Scientists have found it seems _______animals and humans are much alike than we thought.

A．as though         B．even though       C．only if            D．even if

On the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.

When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else’s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn’t wait to get the answer.

Very simple, Mr Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?

Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?

We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.

1. We failed in the test because we didn’t________.

A. take notes while listening

B. show interest in what Mr Whiteson said

C. listen to the teacher carefully

D. think carefully

2. We got angry because________.

A. Mr Whiteson didn’t tell us the truth about cattytiger

B. we failed in the test

C. we didn’t know why he played the joke on us

D. there was no cattytiger

3. Mr Whiteson gave us a special lesson________.

A. to show his special way of teaching

B. to play a joke on us

C. to help us learn our lessons better

D. so that we would no longer believe him

4. Mr Whiteson meant that________.

A. teachers couldn’t make any mistakes

B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes

C. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong

D. we shouldn’t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

Let children learn to judge their own work.1.if corrected too much， he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the languages he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit， he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people. 2.they learn to do without being taught-to walk， run， climb， whistle， ride a bicycle-compare those performances with those of more skilled people， and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his own mistakes for himself， let alone correct them.3.We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him， or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out， with the help of other children if he wants it， what this word says， what answer is to that problem， whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

　　If it is a matter of right answers， as it may be in mathematics or science， give him the answer book.4.

Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work？5.Let’s end this nonsense of grades， exams， marks， Let us throw them all out， and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn， how to measure their own understanding， how to know what they know or do not know.

A. Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can‘t find the way to get the right answer.

B. Point out his mistakes.

C. In the same way， when children learn to do all the other things,

D. Let him correct his own papers.

E. We do it all for him.

F. We allow him to learn from other children.

G.A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time；

We thought it was he who did it, but it _________ that he wasn’t even there.

A．turned up         B．turned down       C．turned off         D．turned out

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从每题所给的 A , B , C , D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

    It was a winter afternoon．Some friends and l were eating at a restaurant and talking．We talked and talked and soon   36   became the topic．Suddenly I   37   upon an idea．“Wouldn’t it be fun to go swimming ? Others go   38   in winter，but why couldn’t we ?   39   , we could be healthier if we did．”I told them about this , and they all said it was a good idea   40  .

    Early the next morning , we four were standing at the bus stop，with bags in our hands  41    

for a bus to take us to the  42  ．The sky was clear；the sun was shining，but it was very cold all the same．  43  0ur heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us wall．We all felt we should go ___44__ but no one wanted to speak out .

    We soon reached the sands．There was nobody there，but we were not discouraged．Instead we were   45   that we were the only ones that dared to challenge the weather．  46   we changed our clothes quickly．

    But things were not going so  47  ．The freezing sea wind was blowing．We left very cold and  48  all over．At last we made up our minds to   49  into the water．We put our feet in first,   __50__ to take them back very quickly．The water was unbelievably cold．

    Then I suggested we all jump in．We all went back ten steps .  I gave the  51  ，and we all rushed forward and jumped in．I shall never forget the moment I was in the water. I was up __52__ and rushed again to the shore．So it was with my friends．We   53   0ur clothes as quickly as possible．

    On the way back home，we talked about this unforgettable   54  ．The four of us did not __55____ school for the following three days．We all suffered a lot from a very bad cold，but we thought it was all worth it．

1.A．films           B. music         C. sports         D. plays

2.A．caught          B. fell           C. came          D. hit

3.A．swimming       B. skating        C. skiing         D. camping

4.A．Specially        B. Besides        C. Really        D. Clearly

5.A．indeed          B. surely         C. certainly       D. truly

6.A．1ooking         B. searching      C. waiting        D. asking

7.A．river            B. lake          C. pool           D. sands

8.A．Even            B. Yet           C. If             D. And

9.A．ahead           B. forward        C. away          D. back

10.A．excited         B. happy          C. proud         D. lonely

11.A．So             B. However       C. Still           D. Or

12.A．wrong          B. right           C. bad           D. smooth

13.A．walked         B. changed        C. trembled       D. hid

14.A．go             B. drop           C. fun           D. rush

15.A．just            B. then           C. only           D. but

16.A．message        B. order          C. mark          D. information

17.A．slowly         B. nervously       C. happily        D. immediately

18.A．had on         B. put on          C. wore          D. dressed

19.A．1ife           B. experiment      C. chance         D. experience

20.A．attend         B. reach           C. enter          D. go