英語幽默小故事 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
(2) cheat v.作弊
(3) 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
③ 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
59.作弊者
多納爾德數學不太好。
他聽不懂老師的講解。
即使解釋第二遍，他也聽不懂。
“不要緊，”多納爾德安慰自己，“我別的科目很好。我要在數學考試中作弊，那麼我就不會有麻煩了。”
“我將坐在數學最好的同學旁邊，”他想，“並抄下他的答案。”
考試那一天到來了，多納爾德坐在布思·史密斯的旁邊。
布恩是班裏數學學得最好的學生。
多納爾德仔細地把布恩的答案抄下來。
考試結束後，老師把卷子收上去，開始判分。
判完後，她說：“好，同學們，我已決定給得最高分的同學獎勵。然而我不知該獎勵哪一個，因爲兩個學生，多納爾德和布恩，都得了一樣的分數。”
“讓他們兩個都得獎勵吧，”一個學生說。
“我想過這樣辦，”老師說，“但我打算獎勵布恩。”
多納爾德聽到這話非常生氣。
他站起來說：“這不公平。我和他得的分數是一樣的。”
“是這樣的，”老師說，“然而，布恩的第18題的答案是‘我不知道’。你的是‘我也不知道’。”
練習參考答案：
①C②C③B④D⑤C
