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 (頭骨) 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.
【小題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
【小題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
【小題3】We didn't find out it was a lie for ______.
A．we simply believed our teacher very much
B．we took notes carelessly
C．we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough
D．Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast
【小題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


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析：這是一篇課堂故事, 該故事告訴我們一個(gè)道理，老師和教材上的話也要甄別。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第六段的句子：But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. 可知我們沒有通過考試是因?yàn)闆]有自信思考。選D
【小題2】推理題：從文章可知根本沒有cattytiger ，不是老師沒有告訴我們關(guān)于cattytiger 的真實(shí)故事，A項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)的，C項(xiàng)是我們不是知道老師為什么騙我們，這不是生氣的原因，而且我們生氣不是因?yàn)闆]有cattytiger ，D項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)的，我們生氣是因?yàn)榭荚嚊]通過，B項(xiàng)是對(duì)的。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：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. 可知我們沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)這是謊言是因?yàn)樘嘈爬蠋熈恕＿xA
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. 可知老師認(rèn)為如果我們認(rèn)為老師和課本是錯(cuò)的，應(yīng)該說出來。選C
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