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Miss Parker taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound ,and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,” Miss Parker answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Parker said.“Yes, Kate.”

“I disagree,” Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o'clock here it’s only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”

【小题1】Tom thought that electricity was ____________.

A．slower than sound waves

B．faster than sound waves

C．not so fast as sound waves

D．as fast as sound waves

【小题2】Why did Miss Parker gave the students a test? Because she ___________.

A．wanted to see how well the students had understood what she taught

B．wanted to see how clever her students were

C．wanted to tell the students that she had a brother

D．wanted to give the students a lesson

【小题3】Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?