That year, in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids, Mario, was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something extremely dumb(愚蠢的). Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners.
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of Mario’s nonsense, and they would have to correct his mistakes. They all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes…
It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid. However, little Lewis, one of Mario’s classmates, was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him…
It was the new teacher! The new teacher gave him a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear them talking about math. And that stupid new kid knew everything about it, much more than anyone in the class.
21. At first, it seemed that Mario ________.
A. knew nothing about math
B. always made fun of other kids
C. loved the new teacher very much
D. was the smartest boy in his class
22. The new teacher’s math lessons were interesting because ________.
A. the kid were encouraged to give different answers
B. he made the children listen to him carefully
C. he taught better than other teachers
D. Mario always gave foolish answers
23. The kid used everything they could find to _________.
A. teach Mario about numbers
B. have fun in math lessons
C. make Mario happy
D. get Mario to give them a chance
24. Lewis found that _________.
A. Mario was sad after class
B. the teacher was teaching Mario alone
C. Mario had been pretending to be foolish
D. the teacher was angry about what Mario had done
25. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Mario would fall behind others.
B. The teacher used a special teaching method.
C. The teacher taught too much in his class.
D. The kids should be quiet while having classes.