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  1 for seventeen years, I had no  2  about my ability to hold their attention and to  3  on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, "  4  !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat  5  about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly  6  my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps  7  their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students  8  diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually  9  by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.  10  her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a  11  theme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical  12  for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." How _13  they say I didn’t teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it  14  became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as_15 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise   16  questions and provide enough background so that students could  17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide _18_ information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
_19 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a  20  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
小題1:
A.the UK B.the US C.China D.Australia
小題2:
A.worryB.idea C.doubt D.experience
小題3:
A.impress B.put C.leave D.fix
小題4:
A.Attention B.Look out C.At ease D.Stand up
小題5:
A.puzzledB.sure C.curiousD.worried
小題6:
A.found B.returned C.regainedD.followed
小題7:
A.moreB.even C.yet D.still
小題8:
A.passed B.borrowed C.read D.kept
小題9:
A.replaced B.taken C.caught D.moved
小題10:
A.Naturally B.Perhaps C.Fortunately D.Reasonably
小題11:
A.different B.strong C.similarD.usual
小題12:
A.happenings B.characters C.development D.background
小題13:
A.should B.need C.will D.must
小題14:
A.immediately B.certainly C.simply D.gradually
小題15:
A.that B.what C.those D.ones
小題16:
A.difficult B.interesting C.ordinary D.unusual
小題17:
A.draw B.look C.search D.offer
小題18:
A.strange B.standard C.exact D.serious
小題19:
A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Though
小題20:
A.normal B.happy C.good D.better

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:B
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:D
小題13:A
小題14:D
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:A
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:D

試題分析:本文的主要內(nèi)容是: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(fā)現(xiàn)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。
小題1:根據(jù)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。
小題2:根據(jù)Having taught in the US for seventeen years,可知我并不懷疑我的能力,故選C。
小題3:這里想表達我對母語文學的贊賞給他們留下深刻的印象,impress 給 ……以深刻印象 put 放 leave離開fix固定,故選A。
小題4:這里想表達班長大聲喊“起立”,Attention注意 Look out當心 At ease 安逸 Stand up起立,故選D。
小題5: 根據(jù)but once that awkwardness was over,可知我有些困惑,故選A
小題6:根據(jù)and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect可知我重新恢復了冷靜,故選C。
小題7:這里想表達甚至是他們的欽佩,more更多even甚至 yet 但是 still依然,故選B。
小題8:這里想表達我的學生們一直堅持寫日記,passed走過 borrowed借來 read讀 kept堅持,故選D。
小題9:根據(jù)by a strong sense of sadness,故選A。
小題10:根據(jù)Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better可知這里表示猜測,可能,故選B。
小題11:根據(jù)Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他們表達得相似的主題,故選C。
小題12:根據(jù)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。
小題13:這里想說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,故選A。
小題14:根據(jù)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。
小題15:這里想說我的教育理念和我的學生們不同,這里需要用人稱代詞的復數(shù),故選C。
小題16:這里想說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(jié)論,difficult困難的 interesting有趣的 ordinary普通的 unusual不同尋常的,故選B。
小題17:固定用法draw a conclusion 得出結(jié)論,故選A。
小題18:根據(jù)as directly and clearly as possible,故選C。
小題19:表示轉(zhuǎn)折,然而我學到了很多。Therefore因此 However然而 Besides此外 Though盡管,故選B。
小題20:根據(jù)knowing how to teach in a different culture,故選D。
點評:答題前一定要略讀全文,把握文章要表達的主題,注意前后句與句,段落與段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中,一定要認真分析,注意選項與上下文的關(guān)系,與前后單詞的關(guān)系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成,因為有時答案可以從下文內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)出來。答完后再通讀一遍文章,看看所選選項能不能是語句通順,語意連貫。
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