— Hello. Gerry speaking.

— Hello, Gerry. It's me John here.  .

— Well, I'm terribly sorry, but I'm not feeling very well.

— Is that all?

— No, I'm sorry. I was sick all night. I think it must be the fish I ate last night.

— Well, I think you should have at least phoned Kate and told her you weren't coming to the meeting.

—  I'm sorry about that. Anyway, I think I'll be able to get in to work tomorrow.

—  

— I won't. Thanks for calling.

— .

A. Why didn't you phone?                 

B. OK. Take care and don't eat any more fish.

C. Why weren't you here at the meeting?      

D. That's all right.

E. We thought you might have had an accident or forgotten the day or something.

F. I'll be glad to see you again.          

G. Yes, I suppose I should have done so.

    Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, politics, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that theycan make a living.

    School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.

    It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula（公式）. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in math. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.

Great scientists before us didn't get everything from school. Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison didn't even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brain.

It isn't MY Fault

    It's Monday today. Miss White comes into the classroom. She sees Mike, the tallest student, is standing in front of the blackboard and speaking like a teacher. The boy does not see her and is still standing there. The children begin to laugh and he looks round and finds Miss White is standing behind him, so he runs back to his row. 

  “Morning, class,” says Miss White.

  “Morning, Miss White.”

    Ann stands up and says, “Sam and I are on duty today. Sixteen boys and eighteen girls are here.”

  “Sixteen boys? Who doesn't come today?” ask Miss White.

  “Bill and hisfamily move to London”

  “Oh, I see,” Miss White says. But she sees a cat on theteacher's desk. She asks, “Who draws the cat here?”

   No child answers, but they're looking at Mike. So she says,“Can you answer the question, Mike?”

   The boy has to say , “ I'm sorry, I do.”

 “ You're the worst child in your class!”

 “ It isn't my fault. Why do you let Bill leave US?”

   Choose the best answers