That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in for seventeen years, I had no about my ability to hold their attention and toimpress on them my for the literature of my mother tongue.
As I entered the room, I was when the monitor shouted: “Stand up!” The entire class rose, and I was somewhat about how to get them to sit down again. Once that awkwardness was over, I quickly my calmness and began what I thought was an informed lecture, sure to gain their respect — perhaps their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
I asked my students to keep as homework. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it became clear that my ideas about were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise questions and provide enough background so that students could their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
, I benefited a lot, for my experience with my Chinese students has made me a American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
| 小题1: | | A．England | B．America | C．China | D．Australia |
|
| 小题2: | | A．worry | B．idea | C．doubt | D．skill |
|
| 小题3: | | A．profession | B．admiration | C．explanation | D．expression |
|
| 小题4: | | A．attracted | B．embarrassed | C．amused | D．shocked |
|
| 小题5: | | A．puzzled | B．sure | C．worried | D．curious |
|
| 小题6: | | A．reminded | B．returned | C．regained | D．recovered |
|
| 小题7: | | A．more | B．even | C．yet | D．still |
|
| 小题8: | | A．discussions | B．notes | C．compositions | D．diaries |
|
| 小题9: | | A．replaced | B．frightened | C．troubled | D．moved |
|
| 小题10: | | A．Later | B．Perhaps | C．Somehow | D．Indeed |
|
| 小题11: | | A．common | B．strong | C．similar | D．strange |
|
| 小题12: | | A．happenings | B．characters | C．development | D．background |
|
| 小题13: | | A．should | B．need | C．will | D．must |
|
| 小题14: | | A．immediately | B．certainly | C．simply | D．gradually |
|
| 小题15: | | A．admiration | B．question | C．education | D．conclusion |
|
| 小题16: | | A．difficult | B．interesting | C．essential | D．general |
|
| 小题17: | | A．draw | B．find | C．search | D．offer |
|
| 小题18: | | A．special | B．standard | C．exact | D．serious |
|
| 小题19: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Then | D．Though |
|
| 小题20: | | A．richer | B．happier | C．friendlier | D．better |
|
|
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D |
试题分析：我是一名在美国教了17年书的教师，信心满满的来中国教书。却发现由于文化的差异，我的教育理念和学生们的并不同。在和中国学生在一起的日子，我学会了处在不同的文化背景下，如何去教学生
小题1:A 考查名词辨析 England 英格兰；America 美国；china 中国；Australia 澳大利亚。根据I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture,故选B
小题2:C 考查名词辨析 worry 烦恼；idea 想法；doubt 怀疑；skill技巧。根据Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不怀疑我的能力，故选C
小题3:B 考查名词辨析 profession 专业；admiration 钦佩；explanation解释；expression 表达。句意我对母语文学的赞赏给他们留下深刻的印象Impress on sb sth.此处指他确信能给学生留下深刻的印象，所以选B项。
小题4:D 考查动词辨析 attracted 吸引；embarrassed令人尴尬；amused 令人愉快的的；shocked震惊。句意 当我走进教室，当班长喊起立时我很震惊。根据下文出现的Once that awkwardness was over，当这种局促不安结束时，可推知当时作者是很震惊的，所以选D项。
小题5:A 考查形容词辨析 puzzled 迷惑的；sure 确定的；worried着急的；curious 好奇的。句意 当全班起立时，我不怎的，很迷惑，是如何让他们坐下，be puzzled about 对。。困惑，符合情景。所以选A项。
小题6:C 考查动词辨析 reminded 提醒；returned 返回；regained重新获得；recovered 恢复。but once that awkwardness was over提醒读者他开始见到那情景有点局促不安，到很快又重新获得平静calmness。所以Regain正确
