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Heading off to college this year? Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind:
Dress to impress: Stylist and business consultant Daniela Smith says, “Girls should keep in mind that your college professors will often be the bridge that connects you to your future career and your classmates will become your professional network. You don’t need to dress like you’re going to the office, but you should display an ability to properly present yourself with appropriate maturity and confidence, and look put-together.”
Logo mania(品牌狂热症): Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group, so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at. It’s tempting to load up on logos, especially well-known logos that signify high-end brands. But consider this: college is a time of self-discovery, a chance to develop your own personal style. Instead of wearing logos head to toe, “walking advertisement”-style, why not express who you really are?
Wear real pants: The combination of leggings and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses. Smith points out that leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you’re exercising. Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls, they are not an appropriate choice for daywear. As a young woman, your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level. So, get rid of leggings and wear real pants!
Keep the cute factor to a minimum: Stay away from sweaters and T-shirts with smiling animals, cartoon characters, or Hello Kitty on them. Sure, kittens might be cute, but they’re not doing you any favors in the style department. Dressing too cutesy can take years off your look, and not necessarily in a good way!

  1. 1.

    The author believes that college girls should       

    1. A.
      try to load up on well-known logos
    2. B.
      find their identity by trying different logos
    3. C.
      choose a logo that suits their age
    4. D.
      use logos to show who they are
  2. 2.

    The second paragraph indicates the importance of       

    1. A.
      getting on well with classmates
    2. B.
      dressing appropriately
    3. C.
      impressing professors
    4. D.
      creating a professional image
  3. 3.

    In which magazine would you most likely find this passage?

    1. A.
      Parents
    2. B.
      Travel & Leisure
    3. C.
      Business Week
    4. D.
      Style
  4. 4.

    The author recommends wearing real pants because      

    1. A.
      real pants can present you with appropriate maturity
    2. B.
      people like real pants better than the other pants
    3. C.
      yoga pants and sweatpants are not so comfortable
    4. D.
      leggings and baggy shirts are too common

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GARDEN RESTAURANT
Tel:  2706630
Add: 9020 Bridgeport Road
Open: Mon. to Fri. 7:00a.m—2:30p.m.
5:00p.m.—9:00p.m.
Sat. 7:00a.m—11:00a.m.
5:00p.m.—9:30p.m.
Sun. 11:00a.m.—2:00p.m.
5:00p.m.—9:30p.m.
SKYLINE HOTEL
Tel: 2785161
Add: 3031 No.3 Road
( at Sea Island Way)
The Hangar Den:
Wed. to Sun. Lunch from 10:30a.m.
Coffee Shop: Mon.—Fri. 6:00a.m.
Sat. 6:00a.m.
Sun. 7:00a.m.
Mon.—Wed. to 10:00p.m.
Thurs—Sun. to 11:00p.m.
LANSDOWNE PARK SHOPPING CENTER
Tel:  3562367
Add:  5300 No.3 Road
Open:
Mon. Tues. Sat. 9:30a.m.—5:30p.m.
Wed. Thurs. Fri.   9:30a.m.—9:30p.m.
Sun.   11:00a.m.—5:00p.m.
NEW YORK MUSEUM
Tel:  364431
Add: Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St.
Open:
Mon.to Fri. 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m.
Sat. 9:00a.m.—1:00p.m.
(Monday free)

  1. 1.

    If you want to go out for lunch on Tuesday you can call up the number     

    1. A.
      2706630
    2. B.
      7364431
    3. C.
      3562367
    4. D.
      2785161
  2. 2.

    You do not have to pay on Monday if you go to     

    1. A.
      Skyline Hotel
    2. B.
      Lansdowne Park Shopping Center
    3. C.
      New York Museum
    4. D.
      Garden Restaurant
  3. 3.

    Suppose you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday mornings, you can go to     

    1. A.
      5300 No.3 Road
    2. B.
      Vanier Park, 1100 Chestnut St
    3. C.
      9020 Bridgeport Road
    4. D.
      3031 No.3 Road
  4. 4.

    What can you do after 9:30p.m. on Sunday?

    1. A.
      Visit New York Museum
    2. B.
      Do some shopping in Lansdowne Park shopping Center
    3. C.
      Go to Garden Restaurant
    4. D.
      Go to the Coffee Shop of Skyline Hotel
  5. 5.

