3 . “Today I will give you a special test,” said the English teacher with a smile on his face.
All the students sat up straight and waited for the test to begin.The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students. After he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.
The students were very surprised to see that there was not a question but a black dot (圆点) in the center of the paper. The teacher noticed the students’ surprise and said, “I want you to write about what you see there.” At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students’ answer sheets and read the answers. All of them described the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said, “Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot, but no one wrote about the white paper.” The whole class listened silently, because they were afraid to fail in the exam. Then the teacher said, “Don’t worry about your marks for this test. I just want you to think about our life. The white paper is like our whole life and the black dot in the center of the paper represents (代表) problems in our daily life”.
Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care. However, we just pay attention to the problems like illness and poverty, and never see happy things in our life. So we should try to solve our problems and enjoy each moment life gives us.
1. What was in the center of the paper?
| A．a white dot | B．a black dot | C．a question | D．a gift |
2. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “poverty” in the last paragraph?
3. Which of the following is wrong about the test?
| A．There was a black dot in the center of the paper. |
| B．Nobody paid attention to the black dot. |
| C．Students should not just care about their marks. |
| D．The students were very surprised when they saw the papers. |
4. What did the teacher mainly want to tell his students?
| A．Our life is a gift given to us by God. |
| B．The black dot doesn’t mean any problems in our life. |
| C．Don’t worry about the marks for the test. |
| D．We should solve our problems and enjoy each moment in life. |