小题7:B 考查副词辨析 more 更多；even 甚至；yet然而；still仍然。句意当恢复平静后，我认为开始获得他们的尊敬甚至是敬佩。admiration是在respect基础上的递进，所以用even符合这一空，B正确
小题8:D 考查名词辨析 discussion 讨论；notes 注意；compositions 作文；diaries日记。学生们写日记，我从中看出他们对我的看法 keep kiaries 记日记。所以选D项。
小题9:A 考查动词辨析 replaced 代替；frightened 害怕；troubled麻烦；moved移动。句意 读到学生的日记，原来萦绕在我心头的自我好感很快褪色了，取而代之的是悲伤。Be replaced by...被...取代，所以A正确
小题10:B 考查副词辨析 later 后来；perhaps 也许；somehow 不管怎么样；indeed确实、根据Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today以及her next lecture will be better学生对我的下一次课的一种期望，但也不肯定。Perhaps也许，是最佳答案
小题11:C 考查形容词辨析 common 普通的；strong强壮的；similar 类似的；strange奇怪的。句意 每个同学都在日记中表达一个相似的想法，那就是他们没学到东西，或者一无所获。再根据Didn’t I teach them anything?可知他们表达得相似的主题所以C正确
小题12:D 考查名词辨析 happenings 事件；characters 性格；development发展；background背景。根据all the works we’ll study in class以及I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background，可知我为他们说明了我们课上所学的文学作品的历史背景，故选D
小题13:A 考查情态动词辨析 should 应该；need需要；will 将要；must 必须。句意 他们怎么能说我什么都没教他们呢？should表示说话人惊奇、愤怒、失望等情感，与前面学生和我的相反反映是吻合的故选A
小题14:D 考查副词辨析 immediately 立刻地；certainly 必然；simply 仅仅；gradually 逐渐地。根据It was a long term以及my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students，可知我逐渐明白了，故选D
小题15:C 考查名词辨析 admiration 钦佩；question 问题；education 教育；conclusion 结论；句意 我的教育理念和我的学生们不同，those 代替上文提到ideas ,所以选C项。
小题16:B 考查形容词辨析 difficult 困难的；interesting 有趣的；essential 必要的；general 普遍的。在我看来，教师的工作就是提出有趣的问题并提供必要的背景知识，然后学生通过思考得出自己的结论。要启迪学生思考，问题应该要有吸引力，所以B正确
小题17:A 考查动词辨析 draw 绘制，拉 得出；find 发现；search寻找；offer提供。draw a conclusion得出结论，为固定搭配 句意 我认为教师的工作就是提出一个有趣的问题，提供足够的背景，然后让学生自己得出结论
小题18:C 考查形容词辨析 special 特殊的；standard 标准；exact 确切的；serious 严重的。而我的中国学生的观念是，老师应该直接将确切地知识信息教给他们，不是去自己摸索。后文的as directly and clearly as possible是提示，所以选C项。
小题19:B 考查副词辨析 therefore 因此；however 然而；then然后；though虽然。虽然这中间我很纠结，但我也懂得了一些东西。这里有转折对比的意思。所以B正确
小题20:D 考查形容词辨析 richer 富有的；happier幸福的；friendlier 友好的；better 好的。句意 我与我的中国学生的经历使我成为了一个更好的老师，一个知道在不同文化背景下如何教书的老师。根据knowing how to teach in a different culture所以 D是正确答案
考点 故事类短文。 |
核心考点
试题【That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and expe】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
A black car rushed around the busy street corner, towards the courthouse. The dark window rolled down and a semi-automatic stuck out.
Pauly Gillespie, a government protected witness (目击者), stood , seeing death walking toward him. Pauly’s FBI bodyguards themselves on top of him, but two were fired and Pauly was hit the shoulder.
The car across two lanes (车道) of traffic. Then it turned left down a path and got __ behind a large truck. The two men in the car out and raced away --- into the arms of four policemen.
Special agent (特工) Brown was new to the police unit and was told to __ the car out of the path so that the traffic could return to . Brown changed the position of the rearview (后视) mirror _ and drove it around to __ his boss was questioning the two men.
Brown stood and watched. One of the men was tall and thin, and _ was five inches shorter, about Brown’s .
Agent Fordney asked the two men who had done the shooting. They __ to tell him. Then Brown smiled and said, “I know who the shooter was.” His boss was surprised. How could Brown know that without getting any answer from the two men?
