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One day James came up to Dick and said, “Look, what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m sure of it,” said James, “It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes, I think so.” said Dick. “I’ll sell the paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they had to work hard at preparing them.
The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom.“History test,” he said and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found. None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’ rubbish bins again.
5. Who wrote the test questions on the paper?
A. Mr. Trotter.
B. James.
C. Dick.
D. The headmaster.
6. In the end, James got _________ from his classmates.
A. $40
B. $1
C. no money
D. some money
7. Which of the following was true?
A. The questions in the paper were quite easy.
B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.
C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.
D. Some students did very well in the history exam.
8. The best title for this passage is __________________.
A. History Test
B. A Lucky Boy
C. A good way to make money
D. The best way to pass an exam
C
Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until