    According to the ad, which of the following is TRUE?

    1. A.
      At 6:00 am every day coffee is served at SKYLINE HOTEL
    2. B.
      You can have supper every day at GARDEN RESTAURANT
    3. C.
      Tel 2785161 can give you some information about shopping
    4. D.
      NEW YORK MUSEUM is open from Monday to Sunday

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Dan Bebber is a senior research fellow at the University of Exeter in Britain. He says research has shown that wild plants and animals are moving toward Earth's North and South poles as the planet warms.
Mr Bebber wanted to know if the same thing was happening with organisms that attack agricultural crops. He examined reports of first sightings of new insects and diseases around the world. The records came from CABI - the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International. He says the group began collecting information from developing and industrialized countries years ago.
Dan Bebber and his research team studied 612 different organisms - from viruses and bacteria to insects like beetles and butterflies. They found that since 1960, crop pests and diseases have been moving toward the poles at an average rate of about 3 kilometers each year. Mr Bebber says this puts the most productive farmland in the world in danger.
"As new species of pests and diseases evolve and potentially the environment for them becomes more amenable at higher latitudes, the pressure on the breadbaskets of the world is going to increase."
Farmers face other threats. Invasive species passed through trade are also causing problems. Gene Kritsky is an Entomologist at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Ohio. He specialises in the study of insects. He says climate change may improve conditions for some invasive species.
“It means that species in other parts of the world that might do well in warmer temperatures can now do well in the breadbasket of America.”
Another Entomologist Christian Krupke of Purdue University says the effects of these changes will depend very much on the crop, the insect and the disease. But he says the research is a warning sign that people should care about climate change and do something about it

  1. 1.

    The purpose of Dan Bebber’s research was to find ______

    1. A.
      if farmland could be moved to colder places thanks to global warming
    2. B.
      if diseases and insects harmful to crops were going towards colder areas
    3. C.
      if organisms were moving to the north and south poles
    4. D.
      if the number of crop pests was increasing
  2. 2.

    According to Dan Bebber, if crop pests keep moving towards the poles, ______

    1. A.
      it will be hard for farmers to kill them
    2. B.
      the most productive farmland will produce more crops
    3. C.
      the earth will not produce enough food to support the world
    4. D.
      the conditions for some crops may be improved
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is not a threat that farmers have to face?

    1. A.
      Climate change helps crop pests to adapt to new environment
    2. B.
      Foreign species are brought in by trade
    3. C.
      Invasive species doing well in warmer places might do well in America
    4. D.
      The impacts of the climate and species changes on crops are not easy to determine
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “amenable” in the fourth paragraph most probably means ______

    1. A.
      agreeable
    2. B.
      terrible
    3. C.
      unfriendly
    4. D.
      changeable

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I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling(叛逆).I wish it were so.At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents.You should be learning to stand on your own feet.But take a good look at the present rebellion.It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents.Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching(紧握)at one another's hands for reassurance.
They claim they want to dress as they please.But they all wear the same clothes. Then set off in new directions in music.But somehow they all end up with listening to the same record together.Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that many people are doing it.They have come out of their cocoon(茧) into a larger cocoon.
It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and go his or her own way.Industry has firmly carved out a teenage market.These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. 
And many of today's parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children.All this adds to a great barrier(障碍) for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.
But the barrier is worth climbing over.The path is worth following, You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party.You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records.You may have some thoughts 'that you don't care to share with your classmates at once, well, go to it.Find yourself.Popularity will come-with the people who respect you for who you are.That is the only kind of popularity that really counts.

  1. 1.

    In this passage, the author wants to tell         

    1. A.
      teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves
    2. B.
      readers how to be popular with people around
    3. C.
      parents how to control and guide their children
    4. D.
      people how to understand and respect each other
  2. 2.

    According to the author, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but in fact, most of them            

    1. A.
      have much difficulty understanding each other
    2. B.
      lack confidence
    3. C.
      dare not cope with (处理) problems single-handed
    4. D.
      are much afraid of getting lost
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      There is no popularity that really counts.
    2. B.
      What many parents are doing is helping their children find their own paths.
    3. C.
      It is bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.
    4. D.
      Most teenagers claim that they want to do what they like to, but they are actually doing the same.
  4. 4.

