Question

Nicole, a 67-year-old Scot, has taught in Jinan for 15 years. He living and working in China a lot.

In 1997, Nicole was teaching Latin and Greek in a Scotland school when he was offered a job to teach in Shandong Economic University for . Even though Nicole had no idea of what kind of Jinan was, he decided to give it a try, because he thought if things weren’t good enough, he could always return to Scotland in one year. However, things to be quite different. The result: he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years.

During his 15 years in Jinan, Nicole has set up his own teaching . He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out in classes. “As an language teacher, I do think grammar is important in writing,” Nicole says. “Many English teachers don’t have real experience of teaching. They do know something is wrong, but they don’t know how to it.” In Nicole’s classes, nobody is to speak Chinese. If students cannot express themselves with one example, they are asked to try example until they understand.

Another reason for Nicole’s popularity his students is that he is more of a kind-hearted “grandpa” to them. he learns that some students cannot afford tuition(学费), he helps them overcome the difficulty and continue with their college education.

Though Nicole has 15 years in Jinan, he is not sure how many more years he will be in the city. But he is sure that his days in Jinan have in many ways been the of his life.

1.A. hatesB. hopesC. enjoysD. wants

2.A. one year B. two monthsC. half a yearD. two years

3.A. countryB. cityC. townD. village

4.A. turned on B. turned off C. turned outD. turned down

5.A. plan B. activityC. aimD. style

6.A. writingB. writtenC. speakingD. spoken

7.A. happilyB. carefullyC. politelyD. bravely

8.A. exchangedB. oldC. experiencedD. unusual

9.A. explainB. readC. speakD. teach

10.A. advisedB. allowedC. askedD. told

11.A. moreB. anotherC. otherD. some

12.A. amongB. betweenC. ofD. in

13.A. WhereverB. WheneverC. WhoeverD. However

14.A. spentB. takenC. costD. paid

15.A. saddestB. loneliestC. happiestD. loveliest

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了苏格兰人Nicole在济南工作学习的情况。他在济南的山东经济大学教了15年。他一直喜欢济南这个城市和他的工作，在济南的15年期间，他建立了自己的教学风格。他总是鼓励想提高英语口语的学生勇敢的说出来。他确信他在济南的这些年的日子，从很多方面说是他生活中最快乐的日子

1.考查动词及语境的理解。A. hates憎恨；B. hopes希望；C. enjoys喜欢；D. wants想要。根据he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years. 可知15年来他一直喜欢济南这个城市和他的工作，故可知他喜欢在中国。故选C。句意：他非常喜欢在中国生活和工作。

2.考查名词短语及语境的理解。 A. one year一年；B. two months两月；C. half a year半年；D. two years两年。根据because he thought if things weren’t good enough, he could always return to Scotland in one year.“因为他认为如果事情不够好，他在一年后就回到苏格兰”，故可知他要在山东经济大学教一年。故选A。句意：他得到一份工作，在上东经济大学教书一年。

3.考查名词及语境的理解。A. country国家；B. city 城市；C. town 城镇；D. village村庄。根据Jinan可知济南是一个城市，故选B。句意：尽管Nicole不知道济南是一个什么类型的城市，他决定试一试。

4.考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. turned on打开；B. turned off 关上；C. turned out结果证明；D. turned down关小点；turn out to be /do“结果是……”，故选C。句意：然而，事情结果相当不同。

5.考查名词及语境的理解。 A. plan计划；B. activity活动；C. aim目标；D. style风格；根据He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out _ in classes这是他教学的方式方法，也就是自己的风格。故选D。句意：Nicole在济南的15年期间，建立了自己的教学风格。

6.考查动词及语境的理解。A. writing书写；B. written写； C. speaking说话；D. spoken说话。故选D。spoken English 英语口语，written English书面英语；根据to speak out _ in classes.可知要说出来，故是口语，句意：他总是鼓励想提高英语口语的学生。

7.考查副词及语境的理解。 A. happily幸福地；B. carefully认真地；C. politely礼貌地；D. bravely勇敢地。结合上下文，要在全班面前说出来，应需要勇气，故选D。句意：他总是鼓励想提高英语口语的学生勇敢的说出来。

8.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. exchanged 交换的；B. old老的；C. experienced有经验的；D. unusual不同寻常的。根据前文的Nicole, a 67-year-old Scot, has taught in Jinan for 15 years.可知Nicole在中国教了15年，因此是一个有经验的教师，故选C。句意：Nicole说：“作为一名有经验的教师，我的确认为语法在写作中是很重要的。”

9.考查动词及语境的理解。A. explain解释；B. read阅读；C. speak说；D. teach教；根据They do know something is wrong,可知作为教师知道学生出错了，应是给他解释清楚，故选A。句意：但是他们不知道如何解释它。

10.考查动词及语境的理解。A. advised建议；B. allowed允许；C. asked问；D. told告诉。故选B。根据He always encourages his students who want to improve their English to speak out _ in classes可知此处学生应是在他的课上说英语，不被允许说汉语，句意：在Nicole的课上，没有人被允许说话英。

11.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. more更多的；B. another另一个；C. other其他的；D. some一些。此处修饰但是名词example, 故用another，故选B。句意：他们被要求尝试另一个例子，直到他们理解。

12.考查介词及语境的理解。A. among在（三者或三者以上）之中，B. between在（两者）之间； C. of 的；D. in在……里。修饰复数名词his students，表示三者以上，故选A。句意：Nicole在他的学生中受欢迎的另一个原因是他更是一个和蔼的爷爷。

13.考查代词及语境的理解。 A. Wherever无论哪里，可引导地点状语从句；B. Whenever无论何时，可引导时间状语从句；C. Whoever 无论谁，；D. However无论如何，修饰形容词或副词。结合句意，此处表示时间，故选B。句意：无论何时他听说有些学生没钱交学费，他帮助他们克服苦难，帮助他们继续大学教育。

14.考查动词及语境的理解。A. spent 花费，人做主语；B. taken需要，人或事物做主语；C. cost花费，事物做主语；D. paid支付，人做主语；此处主语是Nicole，并且表示度过，花费。故选A。句意：尽管Nicole已经在济南度过了15年，他不确定在这个城市再待多少年。

15.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. saddest最悲伤的；B. loneliest最孤独的；C. happiest最幸福的；D. loveliest最可爱的。he has been enjoying the city and his work both for 15 years.

故选C。句意：他确信他在济南的这些年的日子，从很多方面说是他生活中最快乐的日子

考点：故事类短文。