I arrived in the classroom，ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature class. Having taught in the US for 17 years，I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and to impress on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

    I was shocked when the monitor shouted,“stand up!” The entire class rose as I entered the room and l was somewhat confused about how to get them to sit down again，but once the embarrassment(尴尬) was over, I quickly regained my calmness and admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement.

    My students kept diaries. However, as I read them the rosy glow was gradually replaced by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today perhaps her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised．I read diary after diary, each expressing a similar theme “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire Western philosophy and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How should they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

    It was a long term, and it gradually became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact in formation as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

    However, I also learned a lot，and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

51.We can know that on the first day the writer__________.

    A. was disappointed at her students’ performance

    B. was very confident in her students

    C. felt she didn’t teach them much

    D. felt very confident in herself at first

52.At the beginning of the lesson，the writer got confused because of__________.

    A. cultural differences      B. students’ admiration

    C. students’ embarrassment    D. the same experience

53．The writer learnt from their diaries that the students wanted to___________.

    A. raise interesting questions    B. know about background

    C. draw their own conclusions     D. know more exact facts

54.Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

    A. The writer doubted about her ability of teaching.

    B. The writer became better at teaching foreign students.

    C. The writer had taken up her career for years.

D. The writer was upset when reading the students’ diaries．

55. The underlined word “philosophy” would probably NOT be _________．

A.  set of beliefs

B．outlook on life

C．study of the principles

       D.  understanding of art

The Blind Boy

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a    11       which said: I am blind, please help. There were only a few    12   in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his    13    and dropped them into the hat. He    14    took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He    15    the sign so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to    16   . A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had     17    the sign came to see how things were. The boy     18     his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, though.” What he had written was: “Today is a (n)    19    day and I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both sign simply said the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so    20    that they were not blind.

       Should we be surprised that the second sign was more    21    ?

Be thankful for what you have. When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to    22   . Face your past without regret(后悔).    23    your present with confidence(自信). Prepare for the    24    without fear. Keep the faith（信念）and    25  the fear.

A. cover          B. sign         C. board             D. note

A. cashes         B. treasures      C. pennies           D. coins

A. pocket         B. can          C. backpack          D. case

A. still           B. then          C. already           D. yet

A. put on         B. put out        C. put off           D. put back

A. mix up        B. show up       C. fill up            D. make up

A. changed       B. prepared       C. supported         D. reached

A. realized       B. recognized     C. felt               D. discovered

A. average       B. successful      C. harmonious        D. beautiful

A. happy        B. disappointed    C. lucky             D. strange

A. effective      B. brave          C. surprising         D. scientific

A. smile        B. exist          C. survive            D. prove

A. Look into     B. Search for       C. Deal with         D. Depend on

A. tomorrow     B. adventure       C. future            D. sunrise

A. preserve      B. charge          C. keep             D. drop

It is always difficult being in a foreign country, __________if you don’t speak the language.

A.  extremely       B. naturally       C. basically       D. especially

In a few years, you might be able to speak Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French,and English—and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel,a computer science professor at US's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Germany's University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.?

    One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.?

    Another prototype(雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending on what language they speak. “It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without disturbing the person next to you,” Waibel said.?

    Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe(转录) the translations on a tiny liquid-crystal(液晶) display(LCD) screen.?

    Then there's the Muscle Translator. Electrodes capture the electrical signals from facial muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted in a person's face, according to researchers.?

During a demonstration held last Thursday in CMU's Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student named Sang Jun had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then he mouthed—without speaking aloud—a few words in Mandarin(普通话) to the audience. A few seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer in English and Spanish: “Let me introduce our new prototype.”

This particular gadget(器械),when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number of languages or, as Waibel put it, “to switch your mouth to a foreign language”. “The idea behind the university's prototypes is to create ‘good enough’ bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are becoming more common in the world,” Waibel said.?

With spontaneous(自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.?

51. Which of the following statements is not true ?

A. A lecture translation can translate what you said into other languages easily.?

B. Muscle Translators can translate what you think into speech if you just move your mouth.?

C. There is no Muscle Translator in the world now.

D. The spontaneous translators will help us a lot.

52. What kind of equipment is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. Lecture Translation.                B. Multiple Translator.

C. Muscle Translator.?                D. Translation Prototype.

53. What's the final destination of inventing the language translators??

A. To make cultural exchanges between different countries easier.?

B. To help students learn foreign languages more easily.?

C. To make people live in foreign countries more comfortably.?

D. To help people learn more foreign languages in the future.

54. What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?

A. The translator is so good that it can translate any language into the very language you need.?

B. The translator is becoming more and more common in the world as a bridge.?

C. With the help of the translator, you only need to open your mouth when you want to say something without saying the exact words at all.?

D. The translator needs to be improved before being put into market.

55. Where can this passage probably be excerpted from?

A. A newspaper.                B. A magazine on science.?

C. A fairy tale.                  D. A scientific fantasy book.

No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It’s important to make the right impression (印象) from the first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are seven tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:

1. First impression is important. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code. If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what you wear, always be neat (整洁) and clean.

2. Get to work on time. Employers value workers who come to work on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.

3. Pay attention to introduction. One of the first things that your supervisor (主管) may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss isn’t around.

4. Ask plenty of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what your are expected to do. If he or she has not told you your job duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.

5. Don't make personal phone calls. You should never make personal phone calls to your friends and family unless it's an emergency.

6. Don’t take too long for lunch. What’s the lunch-hour policy at your new job? You can find out from your supervisor or your company’s personnel department(人事部门). For example, do people eat at their desks or does everyone take a full hour outside the workplace?

7. Never be the first one to leave. Observe how your co-workers behave around quitting (离开) time. It does no good for you to be eager to leave.

Which is the best title for the passage?

  A. Tips On First Days At a New Job    B. How to Do a Job Well

  C. Be the Last to Leave              D. Ways to Find a New Job

From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that the most important rule we should follow is ______.

 A. to have lunch outside the workplace   B. to do as other people do

 C. not to be the first to leave after work   D. to pay attention to introductions

The underlined phrase “a dress code” (Para. 2) means ______.

A. a beautiful dress        B. a place where a dress can be placed 

C. a neat and clean dress    D. a rule about what you can wear to work

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. You should not make personal calls unless very necessary.

B. Co-workers will be important to you when the boss is out.

C. You shouldn’t ask any questions in case you trouble others.

D. Leave an extra 15 minutes earlier to make sure you won’t be late.