    What does the author think of advertisements?

    1. A.
      Convincing.
    2. B.
      Influential
    3. C.
      Instructive.
    4. D.
      Authoritative(权威的).
  5. 5.

    During the teenage years, one should learn to       

    1. A.
      differ from others in as many ways as possible
    2. B.
      get into the right reason and become popular
    3. C.
      find one's real self
    4. D.
      rebel against parents and the popularity wave

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I give two examples as to why intelligent life may not actually exist, though I admit that for me, or even for a physicist who devoted his or her entire life to researching and studying the universe, it's shocking to claim that completely no life exists elsewhere.
Keeping that in mind, I'd just like to consider conditions elsewhere in the known universe. You really only need to look at our own solar system or the Earth at certain periods in its own history to appreciate that most places are much worse and much less suitable for life than our mild, watery globe.
So far, space scientists have discovered about seventy planets outside the solar. But it appears that if you wish to have a planet suitable for life, you just have to be very lucky, and the more advanced the life is, the luckier you'll have to be. I'm by no means a space observer, but I can recognize some particularly fortunate breaks we've had on the Earth. For example:
We are, to a degree, at the right distance from the perfect type of star, the one that is big enough to radiate a huge amount of energy, but not so big as to bum itself out quickly. Had our sun been ten times as huge, it would have burnt out completely after only ten million years, instead of ten billion and surely we would not exist. Too near, everything on the Earth would have boiled and withered away; any further, everything would have frozen over.
The universe is a surprising place, and our existence within it is a wonder. If a long and unimaginably complex sequence of events dating back 4.6 billion years or so hadn't happened in a particular manner at a particular time --if, to take just one example, the dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by a meteor(流星)--we might still be a few centimeters long, with whisker(胡须) and a tail, and you'll be reading this in a cave somewhere

  1. 1.

    What's the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      No Life Exists out of the Earth
    2. B.
      Seventy Planets Discovered
    3. C.
      A Place Full of Wonders
    4. D.
      Perfect Conditions for Life
  2. 2.

    What makes the Earth more suitable for life than other planets in the solar system?

    1. A.
      The Earth is the only planet that can receive energy from the sun
    2. B.
      The sun is at the right distance from us and in proper size
    3. C.
      The distance between the planets was neither too long nor too near
    4. D.
      The dinosaurs were no longer a threat to the Earth
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined phrase "withered away" in the 4th paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      Exploded
    2. B.
      Expanded
    3. C.
      Floated away
    4. D.
      Dried and died
  4. 4.

    Where does the text probably come from?

    1. A.
      A history book
    2. B.
      A magazine
    3. C.
      A science fiction
    4. D.
      A famous novel

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Most of the time, we choose colors for decorating based on our personal taste and our sense of aesthetics (审美学). But, a number of color experts believe that colors have an effect on our emotions and that it would be wise of us to be conscious of that before settling on a definite choice.
Some of the effects of colors are well known and accepted by most people. In fact, those effects have been the subject of serious research and experiments and have been scientifically proven. But not all scientists agree on the validity (正确性) of the results.
When we become interested in the psychological effects of colors, it is important to know that not all societies share our opinion of those effects on our emotions. What we hold as an "objective" observation on a color is often nothing more than a reflection of our cultural belongingness, which has attributed properties to that color for generations.
Why is it not possible for us to hold a really objective discourse(论述)on the subject? In part, because it is very difficult to separate the psychological from the symbolic, the symbolic aspects are definitely cultural. Often, and this without our realizing it, they influence our understanding of colors and the following emotions - both psychological aspects. Black and white are good examples. In western countries, black is considered serious, dramatic and sometimes sad. People are warned against its potentially depressing effects on decoration. Black is the traditional color of mourning. White, on the other hand, is associated with purity, peace and optimism. For those reasons, white is the traditional color of bridal dresses. No one would think of attending a funeral in white. Any more than it would occur to a bride to wear black. We simply remain convinced that it is not in the "nature" of those colors. Yet, in certain oriental countries, it is white, not black that is the color of mourning.
That having been said, there is some “overlapping” in the properties different cultures attribute to certain colors. For example, Feng Shui, the traditional Chinese philosophy that distinguishes between good and evil influences explains colors much in the same way as the majority of western color specialists. Is that to say that colors have real natural properties which all humans perceive(感知) in the same way or is the phenomenon an example of the cross-influences that affect the thinking of cultures brought closer to one another by a certain Venetian(威尼斯人) called Marco Polo? It is difficult to say.
But, be that as it may, colors do affect us. And if you feel emotions for a certain color, note them and remember them. You may even wish to consider them next time you are planning to decorate. The decision is yours!

