1、”The father didnt reply to his question at once. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said, “Get some water from the river with the basket and then Ill tell you the answer.”The son felt surprised but he did as his father said. He tried many times but every time the water leaked(漏掉)
2、 from the basket.An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket. The father said with a smile. “Yes, you are right, my son. The basket cant hold water. But did you notice the basket was different?” The son found the dirty ba
3、sket had become clean. The father continued, “Reading is like holding water with the basket. Although we cant remember all we read, we have changed while reading.”根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示,不正确的用“B”表示。1The father was used to reading in the morning.()2The son wondered if reading was good for him.()3Th
4、e father didnt answer his sons question because he thought it was stupid.()4The basket had no difference after the son used it to get water from the river.()5From the passage, we know that reading can make a difference to a person.()BOne day, little Roy was ill. So his mother took him to the clinic(
5、诊所). A doctor examined him and said, “Well, boy, there is something wrong with you. Im afraid you need to get injections(输液) twice a day. Then you will feel better soon. A nurse will give you the injection later.” Roy thought it would hurt so he was afraid.His mother wanted to comfort him, “Sweetie,
6、 dont be nervous. Im here. If youre brave, Ill take you to the zoo on weekends. I promise!“Great! Mum, I love animals!” said Roy.Just then a young nurse came and said to him with a smile, “I am going to give you the injection now, Roy. Where do you want it? Left arm or right arm?But Roy got scared a
7、gain. He thought for a while and asked, “Nobody has let me choose that before. Must I choose now?“Yes, Roy,” the nurse replied, “Where do you want it?“Well,” Roy answered in a low voice, “I want it in your left arm, please.”6Roys mother took him to the clinic because of his illness.()7The doctor tol
8、d Roy he needed to get injections twice a day.()8Roy thought the doctor would hurt him so he was afraid.()9His mother promised to take him to the zoo on weekdays.()10Finally, the nurse gave the injection on her left arm.()CSometimes, when you worry that you may fail an exam, you end up failing. Or d
9、uring a seating arrangement(安排) in your class, when you are afraid to sit next to someone you dont like, you end up sharing the desk with him or her.This is what Murphys Law tells us: If things can go wrong, they will go wrong. But is it true?Of the studies about Murphys Law, the most famous one is
10、the buttered toast (烤面包片) phenomenon (现象): One toast with butter falls, it lands butterside down most of the time.To prove this, Robert Matthews did a lot of experiments with more than 1,000 British school kids in 2019.In the first experiment, each student put a piece of buttered toast on a plate, l
11、et it fall off 20 times and noted which side it landed on. Of almost 10,000 experiments, toast landed butterside down 62 percent of the time.But you may ask: Is it the butter that plays a role? Here comes Matthews second experiment. This time, instead of butter, the toast had a letter “B” written on
12、 one side. It still landed 58 percent of the time on the Bside.This proved that Murphys Law is true: If the toast can land butterside down, it will do so. Matthews did another experiment. When students threw the toast from a height of 2.5 meters, the toast landed butterside down only 47 percent of t
13、he time.“Toast lands butterside down because humans arent tall enough to let it land any other way,” Matthews said.11According to Murphys Law, in an English class, if you dont want to be questioned by the teacher, you may end up failing answering the questions.()12In the first experiment of buttered
14、 toast, we know the toast landed butterside down about 620 times. ()13If the toast can land butterside down, Murphys Law is true. ()14In the first two experiments, either the butter or the letter “B” plays a role. ()15The passage is mainly talking about Murphys Law depends on peoples mental state(心理状态). ()DStudents are very interested in computers, the Internet and mobile phones. Using new technologies in the classroom can be very helpful for them.Mobile phones can be very useful in the classroom. When students speak or act, teachers can use them to record stude
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