Hereisanamusingstorybetweenateacherandhisstudent.Theteacher34(teach)mathtohisfive—year-oldstudentaskedhim”IfIgiveyouoneappleandoneappleandoneapplehowmanyappleswillyouhave?”Withinafewseconds

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     Here is an amusing story between a teacher and his student.The teacher __34 (teach)math to his five—year-old student asked him ”If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple how many apples will you have ?” Within a few seconds the student __35 (reply)confidently ”Four!” The teacher had expected a correct answer __36she was disppointed.She repeated the question but the student still made the wrong answer after calculating on__37_finger.

The_  38  _ (disppoint) stayed on the teacher’s face. She remembered that this student liked the stawberry. She asked ” If I give you one stawberry and one stawberry and one stawberry how many will you have ?”

The boy calculated carefully again There was no press on him but a little on his teacher_39  __ a smile the student said ”Three.” The teacher now had a __  40   __ (satisfy)smile. So once again she asked him “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one apple how many will you have ?”

The student answered “Four!”

The teacher became impatient “Why my boy why?”

In a low voice the young student replied “_41__Ｉalready have one apple in my bag.”

When someone gives you an answer __42___is different from what you expet don’t think they are wrong. There may be an angle that you have not understood_  43 __all. Therefore you will have to listen and understand.

Answer 1

34 teaching   35 replied     36 but           37 his                  38 disappointment

39  with     40 satisfied         41 Because   42  that/which    43 at