Mr. Whitson taught six grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a   1   about a creature called the cattywampus, a kind of animal that had died out during the Ice Age. He    2     around a skull (头盖骨) as he talked. We all took   3    and later had a test.

When he returned my paper, I was  4    . There was a big red X through   5   of my answers. I had failed! There had to be some    6    ! I had written down    7      what Mr. Whitson said. Then I     8     that everyone in the class had     9     . What had happened?

Very simple, Mr. Whitson    10    . He had made up all that stuff (无中生有的东西) cattywampus.     11     had never been any such animal. The information in our notes was, 12     incorrect.  Did we     13    our marks for incorrect answers?  

Needless to say (不用说), we were very   14   .

What kind of     15    was this? And what kind of teacher?

Mr. Whitson said he hoped we would learn something form this     16     . Teachers and textbooks are not    17    .    18    no one is. He told us not to    19   our  minds go  to sleep, and to speak out    20    we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.

Every class was an exciting one    21    Mr. Whitson. I can remember some science periods    22    from beginning to end.

I haven’t made any great scientific    23    , but Mr. Whitson’s class gave me and my classmates something    24    , like the courage to look people in the     25     and tell them they are wrong. He also showed us that you have fun doing it.

1. A. magazine        B. book            C. story              D. lecture

2. A. walked          B. grasped         C. passed             D. looked

3. A. notes           B. exercises       C. attentions         D. cares

4. A. excited         B. inspired        C. worried            D. surprised

5. A. one             B. each            C. most               D. some

6. A. story           B. reason          C. mistake            D. cause

7. A. exactly         B. immediately     C. quickly            D. quietly

8. A. guessed         B. learned         C. thought            D . understood

9. A. passed          B. failed          C. succeeded          D. left

10. A. announced      B. said            C. proved             D. explained

11. A. It             B. There           C. This               D. That

12. A. however        B. otherwise       C. therefore          D. unfortunately

13. A. get            B. expect          C. make               D. take

14. A. angry          B. disappointed    C. sad                D. satisfied

15. A. test           B. animal          C. work               D. mistake

16. A. mistake        B. experience      C. story              D. test

17. A. correct        B. honest          C. perfect            D. kind

18. A. After all      B. In fact         C. On the contrary    D. At the same time

19. A. let            B. make            C. help               D. have

20. A. that           B. whether         C. while              D. if

21. A. with           B. about           C. of                 D. for

22. A. only           B. hardly          C. almost             D. just

23. A. experiments    B. discoveries     C. researches         D. subjects

24. A. strange        B. important       C. interesting        D. serious

25. A. head           B. brain           C. eye                D. hand

答案 1-5  DCADB  6-10  CABBD  11-15 BCBAA  16-20  BCBAD  21-25  ACBBC