20. A. flew down B. went down C. let out D. gave out

C

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for 17 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 (尴尬) was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes 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 a 11 theme (主题). "Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical (哲学的) 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 15 of my students. 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.

19. A. disadvantage B. chance C. problem D. disaster

18. A. again B. finally C. only D. accidentally

17. A. come B. show C. phone D. cheer

16. A. write B. record C. count D. memorize

15. A. beginning B. time C. day D. look

14. A. turn B. dance C. circle D. whistle

13. A. heaven B. mountain C. cloud D. sky

12. A. over B. across C. with D. through

11. A. direction B. sight C. hearing D. touch