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One day, I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physical problem，while the student claimed a perfect score. I was elected as their arbiter. I read the examination problem：“Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer(气压计).” The student had answered：“Take the barometer to the top of the building，attach a long rope to it，lower it to the street，and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of it is the height of the building. ”
The student had really answered the question completely, but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics. I suggested the student try again. I gave him six minutes to answer the question, warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. Five minutes later, he said he had many answers and clashed off one, which read： “Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, use the physical formula (公式）to calculate the height of the building. ”
At this point, my colleague had to accept it, and then the student made almost full marks. I couldn’t help asking the student what the other answers were. He listed many others ，and then added “Probably the best is to take the barometer to the administrator and said to him，' Sir, here is a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of the building, I will give it to you.，”
Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.
The name of the student was Bohr who later was famous all over the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.
1. The student got a zero at the beginning because_______.
A. the teacher wasn’t satisfied with him
B. his answer wasn't complete or correct
C. his answer didn’t show his knowledge of physics
D. the teacher clicln5t fully understand his answer
2. We know from the passage that______.
A. the teacher was a very stubborn person
B. the administrator told Bohr the height
C. the author preferred Bohr’ s last answer
D. the student knew the expected answer
3. We can learn from the passage that______.
A. instructors can teach students how to think
B. students should be given more freedom in thinking
C. arbiters can help students to get high scores
D. teachers should make students use physical formulas
【答案】1. C 2. D 3. B
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。叙述了著名物理学家波尔求学时发生的故事。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。由第二段“The student had really answered the question completely, but the answer didn’t confirm his competence in physics.”可知，这个学生确实完全回答了这个问题，但这个答案并不能证实他的物理能力。故C选项正确。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。由第四段“Then, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did,”可知，作者问那个学生，他是否真的不知道这个问题的常规答案。他承认他知道这个常规答案。故D选项正确。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。由第五段“ he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.”可知，他厌倦了高中和大学教师教他如何思考。所以判断出学生应该被给与更多的自由来思考。故B选项正确。
【点睛】推理判断题是要判断出细节所要表达的言外之意。我们可以通过对关键词，关键句子，文章的结构，作者的观点，具体的实例，作者所说和所做的事情，以及事物具体性和普遍性的角度等来进行正向或者逆向的推理。根据第五段“ he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to teach him how to think.”中的关键短语be fed up with“厌倦”。可知，波尔不喜欢高中和大学的老师教他如何思考，他喜欢的是自由思考。所以通过这样一个具体的实例我们能推断出，不仅是波尔，其他的学生也应该被给与更多的自由来思考。故B选项正确。
