One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36 .
I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37 .
I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38  on the bus.
In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”
Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39  to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40 .
I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41  what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.
My parents looked at each other. My father   42  again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.
“Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43   
and were becoming annoyed.
“Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.
“It   44  the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45  information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”
“I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46 .
“I think it worked   47 !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                              

【小题1】
A.actionsB.answers C.gesturesD.questions
【小题2】
A.deep B.freeC.quickD.strong
【小题3】
A.getB.sitC.come D.take
【小题4】
A.fail B.have C.want D.manage
【小题5】
A.habit B.stepC.goalD.rule
【小题6】
A.orB.so C.butD.and
【小题7】
A.triedB.askedC.guessedD.ordered
【小题8】
A.lookB.wordC.mindD.topic
【小题9】
A.refers toB.belongs toC.puts onD.depends on
【小题10】
A.sendingB.findingC.sharingD.keeping
【小题11】
A.testB.ideaC.planD.wonder
【小题12】
A.slowly B.safelyC.perfectly D.properly

Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, “I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?”

Tom thinks over but he doesn’t find a good idea before he gets to school.“May I come in?” Tom shouts at the door of the classroom.

“ Oh, my boy,” says Mr Green. “ Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?”

“ It’s ten past eight,” answers Tom.

Mr Green is not happy. “ You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.”

“ You are right, Mr Green,” says Tom. “ If we don’t have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?”

1.Tom has breakfast             .

A.at school          B.at the station       C.at home           D.in a restaurant

2.What does Tom tell the teacher on Tuesday?

A.His mother is ill.     B.His bike is wrong.    C.He is ill.           D.We don’t know.

3.On his way to school, Tom            .

A.sings             B.runs              C.talks             D.thinks

4.Tom is late for school              this week.

A.five times         B.four times         C.three times        D.once

5.There is a              on the wall of the classroom.

A.map             B.clock             C.card             D.bird

 

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