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.
| 小题1: | | A．told | B．added | C．replied | D．wrote |
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| 小题2: | | A．worthless | B．effortless | C．careless | D．selfless |
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| 小题3: | | A．possibly | B．actively | C．attentively | D．strictly |
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| 小题4: | | A．repeated | B．ordered | C．whispered | D．complained |
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| 小题5: | | A．satisfaction | B．disappointment | C．punishment | D．determination |
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| 小题6: | | A．recognized | B．discovered | C．calculated | D．insisted |
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| 小题7: | | A．searching for | B．waiting for | C．arguing about | D．talking about |
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| 小题8: | | A．decided | B．noticed | C．expressed | D．remembered |
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| 小题9: | | A．eyes | B．hands | C．mouth | D．nose |
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| 小题10: | | A．sad | B．happy | C．pitiful | D．lovely |
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| 小题11: | | A．invention | B．system | C．reform | D．approach |
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| 小题13: | | A．victorious | B．precious | C．lasting | D．appealing |
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| 小题14: | | A．thank | B．congratulate | C．help | D．enjoy |
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| 小题15: | | A．Above all | B．In vain | C．On purpose | D．Once again |
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| 小题16: | | A．annoyed | B．concerned | C．amused | D．relaxed |
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| 小题18: | | A．strawberry | B．apple | C．coin | D．box |
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| 小题19: | | A．Before | B．After | C．Until | D．When |
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| 小题20: | | A．absent | B．free | C．different | D．safe |
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