Task B, Part 2: Understanding information and making an inference
Quiz
The meaning of the sentence: 'Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach' is:
People who are able will teach; those who are unable do other work.
People who are not able, will do other work; people who are able, will teach.
People who are able, have more important and skillful jobs than teaching.
People who are able to teach do so. People who are unable to teach, do other work.
When the speaker says, 'I decide to bite my tongue instead of his', what does he mean?
He decides to use his teeth to stop his tongue from moving or speaking.
He decides not to eat because he is challlenging the one who made the comment about teaching.
He decides not to challenge the one who made the comment about teaching because the other guests are going to challenge him.
He decides not to challenge the person who made the comment about teaching.
When the speaker says [I] resist the urge to remind the other dinner guests that it is also true what they say about lawyers', what does he mean?
That lawyers are intelligent and hardworking.
That lawyers are greedy and immoral.
That lawyers are not as smart as teachers.
That lawyers are too proud of their own success.
When the dinner guest says,"I mean you're a teacher Taylor...be honest...what do you make?', what does the guest mean?
What do you achieve that is meaningful?
What do you construct that is meaningful?
What do you earn that is meaningful?
How much do you earn?
When the speaker says, 'If you ask for it, I have to let you have it', what does he mean?
If you ask for an explanation, I must give one to you.
If you ask for a response, I must give you one.
If you ask for honesty but don't really want it, I will give it to you.
If you deserve to be scolded honestly, you will be.
When the speaker says, 'I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honour and I can make an A- feel like a slap in the face', what does he mean?
I can make students work hard to get the grade they deserve.
I can make any student feel good if they deserve it.
I can make students feel good if they try their best and bad if they do not.
I can make any students feel like they should always try harder than their best.
When the speaker says, 'I make parents tremble in fear when I call home at around dinner time', what does he mean?
I disturb parents because I call at dinner time and the family is in the middle of dinner.
When I call parents, they may be afraid because they think their child did something wrong at school.
When I call parents, they may be afraid because they may have to go to the school to chat with the teacher in person.
Because parents are worried about their children's academic results, and when I call they may fear that they are not very good.
When the speaker says, "I just wanted to talk to you about something that your son did today. He said, ‘Leave the kid alone.' ... And it was the noblest act of courage that I have ever seen", what do you think the son did?
He started a fight and then tried to stop it.
He stopped two children from fighting.
He told a teacher to stop shouting at another child.
He tried to stop another child from bullying another.
When the speaker says, 'I make them apologize and mean it', what does he mean?
I make them apologize sincerely from their heart.
I make them orally define the word 'apologize'.
I make them write the meaning of the word 'apologize'.
I make them promise not to misbehave again.
When the speaker says, 'I make them spell: definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, definitely beautiful over and over again...', why do you think the speaker makes students write those two words over and over again?
It is because these two words are positive words and he wants his students to learn positive words.
It is because these two words will help to boost his students' self-esteem.
It is because these two words are difficult for children to remember how to spell.
It is because these two words sound good together and are a good life philosophy for children to follow.