Sally loved cars more than anything else. This spring she thought of building a go-kart to enter for the Go-Go Race. So she asked her dad for help.
“Well”, he said. “How about this: you do some research(研究) first and then come back to me with a design?”
A week later, Sally brought her notes and drawings to Dad. She named her go-kart “Blue Lightning”. Her dad looked over her work, thinking. “Well, that’s interesting,” he said. “Have a try. Just build Blue Lightning as you’ve designed.”
Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working go-kart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.
After she did that, Sally drove back to Dad. “Well,” she said. “Now I know why you wanted me to have a test drive.”
“Oh, do you?” he said. “Please share.”
“When I drove fast, there was a lot of push-back(回推力),” she said. “I think it’s because of the lightning bolt shape.”
“Very good!” Dad said.
“So, why didn’t you tell me about that problem in the first place?” Sally asked.
Dad laughed. “Where’s the fun in that? If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime.”
Sally said, “I see. Anyway, designing is half the fun!”
Dad smiled. “Good. Sometimes, learning happens during the process(过程). We learn how to do something right by doing it a few times first and making mistakes along the way.”
That encouraged Sally and she worked even harder. When she showed Dad her new go-kart, he nodded with pride.
Finally came the race. Sally wasn’t worried about whether she would win—in her mind, she had already won, by building something better than ever before.
26. Why did Sally ask her dad for help?
A.To win a Go-Go Design. | B.To do some res c arch on go-arts. |
C.To take part in the Go-Go Race. | D.To find out her cars’ problems. |
27. How long did it take Sally to build the go art in total?
A.More than three weeks. | B.More than four weeks. | C.One weak. | D.Two weeks. |
28. In what order did the story happen?
a. Sally found her go-cart had a lot of push-back.
b. Sally did some research on go-cart.
c. Sally made a light blur go-art and named it.
d Sally showed her dad a new go-cart.
e. Sally had a test drive for her go-cart.
A.b-c-e-a-d | B.a-b-c-e-d | C.b-c-d-a-e | D.c-c-b-a-d |
29. Why didn’t Dad tell Sally about the problem? Because ________.
A.he didn’t notice the problem | B.Sally would not listen to him |
C.he didn’t want Sally to waste time | D.he wanted Sally to find it out herself |