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擅长

(2) cheat v.作弊

(3) be in trouble有麻烦

(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

作弊者

多纳尔德数学不太好。

他听不懂老师的讲解。

即使解释第二遍，他也听不懂。

“不要紧，”多纳尔德安慰自己，“我别的科目很好。我要在数学考试中作弊，那么我就不会有麻烦了。”

“我将坐在数学最好的同学旁边，”他想，“并抄下他的答案。”

考试那一天到来了，多纳尔德坐在布思·史密斯的旁边。

布恩是班里数学学得最好的学生。

多纳尔德仔细地把布恩的答案抄下来。

考试结束后，老师把卷子收上去，开始判分。

判完后，她说：“好，同学们，我已决定给得最高分的同学奖励。然而我不知该奖励哪一个，因为两个学生，多纳尔德和布恩，都得了一样的分数。”

“让他们两个都得奖励吧，”一个学生说。

“我想过这样办，”老师说，“但我打算奖励布恩。”

多纳尔德听到这话非常生气。

他站起来说：“这不公平。我和他得的分数是一样的。”

“是这样的，”老师说，“然而，布恩的第18题的答案是‘我不知道’。你的是‘我也不知道’。”

练习参考答案：

①C②C③B④D⑤C