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【题目】In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory course about 20 years ago.

The professor marched into the lecture hall, upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the students to how many beans the jar contained. After shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile，announced the answer, and went on saying, “You have just learned an important about science. That is: “Never your own senses”

Twenty years later, the could guess what the professor had in mind．He himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting into all unknown world invisible to the , which can be discovered only through . But the seventeen-year-old girl before she could hear the invitation clearly. She was just to understand the world. And she that her firsthand experience could be the . The professor, however, said that it was . He was taking away her only for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do, I dropped the that afternoon，and I haven’t gone near science since. ”

【1】A. art B. history C. science D. math

【2】A. placed B. focused C. pointed D. covered

【3】A. count B. guess C. report D. watch

【4】A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. 1istening to

【5】A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult

【6】A. way B. truth C. class D. lesson

【7】A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show

【8】A. 1ecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman

【9】【改编】A. referred B. thought C. devoted D. saw

【10】A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush

【11】A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light

【12】【改编】 A. scientific methods B. teaching oneselfC. teacher’s direction D. the sixth sense

【13】【改编】A. understood B. refused C. felt D. accepted

【14】A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting

【15】A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained

【16】A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth

【17】A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable

【18】【改编】A. method B. approach C. means D. tool

【19】A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave

【20】【改编】A. course B. study C. the professor D. school

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【6】D

【7】B

【8】D

【9】D

【10】A

【11】B

【12】A

【13】B

【14】B

【15】A

【16】D

【17】C

【18】D

【19】C

【20】A

【解析】

试题分析：教育如何帮助一个人成功？与老师的教学方法和对学生的认知程度的了解都很有关系。教学方法适合学生才能达到教书育人的目的,否则就会适得其反。

【1】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. art美术；B. history历史；C. science自然科学；D. math数学。下文的You have just an important lesson about science.提示这节课是自然科学。故选C。

【2】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. placed放；B. focused专注于；C. pointed指着；D. covered覆盖。这里是一系列的动作，教授走进演讲厅，放在桌子上一个装满干豆的大坛子, 然后让学生猜有多少豆。这是教授的一系列动作。故选A。

【3】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. count数数；B. guess猜测；C. report报道；D. watch观看。下文的After shouts of wildly wrong guesses…提示，教授是让学生猜坛子里有多少颗豆子。故选B。

【4】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. warning警告；B. giving给；C. turning away拒绝；D. 1istening to听。在听了学生疯狂的错误的猜测之后，教授干瘪的一笑。故选D。

【5】考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. ready准备好的；B. possible可能的；C. correct正确的；D. difficult困难的。教授宣布正确的答案。故选C。

【6】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. way方法；B. truth真理；C. class班；D. lesson课，教训。意思是：你们刚才学习了关于自然科学的重要的教训。learn a lesson是固定搭配，意思是：接受教训。前面说学生们都猜错了，所以这里教授是让他们吸取教训。故选A。

【7】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. lose失去；B. trust信任；C. sharpen削尖；D. show显示。永远不要相信自己的直觉。故选B。

【8】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. 1ecturer演讲者；B. scientist科学家；C. speaker演讲者；D. woman女人。第一段提到那位女士，第二段接着就讲述了那件事的经过。这里过了20年，她才猜出教授脑子里想的是什么。故选D。

【9】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. referred+ to… as意为：把……看作是；B. think +of… as意为：把……看作是；C. devoted oneself +to奉献；D. saw sb. as sth.认为某人某物具有某种特点。他认为自己是在邀请学生开始探索一个奇妙的未知的世界。故选D。

【10】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. voyage航行，旅程；B. movement运动；C. change改变； D. rush激流。开始令人激动的探索知识的奇妙的旅程。故选A。

【11】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. professor教授；B. eye眼睛；C. knowledge知识；D. light光，灯。通过让学生猜豆告诉学生，眼睛看不到的未知的世界，可以通过其他科学的方法去发现。故选B。

【12】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. scientific methods科学的方法；B. teaching oneself自学；C. teacher’s direction老师的教导；D. the sixth sense第六感觉。教授是教科学的老师，当然是用科学的方法去发现未知的世界。故选A。

【13】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. understood理解；B. refused拒绝；C. felt感觉；D. accepted接受。那个17岁的女孩还没有听到邀请就拒绝了。故选B。

【14】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. suggesting建议；B. beginning开始；C. pretending假装；D. waiting等待。她才刚刚开始理解这个世界。故选B。

【15】考查动词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. believed认为；B. doubted怀疑；C. proved证明；D. explained解释。她认为她的直接的经验就是真理，对的。故选A。

【16】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. growth成长；B. strength力量；C. faith信念；D. truth真理。她认为她的感觉就是事实、真理。故选D。

【17】考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. firm坚定的；B. interesting有趣的；C. wrong错的；D. acceptable可接受的。可是，教授却说错了。故选C。

【18】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. method of…做……的方法；B. approach方法，后跟介词to ；C. means of做……的手段，方法；D. tool工具。他拿走了她认知的唯一工具，却没有给她替代品。故选D。

【19】考查形容词辨析以及对语境的理解。A.cruel残酷的；B. proud骄傲的；C. frightened害怕的；D. brave勇敢的。我到现在都觉得很渺小很害怕。故选C。

【20】考查名词辨析以及对语境的理解。A. course科目，课程；B. study学习；C. the professor教授；D. school学校。最后说：从那以后再也没有走近科学过，所以这里应该是我从那天下午就放弃了科学那门学科。故选A。