题目内容
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I can never forget Mr. Green. He taught eighth-grade . On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal (夜间活动的) animal that during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took notes and later had a quiz.
When he my paper, I was shocked. There was a big red × through of my answers. I had failed. There had to be some mistake! I had written down exactly what Mr. Green said. Then I realized that everyone in the class had . What had happened?
Very simple, Mr. Green explained. He had made up all the stuff about the cattywampus. There had never been any such animal. The information in our notes was , , incorrect. Did we expect for incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we were extremely . What kind of test was that? And what kind of teacher?
We have figured it out, Mr. Green said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattywampus skull(in truth, a cat’s), hadn't he been telling us that no trace of the animal ? He had described its amazing night vision, the color of its fur and a number of other facts he couldn't have known. He had given the animal a ridiculous name, and we still hadn't been suspicious. The zeroes on papers would be recorded in his grade book, he said. And they .
Mr. Green said he hoped we would learn something from this experience. Teachers and textbooks are not to be trusted . In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to if we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.
I haven't made any great scientific , but Mr. Green’s class gave me and my classmates something just as important: the to look people in the eye and tell them they are .
1. A. science B. zoology C. biology D. archaeology
2.A. wiped out B. died out C. put out D. came out
3.A. marked B. took C. passed D. returned
4.A. some B. every C. each D. any
5. A. missed B. failed C. passed D. lost
6.A. however B. otherwise C. though D. therefore
7.A. criticism B. credit C. blame D. blessing
8.A. angry B. excited C. guilt D. amused
9.A. need B. must C. should D. ought
10.A. stayed B. remained C. left D. survived
11.A. does B. are C. did D. were
12.A. egually B. roughly C. blindly D. curiously
13.A. move on B. speak up C. back off D. pull over
14.A. chance B. stage C. goal D. adventure
15.A. it B. they C. this D. one
16.A. if B. until C. once D. after
17.A. come up with B. live up to C. put up with D. stand up for
18.A. discoveries B. progress C. promise D. efforts
19.A. decision B. challenge C. courage D. confirmation
20. A. foolish B. wrong C. ashamed D. boring