阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A teacher teaching maths to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”
Within a few seconds, Laiq
____confidently, “Four!”
The confused teacher was expecting a(n)
____ correct answer, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child did not listen
____” she thought. She
____ “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”
Laiq had seen the
____ on his teacher’s face. He
____ again on his fingers. But within him he was also
____ the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”
The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she
____that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her
____ she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many you will have?”
Seeing the teacher
____, young Laiq calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him. But a little on the teacher. She wanted her new
____ to succeed.
____ a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”
The teacher now had a
____ smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to
____ herself. But one last thing remained.
____ she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple how many will you have?”
Confidently Laiq answered, “Four!” The teacher was
____ “How Laiq, how?” she demanded in a little impatient voice.
In a voice that was
____ and hesitating young Laiq replied, “Because I already have one
____ in my bag.”
The story tells us:
____ someone gives you an answer that is
____ from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle that you may not have thought about yet.
16. A.told | B.added | C.replied | D.wrote |
17. A.worthless | B.effortless | C.careless | D.selfless |
18. A.possibly | B.actively | C.attentively | D.strictly |
19. A.repeated | B.ordered | C.whispered | D.complained |
20. A.satisfaction | B.disappointment | C.punishment | D.determination |
21. A.recognized | B.discovered | C.calculated | D.insisted |
22. A.searching for | B.waiting for | C.arguing about | D.talking about |
23. A.decided | B.noticed | C.expressed | D.remembered |
24. A.eyes | B.hands | C.mouth | D.nose |
25. A.sad | B.happy | C.pitiful | D.lovely |
26. A.invention | B.system | C.reform | D.approach |
27. 28. A.victorious | B.precious | C.lasting | D.appealing |
29. A.thank | B.congratulate | C.help | D.enjoy |
30. A.Above all | B.In vain | C.On purpose | D.Once again |
31. A.annoyed | B.concerned | C.amused | D.relaxed |
32. 33. A.strawberry | B.apple | C.coin | D.box |
34. A.Before | B.After | C.Until | D.When |
35. A.absent | B.free | C.different | D.safe |