37  anything.

Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us,   38  that she doesn’t push too hard on them,   39  really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the  house, she moves around so fast that often   40  don't realize she's blind.

I   41  this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very   42  about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was   43  excited about her finger-painting project.

"Mom, guess what?" said Kayla, all smiles. "I learned how to   44  colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle  45   with us.

To my great   46  , my child had learnt about color from a blind friend!

Then Kayla continued, "Michelle told me my   47  showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really  48   what I was doing!" Kayla said she had never felt how good finger paints felt   49  Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.

I realized Kayla didn't know that Michelle was blind. It had just never   50  in conversation.

When I told her, she was   51  for a moment. At first, she didn't believe me. "But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!" Kayla  52  . And I knew my child was  53   because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her artwork. Michelle had also heard Kayla's   54  in her work,

We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, "You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my   55  ."

Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.