  1. 1.

    Most of the time, we ignore ______ when choosing colors for decoration

    1. A.
      personal taste
    2. B.
      our aesthetics
    3. C.
      cultural effects
    4. D.
      psychological effects
  2. 2.

    Why is it not possible for us to hold a really objective discourse on the subject?

    1. A.
      Because it is often nothing more than a reflection of our cultural belongingness
    2. B.
      Because the colors have the properties for generations
    3. C.
      Because it is difficult to separate the psychological from the cultural
    4. D.
      Because the symbolic aspects influence our perception of colors
  3. 3.

    The italicized word “overlapping” is paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to______

    1. A.
      difference
    2. B.
      conflict
    3. C.
      sameness
    4. D.
      agreement
  4. 4.

    In western countries, white is ______

    1. A.
      preferred by bridals
    2. B.
      used in a funerals sometimes
    3. C.
      depressing in decoration
    4. D.
      pure in its nature
  5. 5.

    According to the author, which of the following statements is certain?

    1. A.
      Different cultures can have the same properties of colors
    2. B.
      If you feel emotions for a color, note them and remember them
    3. C.
      All humans perceive colors’ natural properties in the same way
    4. D.
      Marco Polo disclosed the psychological effects of colors

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In 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I took what I could get ----- a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen ------- teaching English.
School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students took a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.
But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class ---- seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seems reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my taskmaster, known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the classroom, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”
“You had nothing to say to them”. he repeated.” No wonder they are bored. Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior”? We talked. He named my problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher
As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson’s words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now

  1. 1.

    It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ______.

    1. A.
      the writer became an optimistic person
    2. B.
      the writer was very happy about her new job
    3. C.
      it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
    4. D.
      it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?

    1. A.
      She had blind trust in what she learnt at college
    2. B.
      She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice
    3. C.
      She took too much time off to eat and sleep
    4. D.
      She didn’t like teaching English literature
  3. 3.

    What is the writer’s biggest worry after her taskmaster’s observation of her class?

    1. A.
      She might lose her teaching job
    2. B.
      She might lose her students’ respect
    3. C.
      She couldn’t teach the same class any more
    4. D.
      She couldn’t ignore her students’ bad behavior any more
  4. 4.

    Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?

    1. A.
      Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing
    2. B.
      Her students behaved a little better than usual
    3. C.
      She managed to finish the class without crying
    4. D.
      She was invited for a talk by her boss after class
  5. 5.

    The students behaved badly in the writer’s classes because______.

    1. A.
      They were eager to embarrass her
    2. B.
      She didn’t really understand them
    3. C.
      They didn’t regard her as a good teacher
    4. D.
      She didn’t have a good command of English
  6. 6.

    The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be described as______.

    1. A.
      cruel but encouraging
    2. B.
      fierce but forgiving
    3. C.
      sincere and supportive
    4. D.
      angry and aggressive

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By 2050 there will have been an extra 2.5 billion people on earth. And what will they eat?
To solve the problem, we should have to double our food production. We can also develop a diet of algae(海藻), insects and meat grown in laboratories.
Algae can grow very quickly at sea, in polluted water and in places that would normally kill food crops. They are already eaten widely in Japan and China and they are eaten by almost everything from shrimps to blue whales. They can fix CO2 in the atmosphere and provide fats and sugars.
Man-made meat looks like meat, feels like meat and it is meat, although it’s never been from a living, breathing animal. Instead, it is grown from cells in big containers. Moreover, studies show that producing man-made meat will use far less water, energy and land.
China has developed “green super rice”, a series of rice types which produce more grain and have stronger ability to fight against floods, salty water, insects and disease. We used traditional plant breeding(作物育种)techniques to cross-breed more than 250 rice types. Green super rice, which is enough to feed an extra 100 million people, will be planted widely in the coming years.
Insects like ants are not on most European menus but at least 1,400 kinds are eaten across Africa, Latin America and Asia. Now, with rising food prices and worldwide land shortages, such insects are getting more and more popular. Not only are many insects rich in protein(蛋白质), low in fat and high in Ca and Fe, but insect farms need little space. And they can grow well on paper, algae and industrial wastes

  1. 1.

