Question

After finishing college, Taylor became a teacher in a middle school. His favorite subject was _______ , because he likes traveling.

Taylor liked children, and was always ready to have _____with them, so they learned a lot from him _____ having fun.

One September, at the beginning of the term, he was having his first _______in a new class. To ________, he decided to ask them some simple questions _______he could see how much they had already known. He found some of the students had ________ that he enjoyed telling jokes, and they were ready to have some fun with him.

"Where is Turkey?" was the first question.

"Turkey? Sir," a boy answered, "you'll find it on the_______dinner table every December."

"Very ______, and it isn't a wrong answer," said Taylor with a smile, while the class______laughter.

"Do you really know where it is?"

The boy ________, in fact, know. "Part of it is in Southeast Europe and part of it is in Asia, sir," he said.

"Good!" said Taylor. The next few students also had funny answers ______ Taylor's questions.

Taylor knew that there was a girl in the class who was________and always got the highest mark in the exams, so he turned to her and asked her, "What is the _______?"

"It's an imaginary line drawn ______ the earth that has an equal distance from the North Pole and from the South Pole, sir," the girl answered at once.

"Good!" Taylor said, "Very good." But he thought perhaps she had _____it by heart, so he asked her another question to ____ whether he was right or not.

"Do you really know what that _______?" he asked. "Could you, for example, tie a knot (结) in the equator（赤道）?"

The class laughed, but she answered, "Yes, sir."

"Oh, really?" said Taylor, still with a smile.

"Yes, sir," the girl said, "as the equator is not a(n)______line, you could tie an imaginary knot in it."

This time, Taylor_______happily in the students' loud laughter.

1.A. history B. physics C. geography D. politics

2.A. fun B. argue C. fight D. trip

3.A. but B. while C. with D. without

4.A. exam B. meeting C. speech D. lesson

5.A. start with B. end with C. calm down D. learn from

6.A. even though B. so that C. as if D. now that

7.A. seen B. recognized C. considered D. heard

8.A. Christmas B. Valentine's Day C. Children's Day D. Father's Day

9.A. silly B. right C. funny D. wrong

10.A. cried out B. burst into C. talked into D. shouted at

11.A. did B. could C. might D. had

12.A. for B. to C. of D. with

13.A. clever B. open-minded C. silly D. lucky

14.A. moon B. earth C. equator D. line

15.A. from B. between C. through D. around

16.A. put B. kept C. held D. learned

17.A. know B. look C. see D. realize

18.A. means B. is C. tells D. talks

19.A. imaginary B. real C. long D. fake

20.A. joined B. attended C. turned D. stayed

Answer 1