When Brown got into the car, he had to adjust the rearview mirror. That meant the previous driver had been of a height. Since the shorter man was close to Brown’s height, he knew the taller man must have been the _. Therefore, the shorter man had done the .
| 小题1: | | A．driver-side | B．passenger-side | C．right-hand side | D．left-hand side |
|
| 小题2: | | A．hand | B．camera | C．handgun | D．knife |
|
| 小题3: | | A．frozen | B．calm | C．quiet | D．still |
|
| 小题4: | | A．put | B．rushed | C．jumped | D．threw |
|
| 小题5: | | A．bullets | B．shots | C．guns | D．shoots |
|
| 小题7: | | A．sped | B．rolled | C．moved | D．went |
|
| 小题8: | | A．damaged | B．destroyed | C．stuck | D．injured |
|
| 小题9: | | A．came | B．hurried | C．walked | D．crawled |
|
| 小题10: | | A．suddenly | B．right | C．quickly | D．immediately |
|
| 小题11: | | A．clear | B．ride | C．carry | D．push |
|
| 小题12: | | A．common | B．ordinary | C．usual | D．normal |
|
| 小题14: | | A．where | B．there | C．which | D．what |
|
| 小题15: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．one |
|
| 小题16: | | A．size | B．length | C．age | D．height |
|
| 小题17: | | A．decided | B．refused | C．had | D．pretended |
|
| 小题18: | | A．same | B．large | C．different | D．small |
|
| 小题19: | | A．murderer | B．shooter | C．driver | D．killer |
|
| 小题20: | | A．killing | B．shooting | C．driving | D．murdering |
|
|
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength． the story of this boy for example．He decided to study judo(柔道) he had lost his left in a car accident．
The boy began lessons an old Japanese judo master．The boy was doing well， he couldn’t understand why，after three months of training，the master had him only one move．
“Sensei，”the boy said to his master，“shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you’11 ever to know，”the sensei replied．
Not quite understanding，but believing in his teacher，the boy training．
Several months later，the sensei the boy to his first tournament．
To his , the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more ，but after some time，his opponent(对手)became impatient and charged；the boy skillfully his one move to win the match．Still amazed by his ，the boy was now in the finals．
This time，his opponent was bigger，stronger，and more ．For a while，the boy appeared to be defeated． that the boy might get ，the referee called a timeout(暂停)．He was about to stop the match when the sensei ，saying，“No，let him continue．”
Soon after the match began again，his opponent made a big :he dropped his guard．The boy won the tournament．
When asked，“how did I win with only one move ? ”，the sensei answered, “First，you’ve almost one of the most difficult throws in all of judo．Second，the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grasp your left arm．”
| 小题2: | | A．because | B．though | C．before | D．until |
|
| 小题4: | | A．with | B．as | C．beneath | D．1ike |
|
| 小题6: | | A．promised | B．taught | C．allowed | D．delivered |
|
| 小题7: | | A．honestly | B．finally | C．impatiently | D．rapidly |
|
| 小题8: | | A．need | B．fail | C．agree | D．demand |
|
| 小题9: | | A．avoided | B．stopped | C．kept | D．regretted |
|
| 小题10: | | A．applied | B．kept | C．carried | D．took |
|
| 小题11: | | A．embarrassment | B．encouragement | C．disappointment | D．astonishment |
|
| 小题12: | | A．difficult | B．awkward | C．frightening | D．unique |
|
| 小题13: | | A．sacrificed | B．suggested | C．quitted | D．used |
|
| 小题14: | | A．competitor | B．master | C．success | D．challenge |
|
| 小题15: | | A．responsible | B．experienced | C．casual | D．stressed |
|
| 小题16: | | A．Concerned | B．Threatened | C．Disappointed | D．Delighted |
|
| 小题17: | | A．tired | B．defeated | C．hurt | D．fined |
|
| 小题18: | | A．sighed | B．added | C．approved | D．interrupted |
|
| 小题19: | | A．discovery | B．difference | C．mistake | D．decision |
|
| 小题20: | | A．created | B．mastered | C．exposed | D．watched |
|
|
Since I was a child, I called my father my Kong, after King Kong. I believed that he was just as strong as the giant ape(猿猴). As he faced death, I did my best to help release him to the next life.
