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3.In 1974,after filling out fifty applications,going through four interviews,and winning one offer,I took what I could get-a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area:western New Jersey.My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen-teaching English.
School started,but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country.Was this rural area really New Jersey?My students took a week off when hunting season began.I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms.I was a young woman from New York City,who thought that"Make hay while the sun shines"just meant to have a good time.
But,still,I was teaching English.I worked hard,taking time off only to eat and sleep.And then there was my sixth-grade class-seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me.I had a problem long before I knew it.I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher.I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word.The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior.So I did,confident that,as the textbook had said,the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention.It sounds reasonable,but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans,particularly teenagers,rarely seems reasonable.By the time my boss,who was also my taskmaster,known to be the strictest,most demanding,most quick to fire inexperienced teachers,came into the classroom to observe me,the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room.The boys in the class were making animal noises,hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines.I just pretended it all wasn't happening,and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions.My boss,sitting in the back of the room,seemed to be growing bigger and bigger.After twenty minutes he left,silently.Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.
I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying,but at my next free period I had to face him.I wondered if he would let me finish out the day.I walked to his office,took a deep breath,and opened the door.
He was sitting in his chair,and he looked at me long and hard.I said nothing.All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself,pretending that everything was fine.
When he spoke,he said simply,without accusation,"You had nothing to say to them."
"You had nothing to say to them."he repeated."No wonder they are bored.Why not get to the meat of literature and stop talking about symbolism.Talk with them,not at them.And more important,why do you ignore their bad behavior?"We talked.He named my problems and offered solutions.We role-played.He was the bad student,and I was the forceful,yet,warm,teacher.
As the year progressed,we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations.He helped me identify my weaknesses and strengths.In short,he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson's words:"The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil."
Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school.Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year,the school is my home now.

55.It can be inferred from the story that in 1974C.
A.the writer became an optimistic person
B.the writer was very happy about her new job
C.it was rather difficult to get a job in the USA
D.it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey
56.According to the passage,which of the following is most probably the writer's problem as a new teacher?A
A.She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.
B.She didn't ask experienced teachers for advice.
C.She took too much time off to eat and sleep.
D.She didn't like teaching English literature.
57.What is the writer's biggest worry after her taskmaster's observation of her class?A
A.She might lose her teaching job.
B.She might lose her students'respect.
C.She couldn't teach the same class any more.
D.She couldn't ignore her students'bad behavior any more.
58.Which of the following gives the writer a sense of mild victory?C
A.Her talk about symbolism sounded convincing.
B.Her students behaved a little better than usual.
C.She managed to finish the class without crying.
D.She was invited for a talk by her boss after class.
59.The students behaved badly in the writer's classes becauseB.
A.they were eager to embarrass her.
B.she didn't really understand them.
C.they didn't regard her as a good teacher.
D.she didn't have a good command of English.
60.The taskmaster's attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be described asC.
A.cruel but encouraging   
B.fierce but forgiving
C.sincere and supportive   
D.angry and aggressive.

分析 本文是一篇记叙文.作者描述了自己的从教经历,在校长的帮助下,她真切地体会到:教育的秘诀在于对学生的尊重.正是校长的帮助使她度过了艰难的岁月,如今她以校为家.

解答 55.答案:C.推理判断题.根据文章第一段中的第一句"In 1974,after filling out fifty applications,going through four interviews,and winning one offer…"可知,作者递交了50次申请,经历了4次面试,才得到了一次工作机会.作者接受了一个到遥远荒凉的地方教学的工作,显然在当时找工作是很难的.
56.答案:A.推理判断题.根据作者的叙述可知,她在学校工作刻苦,对学生友好,并且很有耐心,但是她在大学学习的学术性的东西在这群调皮的孩子中行不通,显然A项符合题意.B项在文中未提及;C项与第三段中的第二句"I worked hard,taking time off only to eat and sleep."矛盾;D项与第三段中的"…I was teaching English…I wanted to make literature come alive…"矛盾.
57.答案:A.细节理解题.第五段中作者描述了校长来听她的课,根据对校长离开时的描述"Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes."可知,作者担心失去工作.
58.答案:C.细节理解题.根据第六段中的第一句"I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying…"可知,作者多少感觉到成就的是她坚持上完了课而没有哭.
58.答案:B.推理判断题.根据文章最后三段的内容可知,校长的一番话点出了作者的问题,学生上她的课感到无聊的原因是她不了解他们,她讲的课并没有针对他们的特点.
60.答案:C.推理判断题.根据文章最后三段的内容可知,校长听完课之后并没有指责作者,而是给作者指出问题,并提出了解决问题的办法,并且校长自己扮演有不好行为的学生,作者做严厉又温和的老师,以此来寻找解决问题的办法.C项sincere and supportive(真诚且有帮助性的)能描述校长对作者的态度.

点评 此类文章的特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线,空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终,脉络清楚,可读性较强.做题时要弄清楚人物传记类文章的特征和写作手法,抓住题干关键词,采用寻读的方法查找细节并进行推理判断.

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