“Stephen!” shouted Billy from the back of the class. “What’s 160 divided by 7?”

“22.85714,” replied Stephen without looking up.

“Good job!” said Billy, copying the number down in his notebook.

“Stephen! When is Thomas’s birthday?” asked Mary.

“It’s February 16,” said Stephen, “and he was born on a Tuesday.”

“Wow!” said Thomas. “How did you know that?”

“You told me,” said Stephen, “on November 5 last year, at 3:05 pm. It was nine months, three days, four hours and sixteen minutes ago...”

Carol cut in, “You did the calculation (计算) all in your head?”

“Yes, of course,” said Stephen. “How else would I have done it?”

Carol couldn’t believe her ears and almost fell off her chair.

“Wow!” said Thomas. “We have a real genius (天才) here. Right here, in our class!” He looked at Stephen and gave him a big smile.

Stephen turned bright red, like a tomato. “I am not a genius,” he said quietly. “I’m just Stephen.”

“But you’re so good at math and remembering things, surely you must be a genius,” said Thomas kindly.

“I can prove (证明) I’m not,” said Stephen.

He got up and started to collect things from his classmates: a painting, a geography notebook, a history notebook and an English notebook. Then he went to the front of the class.

“Tell me what you see,” Stephen said, holding up Carol’s painting.

“A really good picture!” shouted out Thomas.

Next Stephen picked out Thomas’s geography notebook. “Listen up,” he said. “Test 1, A⁺. Test 2, A⁺. Test 3, A⁺.”

“Good job!” Mary shouted.

“Now you, Mary,” said Stephen. “History project last term-teacher’s words: an excellent piece of work. History project last year-teacher’s words: excellent, good job, Mary.”

Stephen continued, “Now I’m going to read you a poem.” It was from Billy’s English notebook

“What a beautiful poem!” said Carol.

“And what a nice way to prove you’re not a genius,” said Thomas. “You just showed us that  ▲ , didn’t you?”

“I hope so,” said Stephen, and he went back to his desk without another word.

1. 1．How was Stephen’s special ability shown at the beginning of the story?

A    He found his classmates’ mistakes.

B    He accepted his classmates’ advice.

C    He compared his classmates’ ideas.

D    He answered his classmates’ questions.

2. 2．How might Carol be feeling when she almost fell off the chair?

A    Surprised.

B    Relaxed.

C    Worried.

D    Bored.

3. 3．Which subject was Mary good at?

A    Art.

B    English.

C    History.

D    Geography.

4. 4．Which of the following can be put in ▲ ?

A    it’s very important to learn math well

B    it’s no use being a genius at all

C    we’re all geniuses in our special ways

D    we are much smarter than you

5. 5．What can we learn about Stephen?

A    He was smart but not proud.

B    He was good at telling stories.

C    He was hard to get along with.

D    He was used to copying others.