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From age eight to eleven, I attended a small school in Bath, England. It was a small school of four classes with about twenty-five children in each class according to age. For the most part, one teacher had to teach all subjects to the children in the class. However, sometimes the headmaster, Mr Ronald Broaches, would come in and spend an hour or so, teaching some subjects in which he was especially interested. He was a large man with a very happy nature. He had a sense of humor and would delight in telling the children small stories that would make us laugh. He was a very fair man and had a great influence on many of the children. In my own case, I found that he took great interest in me and he quickly found that I enjoyed puzzles. He would often stop me as I was going to class and take a piece of paper out of his pocket, often with a puzzle already on it. The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical. As time went on, they slowly got more difficult, but I loved them. Not only that, they made me interested in math and problem solving that stays with me to this day. They also served to show me that intellectual activity was rewarding when the correct answers were found, but perhaps more importantly it was great fun. To this day, I can remember Mr Broaches' cheerful cry of “Well done!” whenever I got a problem right. The simple communication with a man whom I loved greatly has had a deep influence on my life. I shall forever be thankful that our paths crossed. Mr Broaches died just two weeks after I had won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Unluckily, I had no chance to speak to him before he died. I learnt later that he had heard of my success and I will always hope that he knew the deep influence 'he had made on my life.

1．There were ________ children in each class when Richard was in the school in Bath, England.

[　　]

A．4
B．8
C．11
D．25

2．From the text, we can learn that ________.

[　　]

A．the puzzles made the students laugh

B．the students were afraid of the headmaster

C．the puzzles made Richard enjoy math

D．the headmaster never taught in the school

3．The writer felt sorry because ________.

[　　]

A．Mr. Broaches had passed away before he won the Nobel Prize

B．he didn't express his thanks before Mr. Broaches died

C．he couldn't find Mr. Broaches after he grew up

D．Mr Broaches didn't know his success

4．What is the best title for the text?

[　　]

A．The Story of Mr Broaches

B．The Story of Richard J. Roberts

C．My Early School Life

D．An important teacher in my life

答案：D;C;B;D
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　　3．The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical,… that stays with me to this day.這些句子可知答案為C．

　　4．由Unluckily，I had no chance to speak to him before he died可知．

　　5．Mr. Ronald Broaches這位良師啟蒙并影響了諾貝爾醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)獲得者Richard J. Roberts的一生．


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