Question

That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in      for seventeen years, I had no     about my ability to hold their attention and to impress on them my     for the literature of my mother tongue.

As I entered the room, I was     when the monitor shouted: “Stand up!” The entire class rose, and I was somewhat     about how to get them to sit down again. Once that awkwardness was over, I quickly     my calmness and began what I thought was an informed lecture, sure to gain their respect — perhaps     their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.

I asked my students to keep     as homework. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually     by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.     her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a     theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical     for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How     they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

It was a long term, and it     became clear that my ideas about     were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise     questions and provide enough background so that students could     their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide     information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

   , I benefited a lot, for my experience with my Chinese students has made me a     American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

1.A. England     B. America        C. China        D. Australia

2.A. worry        B. idea      C. doubt                D. skill

3.A. profession B. admiration   C. explanation  D. expression

4.A. attracted   B. embarrassed         C. amused              D. shocked

5.A. puzzled     B. sure     C. worried              D. curious

6.A. reminded           B. returned      C. regained             D. recovered

7.A. more B. even    C. yet                 D. still

8.A. discussions        B. notes    C. compositions         D. diaries

9.A. replaced   B. frightened    C. troubled            D. moved

10.A. Later        B. Perhaps        C. Somehow          D. Indeed

11.A. common          B. strong C. similar            D. strange

12.A. happenings     B. characters    C. development         D. background

13.A. should     B. need    C. will                D. must

14.A. immediately    B. certainly       C. simply      D. gradually

15.A. admiration       B. question        C. education          D. conclusion

16.A. difficult   B. interesting   C. essential             D. general

17.A. draw        B. find      C. search                D. offer

18.A. special            B. standard       C. exact             D. serious

19.A. Therefore        B. However      C. Then          D. Though

20.A. richer       B. happier         C. friendlier           D. better

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A 

2.C 

3.B  

4.D 

5.A   

6.C  

7.B  

8.D 

9.A 

10.B 

11.C 

12.D 

13.A 

14.D 

15.C 

16.B 

17.A 

18.C 

19.B 

20.D 

【解析】

試題分析：我是一名在美國教了17年書的教師，信心滿滿的來中國教書。卻發現由于文化的差異，我的教育理念和學生們的并不同。在和中國學生在一起的日子，我學會了處在不同的文化背景下，如何去教學生

1.A  考查名詞辨析 England 英格蘭；America 美國；china 中國；Australia 澳大利亞。根據I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture,故選B

2.C  考查名詞辨析 worry 煩惱；idea 想法；doubt 懷疑；skill技巧。根據Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不懷疑我的能力，故選C

3.B  考查名詞辨析 profession 專業；admiration 欽佩；explanation解釋；expression 表達。句意我對母語文學的贊賞給他們留下深刻的印象 Impress on sb sth.此處指他確信能給學生留下深刻的印象，所以選B項。

4.D  考查動詞辨析 attracted 吸引；embarrassed令人尷尬；amused 令人愉快的的；shocked震驚。句意 當我走進教室，當班長喊起立時我很震驚。根據下文出現的Once that awkwardness was over，當這種局促不安結束時，可推知當時作者是很震驚的，所以選D項。

5.A  考查形容詞辨析 puzzled 迷惑的；sure 確定的；worried著急的；curious 好奇的。句意 當全班起立時，我不怎的，很迷惑，是如何讓他們坐下，be puzzled about 對。。困惑，符合情景。所以選A項。

6.C  考查動詞辨析 reminded 提醒；returned 返回；regained重新獲得；recovered 恢復。but once that awkwardness was over提醒讀者他開始見到那情景有點局促不安，到很快又重新獲得平靜calmness。所以Regain正確

7.B  考查副詞辨析 more 更多；even 甚至；yet然而；still仍然。句意當恢復平靜后，我認為開始獲得他們的尊敬甚至是敬佩。admiration是在respect基礎上的遞進，所以用even符合這一空，B正確

8.D  考查名詞辨析 discussion 討論；notes 注意；compositions 作文；diaries日記。學生們寫日記，我從中看出他們對我的看法 keep kiaries 記日記。所以選D項。

9.A  考查動詞辨析 replaced 代替；frightened 害怕；troubled麻煩；moved移動。句意 讀到學生的日記，原來縈繞在我心頭的自我好感很快褪色了，取而代之的是悲傷。Be replaced by...被...取代，所以A正確

10.B  考查副詞辨析 later 后來；perhaps 也許；somehow 不管怎么樣；indeed確實、根據Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better學生對我的下一次課的一種期望，但也不肯定。Perhaps也許，是最佳答案

11.C  考查形容詞辨析 common 普通的；strong強壯的；similar 類似的；strange奇怪的。句意 每個同學都在日記中表達一個相似的想法，那就是他們沒學到東西，或者一無所獲。再根據Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他們表達得相似的主題所以C正確

12.D  考查名詞辨析 happenings 事件；characters 性格；development發展；background背景。根據all the works we’ll study in class以及I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background，可知我為他們說明了我們課上所學的文學作品的歷史背景，故選D

13.A  考查情態動詞辨析 should 應該；need需要；will 將要；must 必須。句意 他們怎么能說我什么都沒教他們呢？should表示說話人驚奇、憤怒、失望等情感，與前面學生和我的相反反映是吻合的故選A

14.D  考查副詞辨析 immediately 立刻地；certainly 必然；simply 僅僅；gradually 逐漸地。根據It was a long term以及my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students，可知我逐漸明白了，故選D

15.C  考查名詞辨析 admiration 欽佩；question 問題；education 教育；conclusion 結論；句意 我的教育理念和我的學生們不同，those 代替上文提到ideas ,所以選C項。

16.B  考查形容詞辨析 difficult 困難的；interesting 有趣的；essential 必要的；general 普遍的。在我看來，教師的工作就是提出有趣的問題并提供必要的背景知識，然后學生通過思考得出自己的結論。要啟迪學生思考，問題應該要有吸引力，所以B正確

17.A  考查動詞辨析 draw 繪制，拉 得出；find 發現；search尋找；offer提供。draw a conclusion得出結論，為固定搭配 句意 我認為教師的工作就是提出一個有趣的問題，提供足夠的背景，然后讓學生自己得出結論

18.C  考查形容詞辨析 special 特殊的；standard 標準；exact 確切的；serious 嚴重的。而我的中國學生的觀念是，老師應該直接將確切地知識信息教給他們，不是去自己摸索。后文的as directly and clearly as possible是提示，所以選C項。

19.B  考查副詞辨析 therefore 因此；however 然而；then然后；though雖然。雖然這中間我很糾結，但我也懂得了一些東西。這里有轉折對比的意思。所以B正確

20.D  考查形容詞辨析 richer 富有的；happier幸福的；friendlier 友好的；better 好的。句意 我與我的中國學生的經歷使我成為了一個更好的老師，一個知道在不同文化背景下如何教書的老師。根據knowing how to teach in a different culture所以 D是正確答案

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