阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
One
day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, "Please 1 it in the air, and…"
One
student 2 his hand and said, "I can smell it. It is
the smell of an apple."
The
teacher stepped 3 the platform, passed by each of the students
and said, "Smell 4 to
see if the smell of the apple is still in the air."
Half
of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The
teacher returned to the 5 of
the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised
their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, "You
really can't smell the apple?"
The
boy answered, "No, I can't smell it. I don't think it's a 6 apple."
The teacher 7 at the boy and said to the class, "He's
right! It's not 8 to
get the apple smell from this apple."
All
of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the
apple didn't have the apple smell, 9 they didn't dare to speak up. They just 10 the first student blindly and went along with
him.