sites and I learnt from them. Truthfully I don't know if they expected me to start getting decent traffic to websites but I imagined they did.

　　So there you have it-the Pygmalion effect.

　　P．S. My grammar and spelling are not that great nowadays but that's actually completely irrelevant(不相关的) when it comes to getting lots of visitors to your site.

　　【语篇解读】　文章通过作者自己的经历告诉我们皮格马利翁效应的神奇力量。

　　1．When did the author learn about the Pygmalion effect?

　　A．Before he took the spelling test.

　　B．After he cheated in the spelling test.

　　C．When he did badly in exams.

　　D．After he finished primary school.

　　【解析】　细节理解题。根据第一段的内容尤其是"I copied Melissa Crawford's answers in a spelling test"可知，是在作者考试作弊以后。

　　【答案】　B

　　2．The author got grouped with the smart kids because________.

　　A．he was an average pupil at school

　　B．he did better than expected

　　C．Melissa Crawford was smart

　　D．he did better than all the others at school

　　【解析】　细节理解题。作者原先学习平平，因为考试作弊，成绩出色，所以老师把他列在聪明的学生之中。

　　【答案】　B

　　3．What does the underlined word "contacted" mean in Paragraph 4?

　　A．lost touch with

　　B．made friends with

　　C．got in touch with

D．was concerned about