When Einstein was 16, he always played with a group of mischievous kids. Because he was so busy playing, he didn't study enough and failed his final exam.

One morning, when Einstein was holding a fishing rod and was about to go fishing with his friends, his father stopped him and said calmly, "Einstein, you're so fond of playing all day that you failed your exam. I'm worried about your future."

"What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don't they still get to go fishing?"

"My boy, you can't think like that," his dad said. "There is a fable(寓言故事)that people tell in our hometown. Listen to it now."

"There were two cats playing on a roof. One cat got caught off guard and fell down the chimney(烟囱)while holding the other cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot(烟灰)on his face, while the other cat's face was clean. Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat and thought its face was also clean, so it just swaggered down the street."

"Einstein, no one can be your `mirror'. You have to think for yourself. If you take your cues from others, you will never learn."

Hearing this, Einstein laid down his fishing rod and returned to his room. He decided to pay more attention to his studies and less attention to what his friends were doing. This allowed him to be successful.

1.What was Einstein's problem, according to his father?

A.He always failed his final exams then. B.He was not good at maths at an early age.

C.He liked to go fishing with his friends. D.He played with naughty kids too much.

2.What do we know from the fable?

A.The clean cat didn't wash its face. B.Both cats made the wrong decision.

C.The soot-faced cat washed its face clean. D.The soot-faced cat couldn't be a mirror.

3.What does the underlined word "swaggered" show?

A.The cat ran out very quickly. B.The cat felt very confident.

C.The cat felt he was just a fool. D.The cat laughed at the other cat.

4.What lesson did Einstein learn from his father?

A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B.There are no shortcuts to success.

C.A genius is one step away from becoming a fool.

D.Don't look to others when deciding how to behave.

Recently, a collection of comics, drawn by students from Nanjing Forestry University(南京林业大学NFU), went viral(快速传播)online. These students didn’t just draw the comics for fun. Instead, they regarded them as a way to show their regret for things they had done wrong.

Li Yong, a teacher at the university, came up with the idea of “self-criticism comics.” At the beginning of this term, he gave his students a special instruction that, if anybody broke any school rule, he would have to express his remorse(自责)by either writing or drawing a letter of self-criticism.

Li said that students used to give him written letters of self-criticism but they often copied the content of their essays(短文)from the Internet. He had been thinking of changing the form of the letters of self-criticism, so that students would really understand they had done something wrong.

Almost all of the students who had broken a school rule chose to produce their letters of self-criticism in the form of comics. Some said it was easier to draw comics than to write a 5,000-word letter; others said they became more aware of their mistakes by drawing rather than writing.

1.Who created a collection of comics, the teacher or the students from NFU?

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

2.What kind of comics are they?

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

3.In what situation will the comics be drawn?

The comics will be drawn when ___________________________________________________________.

4.What’s Mr Li’s instruction at first?

His instruction at first is one can ___________________________________________________________.

5.Why did his students prefer to write letters of self-criticism at the beginning?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

6.From the underlined sentence, what can we guess?

We can guess that the students will probably ____________________________________________________.

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网