C
你对考试成绩在意吗?你父母又是如何看待成绩的?
Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 when I was in high school.
The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr Right passed out our papers one by one. It was a rather difficult test. I heard my classmates groaning, and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren't looking good.
Mr Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention, was my score, 55!
I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you want your classmates to see.
"The scores were not very good; none of you passed," Mr Right said. "The highest score in the class was a 55."
A 55. That's me!
Suddenly my sad look didn't look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.
I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My father knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, "How did you do in your test?"
"I made a 55," I said.
A frown now stood on my father's face. I knew I had to explain immediately. "But Dad, I had the highest score in the class," I proudly stated. I thought that explanation would make a difference.
"You failed!" my father replied.
"But it's the highest!" I insisted.
"I don't care what scores others had, but you failed. What matters is what you do!" my father firmly said.
For years, my father was always that way. It didn't matter what others did. It only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.
We often don't understand the wisdom of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents' shoes. My father's words have carried me throughout life.
WORD BOX ＞＞
| anxiously | ['æŋkʃəsli] | adv. 忧虑地;不安地 | circle | ['sɜːkl] | vt. 将……圈起来 |
| lower | ['ləʊə(r)] | vt. 放低;降低 | frown | [fraʊn] | n. 皱眉 |
| state | [steɪt] | vt. 陈述 | matter | ['mætə(r)] | vi. 事关紧要;要紧 |
| in one's shoes | | 处于某人的位置 | throughout | [θruː'aʊt] | prep. 遍及;从头到尾 |
COMPREHENSION CHECK UP ＞＞
Choose the best answer according to the passage.
() 1. What does the underlined word "groaning" mean?
A. Singing. B. Laughing. C. Complaining. D. Quarreling.
() 2. In class, what did I do to hide my score from my classmates?
A. Lower my head. B. Cover my score up.
C. Walk home alone. D. Explain immediately.
() 3. Why did a frown stand on my father's face?
A. He thought I did a bad job in the test.
B. He thought I gave a good excuse.
C. He thought I became the worst student.
D. He thought I stood in his shoes.
() 4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The father was strict with his child.
B. The writer was always poor in tests.
C. Mr Right was worried about the writer.
D. The writer was always happy with his scores.
() 5. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. The final test B. That's me!
C. My strict teacher D. Scores, important?