PerhapstheonlytestscorethatIrememberisthe55whenIwasinhighschool.
Thetestwasthefinalforacourse.IrememberwaitinganxiouslyasmyteacherMr.Rightpassedoutourpapersonebyone.Itwasaratherdifficulttest.Iheardmyclassmatesgroaning(发牢骚)andIcouldtellbythegroansthatthescoresweren’tlookinggood.
Mr.Rightputmypaperonmydesk.Thereinbigrednumberscircledtodrawattentionwasmyscore55!
Iloweredmyheadandcoveredthescoreupquickly.A55isnotsomethingthatyouwantedyourclassmatestosee.
“Thescoreswerenotverygoodnoneofyoupassed”Mr.Rightsaid.“Thehighestscoreintheclasswasa55.”
A55.That’sme!
Suddenlymysadlookdidn’tlooksobad.Ihadthehighestscore.Ifeltalotbetter.
Iwalkedhomealonethatdaywiththelowbuthighscore.MyfatherknewthatIhadabigtestthatdayandaskedmeassoonasIgothome“Howdidyoudoinyourtest?”
“Imadea55”Isaid.
Afrown(皱眉)nowstoodonmyfather’sface.IknewIhadtoexplainimmediately.“ButDadIhadthehighestscoreintheclass”Iproudlystated.Ithoughtthatexplanationwouldmakeadifference.
“Youfailed!”myfatherreplied.
“Butit’sthehighest!”Iinsisted.
“Idon’tcarewhatscoresothershadbutyoufailed.Whatmattersiswhatyoudo!”myfatherfirmlysaid.
Foryearsmyfatherwasalwaysthatway.Itdidn’tmatterwhatothersdiditonlymatteredwhatIdidandthatIdiditexcellently.
Weoftendon’tunderstandthewisdom(智慧)ofgoodparentsuntilweourselvesstandintheparents’shoes.Myfather’swordshavecarriedmethroughoutlife
1.InclasstohidemyscorefrommyclassmatesI______.
A.loweredmyhead
B.coveredmyscoreup
C.walkedhomealone
D.explainedimmediately
2.Afrownstoodonmyfather’sfacebecausehethought______.
A.Ididabadjobinthetest
B.Igaveagoodexcuse
C.Ibecametheworststudent
D.Istoodinhisshoes
3.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat______.
A.thefatherwasstrictwithhischild
B.thewriterwasalwayspoorintests
C.Mr.Rightwasworriedaboutthewriter
D.thewrit