题目内容
A poet and artist _____ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.
A.is | B.are | C.was | D.were |
A
解析试题分析:根据时间状语“tomorrow afternoon”,可以判断这里是现在进行时表将要发生的动作,故排除C和D。and连接两个主语时,并列主语表示同一个人,谓语动词用单数,故选A。
考点:时态及主谓一致的考查
点评:英语中的时态主要由动词的形式决定,因此在学习英语时态时,要注意分析动词形式及具体语境,想象在那个特定的时间动作所发生的背景,这个动作是经常性动作、一般性动作、进行性动作、完成性动作还是将要发生的动作。主谓一致一般要遵循三个原则,即语法一致原则、意义一致原则和就近原则。当这三个原则发生矛盾和冲突时,意义一致原则为优先考虑的原则。
“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.
He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: “Experience is respected;experience is sought;experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications (复杂化), ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.
In one interesting part of the book, for example, he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says “The more accurately reality is presented, the less understandable the story, and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”
Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher, March is also a poet, and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding: Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.
【小题1】According to the text, James March is ________.
A.a poet who uses experience in his writing |
B.a teacher who teachers story writing in university |
C.a researcher who studies the way humans think and act |
D.a professor who helps organizations make important decisions |
A.is overvalued | B.is easy to explain |
C.should be actively sought | D.should be highly respected |
A.Experience makes stories more accurate. |
B.Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth. |
C.The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning. |
D.Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described. |
A.To introduce a book. | B.To describe a researcher. |
C.To explain experiential learning. | D.To discuss organizational decision making. |