Li Siyi, a student from Jinan Foreign Language School, takes up a new habit. She refuses to believe everything that she reads. “Not everything in books is true,” she said.
Many other students in her school think the same thing as Li. They learned this through finding a mistake错误 in their Chinese textbook. They learned a Tang poem唐诗, Ci Beigu Shanxia, last year. There was a picture that showed a boat in full sail(船帆)on a river. “But according to(根据)the famous line from the poem, feng zheng yifan xuan, the sail shouldn’t be spread(展开),” said Zhang Jiayi, Li’s classmate.
To get the right answer, the students turned to their Chinese teacher, Liu Yan. Liu and the students looked up books, searched on the Internet and made sure that the People’s Education Press(人民教育出版社)had really made a mistake about the picture.
The students wrote a letter to them about the mistake. “I think my students did a right thing but I never expected a reply,” said Liu. “I took it as a way of letting them know the importance of spirit(精神)of questioning.”
To their surprise, one month later, they got the reply from Gu Zhenbiao, the expert of Chinese textbooks in middle schools. Gu said sorry for the mistake and he also said he really thinks the students are very great.
When Liu read the letter loudly to all the students, everyone was excited. “We are very happy we have our own ideas!” said Li.
What new habit does Li Siyi take up?
A.Refusing to read. |
B.Reading more poems. |
C.Writing letters to experts. |
D.Making sure if what she reads is true. |
Where did the students from Jinan Foreign Language School find a mistake?
A.In their Chinese textbook. |
B.In a Tang poem. |
C.On the Internet. |
D.In their Chinese class. |
Who replied to the students?
A.Liu Yan. |
B.Gu Zhenbiao. |
C.Zhang Jiayi. |
D.The People Education Press. |
Which of the following is true?
A.Li Siyi doesn’t believe anything in her textbooks now. |
B.The students were upset when their teacher read the letter to them. |
C.Liu helped the students find out if the picture was wrong. |
D.The teacher knew the expert would reply. |
What can we learn from Li Siyi and her classmates?
A.It’s important to find mistakes. |
B.It’s important to have the spirit of questioning. |
C.It’s important not to believe anything you read. |
D.It’s important to share your own ideas with others. |