My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn't forced on us either.  He took Samuel Johnson's dictionary, Addison's essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o'clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions (典故) and irony (反讽) and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.

My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other's journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make joke of and said, " This writing isn't fit to line (衬垫) the bottom of a birdcage. " Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.

So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build up students and classes and make them excited about literature and writing, or it can tear them apart. It is true that humor is either productive or counter-productive and self-defeating.

1.The passage mainly discusses ________.

A. teaching         B. literature

C. humor            D. knowledge

2.The underlined word "hilarious" in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

A. funny             B. tiring

C. inspiring         D. brilliant

3.The English teacher the writer disliked most ________.

A. was not able to make students laugh

B. hurt his students' feelings

C. didn't let his students do the grading

D. had no sense of humor

 

A student walks into his first class and realizes he forgot all about the midterm exam. He knows he needs to bring his grades up, and getting a zero will make it nearly impossible. He quickly jots down some notes and shoves them under his lap hoping it will help him pass. Cheating is a major concern in all academic environments. Students are creating new and more outrageous(令人吃惊的) ways of cheating every day; some claim that certain accounts of cheating can be justified, but overall it can always be prevented.

Cheating has been around forever, and millions of ways to cheat have been fashioned. Copying homework and cheat sheets are some of the most basic ways students in all education levels have cheated. Some students think nothing about writing a few answers on their hand, in a gum wrapper, or boldly using a study guide to cheat. Desperate students have even gone as far as to steal the test or scan in bottle wrappers and put answers into the nutrition label. The internet has now become available in almost every location. Computers can be accessed at school, at home, and now even on cell phones. This opens a doorway for even more methods of cheating to be born.

There are countless opinions on whether or not cheating can be justified. The truth is this behavior will always be a matter of opinion with each scenario of cheating. Students often rationalize their cheating by claiming they forgot to look over the material or did not understand what the teacher or professor was saying. Some may counter these arguments by saying that the student could have set reminders or asked the teacher to explain the material before the day of the test. Some other reasons students believe cheating is justified are their heavy workloads and trying to find time for school, sports, friends, and family. This may be true in certain instances, however, all students have these problems, and it is unfair to the students refrain(制止) from cheating when the student who is dishonest receives a better grade. The majority of students who think cheating is acceptable may believe the reason for this is that sometimes students are unaware they are cheating, there is not enough time given for assignments, or that the information is too much for the course.

It may be difficult to accomplish, but cheating can be prevented. Teachers and professors have tried many options to stop cheating. These options can range anywhere from simply spreading test-takers out in a room, to expelling(驱逐) a student, which will most likely hindertheir plans of getting into another college. One simple way to fix the problem is to scold the student when caught. They may be so scared or embarrassed that they never do it again. This is a risky way to prevent cheating in some cases, however, because it can possibly damage self-esteem. Another simple way to avoid cheating is to create many different kinds of the same test. This prohibits students from getting the answers off of a neighbor's test, but students still have the option of using other cheating tactics.

There may be a million ways to cheat and get away with it, but there are few times, if any, that it is justified. Cheating never has to be a necessity and is never worth compromising morals and losing years worth of working towards a degree. This problem is spreading throughout America; with everyone's help, it can be stopped.

1.Which is the best title of this passage?

A.To cheat or not to cheat                  B.Show your opinion on cheating

C.Debates on cheating                     D.Different ways of cheating

2.The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A.cheating through the Internet is the most basic way

B.students who cheat in exams are cleverer

C.millions of ways to cheat have been fashioned

D.students cheat in exams to score better grades

3.The reason that is given by most students who think cheating is understandable is that ________.

A.they don’t understand their teachers’ words

B.they bury themselves in a lot of homework

C.they don’t have enough time to complete the study tasks

D.they forget to look over the material

4.What is the disadvantage of scolding the cheating students according to the passage?

A.They may continue to cheat next time.

B.They may be hurt mentally.

C.They may use other cheating tactics.

D.They may get on badly with their teachers.

5.What is the author’s attitude towards cheating?

A.It is reasonable                         B.It is necessary

C.it can be praised                        D.It must be prevented

 

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to  36  the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he  37  me.

A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he   38  how to do it. when I began to show this to him, some students in my class   39  and began to talk among themselves   40  . Later that day, at lunch time, I was   41  by several of them.

“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll  42  you…”

I could not believe what I was hearing.I could get paid for something very   43  ." All right.I'll do it." The next day my math teacher   44  me to help him out.When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's.

I soon became very   45   among my friends.They began to treat me like a god with a magical  46  .I began to change the grades of students.Word   47   quickly and I became very rich.

Everything was going fine   48   I was called into the headmaster's office.When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry   49   in his eyes.  "I have known you for three years now.I don't want to  50   what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must.He has too much   51   , " he said." Do you have anything to say   52   yourself?" he asked.

"No." I said finally.I did not realize how serious my actions had been.I had violated the      53  of my teacher, and the headmaster.And there was no way   54  .I was forced to leave my school.

That was a good   55  for me.

1.A.access           B.assess         C.change         D.mark

2.A.guided           B.supported      C.thanked        D.accepted

3.A.doubted          B.remembered     C.reminded       D.forgot

4.A.hid              B.noticed        C.complained     D.agreed

5.A.disappointedly B.quietly          C.freely         D.angrily

6.A.appointed        B.approved       C.approached     D.appreciated

7.A.pay              B.praise         C.follow         D.inspire

8.A.familiar         B.simple         C.interesting    D.pleasant

9.A.forced           B.advised        C.encouraged     D.got

10.A.optimisticB.popular              C.sensitive      D.grateful

11.A.energy          B.strength       C.right          D.power

12.A.escaped         B.slipped        C.spread         D.fled

13.A.until           B.since          C.as             D.after

14.A.sight           B.look           C.light          D.feeling

15.A.believe         B.ignore         C.oppose         D.influence

16.A.experienceB.pressure             C.confidence     D.evidence

17.A.to              B.by             C.for            D.of

18.A.intention       B.honor          C.promise        D.trust

19.A.on              B.in             C.back           D.down

20.A.lesson B.skill    C.story    D.example

 

Recently I gave my adult students homework. It was “go to someone you love and tell them you love them.” It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.

It sounds like very tough homework since most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught expressing emotions is not “macho (阳刚之气).” Showing feelings or crying was just not done. So this was very threatening homework for some.

At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand, quite moved and a bit shaken.

As he unfolded out of his chair (all 1.85 meters of him), he began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this homework. Who were you to tell me to do something that personal?”

“But as I began driving home my conscience (良心)started telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’ to.”

“Five years ago, my father and I had a severe disagreement and really never settled it since then. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other.”

“So last Tuesday by the time I got home I had convinced myself. I was going to tell my father I loved him. It’s strange, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.

1. The homework is threatening for some students because_________.

A. they are middle-aged people  B. they are not macho enough

C. they were taught to hide their emotions  D. they didn’t know how to show feelings

2. From the passage we know that_________.

A. the adult students have classes in the day time only

B. not all the adult students in the writer’s class are male

C. the man refused to meet his father after their quarrel

D. the man quickly decided to say “I love you” to his father

3. The underlined phrase “unfolded out of his chair” in Para 4 is closest in meaning to_________.

A. stood on his chair straight  B. sat quietly in the chair

C. bent himself over his chair  D. raised himself slowly from the chair

4. What does the man imply by saying the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. He felt it too strange to say “I love you” to his father.

B. He felt relaxed just thinking of saying “I love you” to his father.

C. He felt very relaxed after saying “I love you” to his father.

D. He had to lift a heavy load off his chest before saying “I love you”.

 

 

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