Question

Read the passage and accordingly, fill in the blank:

"What is sixteen and three multiplied?" asked the teacher. The boy blinked. The teacher persisted, and the boy promptly answered: "twenty-four", with, as it seemed to the teacher, a wicked smile on his lips. The boy evidently was trying to fool him and was going contrary on purpose. He had corrected this error repeatedly, and now the boy persisted in saying "twenty-four". How could this fellow be made to obtain fifty in the class test and go up by double-promotion to the first form, as his parents fondly hoped? At the mention of "twenty-four", the teacher felt all his blood rushing to his head. He controlled himself and asked again: "How much?" as the last chance. When the boy said the same thing obstinately, he felt as if his finger was releasing the trigger: he reached across the table and delivered a wholesome slap on the youngster's cheek.

The teacher controlled his anger because __________________.

• A. he remembered the fond hopes of the boy's parents
• B. he wanted to give another opportunity to the boy
• C. the boy was too young to pick up mathematics fast
• D. he believed that the boy must be taught the lesson again

Answer 1

The correct option is B he wanted to give another opportunity to the boy

According to the eighth sentence, the teacher controlled his anger and asked the question again as the last chance. This sentence proves that B is correct.

The teacher thinks about his parents' fond hopes before asking the question whose answer angered him. This means he didn't think about the boy's parents after the boy answered. So, we cannot accept A.

C and D can be rejected.