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When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.

Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. 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 perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss（掷）the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”

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

The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into 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, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us .

A. chemistry is really hard to learn

B. there are many questions for students to prepare.

C. good exam results really need studying hard

D. tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who .

A. did just enough to pass an exam

B. didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C. had more important work to do than study

D. were quite good at passing exams

3. Fred came happily into the exam room because .

A. he had got ready for the exam

B. he knew the answers already

C. one excellent student would help him

D. he had his special way to finish the exam

4.Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?

A.The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.

B. It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam

C. The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.

D. The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.

5.The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that .

A. he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam

B. he wanted to make friends with Baines

C. Baines’ way for the exam would never work

D. the exam result depended on the coin

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：在大学里，很多学生只是为了考及格而学习，也有些学生根本不学习，Fred就是其中之一。在一次考试前发愁的Fred想出一个用掷硬币来决定答案的办法，考完后的Fred遇到教授后询问考试成绩，教授也用掷硬币的方法决定了Fred成绩不及格。

1.B推理判断题。作者在文中讲述了上大学时的一个同学，平时不学习，考试时慌了手脚，所以故事主要告诉我们的是学生们在平时应该好好做功课，考试时才会从容不迫，答案选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据首段末句Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.可知Fred是根据不学习的学生，答案选C。

3.A推理判断题。根据文章第二段Fred说的话可知他想好了如何应对考试，所以他认为自己准备充分了，答案选A。

4.B 细节理解题。根据文章第三段As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.可知考试时间应该是一个小时，答案选B。

5.D细节理解题。根据故事内容可知教授是想惩罚Fred，所以也用掷硬币的方法来决定Fred的考试成绩，答案选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。

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