Question

  That morning,I stepped into the classroom,ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventyfive 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 (馗MO was over,I quickly 6        my calmness and began what I thought was a factpacked 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 a11 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 those of my 15 . 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.

(   ) 1. A. the UK   B. the US   C. China   D. Australia

(   ) 2. A. worry   B. idea   C. doubt   D. experience

(   ) 3. A. impress   B. put   C. leave   D. fix

(   ) 4. A. Attention   B. Look out   C. At ease   D. Stand up

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

(   ) 6. A. found   B. returned   C. regained   D. followed

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

(   ) 8. A. passed   B. borrowed   C. read   D. kept

(   ) 9. A. replaced   B. taken   C. caught   D. moved

(   ) 10. A. Naturally 、   B. Perhaps   C. Fortunately   D. Reasonably

(   ) 11. A. different   B. strong   C. similar   D. usual

(   ) 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. teachers   B. family   C. students   D. coworkers

(   ) 16. A. difficult   B. interesting   C. ordinary   D. unusual

(   ) 17. A. draw   B. make   C. search   D. offer

(   ) 18. A. strange   B. standard   C. exact   D. serious

(   ) 19. A. Therefore   B. However   C. Besides   D. Though

(   ) 20. A. normal   B. happy   C. good   D. better

Answer 1

1. B从文章最后一句话中的American teacher即得。

2. C我不怀疑自己的能力。比A项worry"担心"要恰当。

3. A固定搭配impress sth. on sb.,"使某人在……留下很深的印象"。

4. D"stand up"表示起立，是中国课堂习惯。

5. A be puzzled about意为"对..••••感到困惑"。

6. C regain意为"重新获得"。

7. B递进关系，从to gain their respect递进到admiration o

8. D keep diaries意为"写日记"。

9. A be replaced by意为"被... 取代"。

10. B naturally意为"自然地"；perhaps意为"也许"；fortunately意为"幸运地"；reasonably意为"说得通的，合理的"。

11. C从上下文知道学生的日记有着相同的主题，similar意为"相似的"。

12. D the historical background意为"历史背景"。

13. A情态动词should在这里表达埋怨的态度， "居然"表示不满。

14. D gradually意为"逐渐地"，上文中It was a long term说明了一个过程。

15. C 文中those代指those ideas of my students。

16. B根据常识即可得出答案。

17. A draw conclusions意为"得出结论"，是固定搭配。

18. C exact意为"准确的"，从后面文字as directly and clearly as possible即知。

19. B这一段和前面形成转折关系，所以用however ₀

20. D根据全文大意得知，以前是个好老师现在是更好的老师。