In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment
In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数).
Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answer to homework questions.
Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and walk toward the other end.
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.
What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class，I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn’t function.
When Mrs. Totten reached my desk，she asked what answer I’d got for problem No. 14. “I…I didn’t get anything,” I answered，and my face felt warm.
“Correct,” she said.
It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third，I would never make it as a mathematician.
If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one.
61. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate?
A. It is wise to value one’s time.
B. It is important to make an effort
C. It is right to stick to one’s belief.
D. It is enough to do the necessary.
62. Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to _______.
A. recite their homework together
B. grade their homework themselves
C. answer their homework questions orally
D. check the answers to their homework questions
63. The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always _______.
A. asked questions in a regular way
B. walked up and down when asking questions
C. chose two or three questions for the students
D. requested her students to finish their usual questions
64. The author failed to get the questions he had expected because _______.
A. the class didn’t begin as usual
B. several students didn’t come to school
C. he didn’t try hard to make his estimate
D. Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class
65. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. An Unforgettable Teacher
B. A Future Mathematician
C. An Effective Approach
D. A Valuable Lesson
【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】本文在本文中叙述了自己在小时候总是认为不必要的事情不需要做，所以我会根据老师提问的规律来算着老师会提问自己的问题。但是一次数学课上老师提问的让我知道了很多事情都是我们必须做的，因为我们无法预料到会发生什么样的事情。
61. 【答案】D
【试题解析】推理题。根据本句In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort.可知我是一个不太爱学习的男学生，认为超过必要的事情都是浪费我的时间和精力。所以我不愿意去做一些我自己认为不必要的事情。故D正确。
62. 【答案】C
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第三段2,3行Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets.可知Mrs. Totten通常都是在班级里的过道里走来走去，让学生来回答家庭作业，得出答案。
63. 【答案】A
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章3,4段She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and walk toward the other end.和Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer.可知老师经常从前面走到后面，或者从后面走到前面。我摸到了老师提问的规律，所以我可以根据自己的位置判断出自己应该回答的题目。故A正确。
64. 【答案】B
【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第6段第一行What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate.可知这次我没有预料到有几个同学缺席，没有来上课我搞不清楚自己应该回答哪一个问题了。故B正确。
65. 【答案】D
【试题解析】主旨大意题。本文在本文中叙述了自己在小时候总是认为不必要的事情不需要做，所以我会根据老师提问的规律来算着老师会提问自己的问题。但是一次数学课上老师提问的让我知道了很多事情都是我们必须做的，因为我们无法预料到会发生什么样的事情。这节课给了我一个很有价值的教训，故D项符合文章大意。
【长难句解析】
1.In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort.
【翻译】在20世纪50年代中叶，我是一个有些厌世的无聊的年轻学生，认为做那些不必要的事情是浪费时间。
【分析】本句中含有一个定语从句who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort解释先行词student的内容。同时划线句子的主语是动名词短语doing any more than necessary，单个的动名词做主语，谓语动词要使用单数形式。
2. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters.
【翻译】第二，在真正的生活中，重要的不总是你说的内容，而是你说话的方式。
【分析】本句是一个强调句型，强调的是主语not what you say but how you say it；这个主语是由not…but…这个并列结构引起的。强调句的结构It is/was+被强调部分+that+句子的其他成分，如果被强调的部分是人，可以用who代替that。具体是用is还是 was，要根据具体的时态确定。强调句的用法及判断，一般说来，如果把句子中的It is/was…that去掉，稍加调整语序，能还原成完整的句子，并且句子意思依然完整，则为强调句型，否则为其他从句， 我们应熟记这些基本规则。
