When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.
Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Thenhe told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss（掷）the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”
The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.
The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”
【小题1】This story mainly wants to tell us .A．chemistry is really hard to learnB．there are many questions for students to prepare.C．good exam results really need studying hardD．tossing a coin can not always decide the result【小题2】Fred Baines was one of those who .A．did just enough to pass an examB．didn’t work hard enough for their studiesC．had more important work to do than study D．were quite good at passing exams【小题3】Fred came happily into the exam room because .A．he had got ready for the examB．he knew the answers alreadyC．one excellent student would help himD．he had his special way to finish the exam【小题4】Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?A．The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.B．It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty examC．The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.D．The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.【小题5】The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that .A．he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the examB．he wanted to make friends with BainesC．Baines’ way for the exam would never workD．the exam result depended on the coinC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章中的这个故事告诉我们投机取巧是不能取得成功的，只有脚踏实地的努力才可以得到成功的喜悦，故努力工作对我们很重要。
【小题1】推理题：从Fred Baines的故事，我们知道好的成绩是要通过努力的。选C。
【小题2】推理题。根据第一段第三行He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library.说明他在不是学习很用心的，故B正确。
【小题3】细节题。根据第一段倒数第4行. In that way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.说明这次他有特殊的办法使自己能得到通过考试的分数，故D正确。
【小题4】细节题：从第三段的句子：As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.可知化学考试需要一个小时完成。选B。
【小题5】推理题。根据倒数第二段Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin.说明老师已经知道他用硬币来决定答案的事情，故也用硬币来决定他是否能通过考试。说明这个办法没有用。故C正确。