Question

【题目】 A teacher from America visited a school in China. In one class, she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard, and sixty children copied it on their paper. The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles （三角形）on the top of it. The children drew in the same way. The lesson went on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom. Each student’s cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard.

The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teacher methods were different from those in her country. A children’s art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures, and each one is quite different from the others. Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches more than art or history or language.

In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves. The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas. In countries such as China and Japan, students often work together and help each other in the classroom, but the teachers teach, and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the same textbook, do the same homework and give the same answers.

【1】Which of the following looks the cat on the blackboard?

A.B.C.D.

【2】The students in ______ are helped to find answers by themselves.

A.JapanB.ChinaC.AmericaD.Japan & China

【3】The word “memorize” means _______ in the passage.

A.rememberB.forgetC.giveD.read

【4】The writer of the passage thinks that the students should ________.

A.have the same answers as their teacherB.learn knowledge by themselves

C.learn the same textbook. .D.be asked to memorize a lot

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要通过一位西方老师到东方国家学校参观时所看到的一节美术课，指出了东、西方教学方法的不同：西方强调个性与差异，而东方强调的是统一。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中的第一段“The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles （三角形）on the top of it.”可知老师在大的圆上面画了一个小圆，然后在它的上面放了两个小三角形，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中的第三段“In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves”可知，在一些国家，如美国或加拿大，要求学生自己找答案，故选C。

【3】词义猜测题。根据文中的前面句子“but the teachers teach, and the students listen”但是老师在教，学生在听，可知，后面应该是要求学生记住很多东西，结合选项，故选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据文中的最后一段“In a country such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work and find answers by themselves”在一些国家，如美国或加拿大，要求学生自己查找答案，及后面的描述可知，作者鼓励这种自学的学习方式，故选B。

词义猜测是阅读理解中最常见的一种题型，所猜测的词汇可能是生词也可能是熟词，还可以是人称代词的指代内容。词义猜测题主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力，突出考查对语境的分析和把握能力。本题可以利用上下文语境来猜测词义。猜测任何词义都离不开上下文，所以要借助上下文对需要猜测的词或短语进行合乎逻辑的推测。如第3小题，

根据 “but the teachers teach, and the students listen”但是老师在教，学生在听，可知，后面应该是要求学生记住很多东西，结合选项，所以memorize的意思和remember相近，故选A。