White was the owner of a private school in a town. Last year, he married one of his classmates.The beautiful woman spent much time in learning nothing during middle school.   But she wasn't worried about anything in the future, because her parents were very rich and could provide her with everything.So he could make poor Mr White listen to her. Mr White was busy in dealing with school affairs and his wife had to stay at home alone.But she hated the lonely and boring life.Her father introduced her to some businessmen who wanted to employ her .But she wanted to stay with children.So her husband was asked to allow her to work in his school.At first her husband didn't agree with her. She didn't supply money to him any more, so the poor man had to give in.Otherwise , his school would shut down for lack of her money. The woman could not teach students, because she knew neither maths nor physics.She thought she often played in the zoo,so she decided to teach biology.But she didn't know how to teach the subject at all.She thought hard, and finally she decided to bring the students to the zoo.
Pointing to a crocodile, she shouted ,”Look at it carefully! It’s a whale!”
“Excuse me ,madam,” said a student.   “It’s a crocodile!”
“Shut up!” Mr White said angrily.   “It’s a whale!”
【小题1】Why did Mr White have to employ Mrs White as a teacher ?

White was the owner of a private school in a town. Last year, he married one of his classmates.The beautiful woman spent much time in learning nothing during middle school.   But she wasn't worried about anything in the future, because her parents were very rich and could provide her with everything.So he could make poor Mr White listen to her. Mr White was busy in dealing with school affairs and his wife had to stay at home alone.But she hated the lonely and boring life.Her father introduced her to some businessmen who wanted to employ her .But she wanted to stay with children.So her husband was asked to allow her to work in his school.At first her husband didn't agree with her. She didn't supply money to him any more, so the poor man had to give in.Otherwise , his school would shut down for lack of her money. The woman could not teach students, because she knew neither maths nor physics.She thought she often played in the zoo,so she decided to teach biology.But she didn't know how to teach the subject at all.She thought hard, and finally she decided to bring the students to the zoo.

Pointing to a crocodile, she shouted ,”Look at it carefully! It’s a whale!”

“Excuse me ,madam,” said a student.   “It’s a crocodile!”

“Shut up!” Mr White said angrily.   “It’s a whale!”

1.Why did Mr White have to employ Mrs White as a teacher ?

2.Which of the following is not true about Mrs White?

3.What happened when Mrs White brought her students to the zoo?

4.Why didn't Mr White agree to accept his wife as a teacher?

The average man who uses a telephone couldn’t explain how a telephone works. He takes for granted the telephone, the railway train , the airplane, as our grandfathers took for granted the miracles of the gospels(福音书里的奇迹). He neither questions nor understands them. It is as though each of us investigated and made his own  only a tiny circle of facts. Knowledge outside the day’s work is regarded by most men as a gewgaw(花哨无用的东西)．Still we are usually in reaction against our ignorance．We excite ourselves sometimes and think deeply．We enjoy thinking about anything at all一about life after death or about such questions as is said to have puzzled Aristotle．“Why sneezing from noon to midnight was good，but from night to noon unlucky”．One of the greatest joys known to man is to take such a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge．The great pleasure of ignorance is．after all．the pleasure of asking questions．The man who has lost this pleasure or exchanged it for the pleasure of dogma(教义)，which is the pleasure of answering，is already beginning to stiffen(僵化)．One envies so inquisitive(好盘根究底)a man as Jewell，who sat down to the study of physiology in his sixties．Most of us have lost the sense of ignorance long before that age．We even become proud of our squirrel’ store －house of knowledge and regard increasing age itself as a school of omniscience (无所不知)．We forget that Socrates was famous for wisdom not because he was Mr. know-all but because he realized at the age of seventy that he still knew nothing．

57．The underlined part “made his own” probably means“       ”．

    A．produced something by himself      B．made believe by himself

    C．made his own way                        D．found out the truth by himself

 58．From the passage we may infer that             ．

    A．the writer values those who often ask “why”

    B．the writer regards these who like asking “why” are very silly

    C．the writer is against the idea that one is never too old to learn

    D．the writer is for the idea that one should know everything

 59．From the passage we can see the most joyful the writer think is           ．

    A．to master useful knowledge       B．to know a great deal just as Socrates

    C．to seek the truth                       D．to learn at one’s sixties

 60．The best title of the passage is          ．

  A．Socrates is Ignorant to Learn                B．Seeking Knowledge Makes One Happy

  C．To Learn the Miracles of the Gospels     D．To Learn Is Asking for Trouble

Mr White was the owner of a private school in a town. Last year, he married one of his classmates. The beautiful woman spent much time in learning nothing during middle school. But she wasn’t worried about anything in the future, because her parents were very rich and could provide her with everything. So he could make poor Mr White listen to her. Mr White was busy in dealing with school affairs and his wife had to stay at home alone. But she hated the lonely and boring life. Her father introduced her to some businessmen who wanted to employ her. But she wanted to stay with children. So her husband was asked to allow her to work in his school. At first her husband didn’t agree with her. She didn’t supply money to him any more, so the poor man had to give in. Otherwise, his school would shut down for lack of her money. The woman could not teach students, because she knew neither maths nor physics. She thought she often played in the zoo, so she decided to teach biology. But she didn’t know how to teach the subject at all. She thought hard, and finally she decided to bring the students to the zoo.

Pointing to a crocodile, she shouted,” Look at it carefully! It’s a whale!”

“Excuse me ,madam,” said a student. “It’s a crocodile!”

“Shut up!” Mr White said angrily. “It’s a whale!”

1. Why did Mr White have to employ Mrs White as a teacher.?

A. Because his school would shut down without her money.

B. Because Mrs White learned many things during school time.

C. Because no businessman wanted to employ Mrs White.

D. Because Mrs White knew something about biology.

2. Which of the following is not true about Mrs White?

A. She was the daughter of a rich man.　　　

B. She often went to the zoo to study animals.

C. She knew nothing about the subject of biology.

D. She was one of Mrs White’s classmates.

3. What happened when Mrs White brought her students to the zoo?

A. The students didn’t know whales and crocodiles.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　 B. Mrs White taught the right animals to her students.

　 C.A whale came up to the bank to have a breath.

D. Mrs White mistook a crocodile for a whale.

4. Why didn’t Mr White agree to accept his wife as a teacher?

A. Because he wanted to change his fate of listening to his wife.

B. Bccause he knew his wife could not be a good teacher.

C. Because his wife liked being at home.

D. Because his wife only knew something about maths and physics.