    In order to exist in the future, people have to _______

    1. A.
      move to other planets
    2. B.
      produce rain in laboratories
    3. C.
      build new laboratories for food research
    4. D.
      increase the food production or look for other food sources
  2. 2.

    From the second paragraph we know that _______

    1. A.
      algae have a strong life force
    2. B.
      few people eat algae now
    3. C.
      algae have few values for human beings
    4. D.
      algae can pollute our environment
  3. 3.

    Green super rice _______

    1. A.
      has to be watered with salty water
    2. B.
      can grow even in a bad environment
    3. C.
      includes no more than 250 rice kinds
    4. D.
      was developed with new technologies
  4. 4.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      Green super rice is delicious but high in price
    2. B.
      In Asia about 100 million people may be faced with food shortages
    3. C.
      Man-made meat doesn’t look like meat but has the same taste as real meat
    4. D.
      One of the reasons why many people begin to eat insects is their rich food value

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Opening week specials at Munchies Food Hall
At the corner of Green and Brown Streets in the city
Monday, 7th of January until Sunday, 13th of January 2008
Feast until you’re full! Come down to Munchies this week to enjoy the special dishes on offer at all of our food outlets.Order from the following:

●Succulent chicken rice         ●Spicy salty beef
●Delicious noodle dishes        ●Plump pork chops
●Seafood specialties            ●Crunchy vegetables
●Sweet tropical fruit
Halal food is available at the stall Malay Food Heaven.
Win Prizes and Gifts!
Spend $20.00 or more and win instant prizes from our lucky draw box.
Collect a free party balloon and whistle for each young diner.
Enjoy a free meal if you are the first customer of the day at any of our stalls.
Win a holiday to Western Australia.A free raffle ticket is given to everyone here.Just fill in your information and place your entry in the box provided.
Winner to be announced in The Straits Times on the 15th of January.
Between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm each evening until the 10th of January, your favorite Channel 3 television actors and singers will entertain you:
●May Lee                     ●Jackie Chen
●Kim Yap                     ●Kamal
Autograph sessions will follow each performance! And who will be our extra special mystery star? Come down on Saturday at noon to find out.

  1. 1.

    Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell ____   .

    1. A.
      lamb(羔羊)
    2. B.
      beef
    3. C.
      pork
    4. D.
      chicken
  2. 2.

    The prices at Munchies are        

    1. A.
      lower than usual
    2. B.
      bargain prices for the opening
    3. C.
      lower for two people
    4. D.
      lower if you spend $21.00
  3. 3.

    Everyone who eats at Munchies will receive a       .

    1. A.
      free raffle ticket
    2. B.
      lucky draw coupon
    3. C.
      free meal
    4. D.
      balloon and whistle
  4. 4.

    I will find out who has won the trip to Western Australia when I _      _

    1. A.
      watch Channel 3 television
    2. B.
      come down to Munchies at noon
    3. C.
      read The Straits Times on the 15th of January
    4. D.
      attend the lucky draw at Munchies Food Hall

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On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else's in our class.
What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn't wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct

  1. 1.

    We failed in the test because we didn't ______

    1. A.
      take notes while listening
    2. B.
      show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said
    3. C.
      listen to the teacher carefully
    4. D.
      think carefully
  2. 2.

    We got angry because ______

    1. A.
      Mr. Whiteson didn't tell us the truth about cattytiger
    2. B.
      we failed in the test
    3. C.
      we didn't know why he played the joke on us
    4. D.
      there was no cattytiger
  3. 3.

    We didn't find out it was a lie for ______

    1. A.
      we simply believed our teacher very much
    2. B.
      we took notes carelessly
    3. C.
      we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough
    4. D.
      Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast
  4. 4.

    Mr. Whiteson meant that ______

    1. A.
      teachers couldn't make any mistakes
    2. B.
      textbooks might be wrong sometimes
    3. C.
      we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong
    4. D.
      we shouldn't believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

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