The Cheater

　　Donald was not very good at math.

　　He could not understand the teacher's explanations.

　　Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it.

　　"Never mind," Donald told himself. "I'm quite good at other subjects. I'll cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in trouble."

　　"I'll sit next to the boy who's best at math, he thought, "and copy down his answers."

　　The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brian Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math.

　　Donald carefully copied Brian's answers on to his own exam paper.

　　At the end of the exam, the teacher colllected the papers and graded them.

　　Then she said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.

　　"Let them share it," one of the other students said.

　　"I've thought about that," the teacher said, "but I've decided to give the prize to Brian."

　　Donald was angry when he heard this.

　　He stood up and said, "That's not fair. I got the same grade as Brian. "

　　"That's true," the teacher said. "However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know'. Yours was 'Neither do I'."

　　Notes:

　　（1） be good at擅長(zhǎng)
　?。?） cheat v.作弊
　?。?） be in trouble有麻煩
　　（4） grade v.打分；分等

　　Exercises:

　　① Donald decided to cheat in the math exam because _____.
　　A. he was always at the top of the class in math
　　B. he understood the questions
　　C. he was not very good at math
　　D. the math teacher did not explain the questions carefully

　　② Donald got a high grade in math because_____ .
　　A. math was his best subject
　　B. the questions were easy
　　C. he copied from another boy
　　D. the teacher explained the questions carefully

　?、?Donald got the same grade as Brian because _____.
　　A. both boys were good at math
　　B. Donald cheated
　　C. Brian copied Donald's answers
　　D. the questions were very easy

　　④ The teacher knew it was Donald who cheated because_____ .
　　A. his answers were the same as Brian
　　B. he wrote "I don't know " as an answer
　　C. he got the same wrong answers as Brian
　　D. he wrote the words "Neither do I"

　　⑤ In the end , we can learn that_____ .
　　A. both Brian and Donald won the prize
　　B. neither of Brian and Donald won the prize
　　C. Brian won the prize
　　D. Donald won the prize

作弊者

　　多納爾德數(shù)學(xué)不太好。

　　他聽(tīng)不懂老師的講解。

　　即使解釋第二遍，他也聽(tīng)不懂。

　　“不要緊，”多納爾德安慰自己，“我別的科目很好。我要在數(shù)學(xué)考試中作弊，那么我就不會(huì)有麻煩了。”

　　“我將坐在數(shù)學(xué)最好的同學(xué)旁邊，”他想，“并抄下他的答案。”

　　考試那一天到來(lái)了，多納爾德坐在布思?史密斯的旁邊。

　　布恩是班里數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)得最好的學(xué)生。

　　多納爾德仔細(xì)地把布恩的答案抄下來(lái)。

　　考試結(jié)束后，老師把卷子收上去，開(kāi)始判分。

　　判完后，她說(shuō)：“好，同學(xué)們，我已決定給得最高分的同學(xué)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。然而我不知該獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)哪一個(gè)，因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)學(xué)生，多納爾德和布恩，都得了一樣的分?jǐn)?shù)?！?/p>

　　“讓他們兩個(gè)都得獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)吧，”一個(gè)學(xué)生說(shuō)。

　　“我想過(guò)這樣辦，”老師說(shuō)，“但我打算獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)布恩?！?/p>

　　多納爾德聽(tīng)到這話非常生氣。

　　他站起來(lái)說(shuō)：“這不公平。我和他得的分?jǐn)?shù)是一樣的?！?/p>

　　“是這樣的，”老師說(shuō)，“然而，布恩的第18題的答案是'我不知道'.你的是'我也不知道'.”

　　練習(xí)參考答案：

　?、貱②C③B④D⑤C

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