Two months after he passed away, my sister called to ask if I would like to go see Lisa Williams, a well-known witch（巫婆）. I was familiar with Lisa from her show on Lifetime, and since I was eager to get a sign from my father, I agreed to go.
I took my father’s gold watch and listened as Lisa helped audience members communicate with their loved ones. “I have a grandfather-like figure with me and he is speaking about his granddaughter Jilly,” she announced. The audience was quiet; no one raised a hand. I nudged（用肘轻推） my sister and whispered to her that this was Dad ,for my third child and my father had a deep bond(关系，纽带) and he called her Jilly.
Although I sensed his presence, I wasn’t confident enough to raise my hand. I needed something a bit more concrete, something undoubted.
“This man is letting me know he had cancer,” she continued. I nudged my sister harder and assured her this was our father. Lisa went on to say that this person died in June (my father had died June 8th). There was swelling of the legs.
“Important information,” she called out. My heart beat fast . I jumped up when she asked, “Who is holding his watch?” I waved the watch in the air.
“He wishes you congratulations.” My fourth child was born three weeks after my father died. I was in shock and could not believe I was getting a chance to hear from him, yet I knew our bond was strong enough that he could come to the world. She banged on her chest like an ape and apologized, saying, “I don’t know why but he wants me to do this like Tarzan.” It didn’t resonate（共鸣） with me until my sister called out “King Kong!” I was convinced. No way could this woman have ever known a detail unless Dad was communicating through her.
Each bit of information she gave us was just as meaningful. She ended our session by informing us that he would send us coins. The very next day I found six coins in various places; they seemed to have come out of nowhere. Even in death he is my Kong, and he remains important in my life.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Information from Lisa Williams | | B．Miraculous Messages from Heaven | | C．Strange Things in the Party. | | D．Unforgettable memories |
小题2:What’s the meaning of underlined sentence?| A．I tried my best to make my father feel relieved in another world . | | B．I wanted to help my father live a better life in future. | | C．I tried to set my father free next time. | | D．I wanted to help my father in everything. |
小题3:What do we know about Lisa Williams? | A．She may be a learned teacher. | | B．She may be a woman knowing witchcraft | | C．She may be is a scientist researching Lifetime. | | D．She may be a fairy. |
小题4:From the passage we know that father _________________.| A．cared little about our life | | B．withdrew from the society and lived alone | | C．liked to live with giant ape | | D．was still concerned about my family after his death . |
小题5:What kind of writing style did the author use in the passage?| A．Narration | B．Illustration | C．Discussion | D．Description |
|
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can on, some day something nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a in radio, then my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and knocked on the door of each station—and got each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that stations couldn’t risk employing a(n) person. “ Please go out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you a ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have . “Tomorrow will be another day,” Mom me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot get a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me a microphone and told me to an imaginary game.
On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation
| 小题1: | | A．take | B．put | C．move | D．carry |
|
| 小题2: | | A．concern | B．doubt | C．disappointment | D．amazement |
|
| 小题3: | | A．recovered | B．discovered | C．recognized | D．developed |
|
| 小题4: | | A．job | B．plan | C．trip | D．research |
|
| 小题6: | | A．put off | B．broken away | C．turned down | D．fed up |
|
| 小题8: | | A．selfish | B．confident | C．inexperienced | D．independent |
|
| 小题9: | | A．tip | B．reward | C．challenge | D．chance |
|
| 小题10: | | A．sports | B．food | C．clothes | D．radio |
|
| 小题11: | | A．hesitated | B．applied | C．refused | D．agreed |
|
| 小题12: | | A．right | B．important | C．boring | D．funny |
|
| 小题13: | | A．disappeared | B．hidden | C．shown | D．died |
|
| 小题14: | | A．warned | B．reminded | C．recognized | D．demanded |
|
| 小题15: | | A．athlete | B．actor | C．announcer | D．artist |
|
| 小题16: | | A．aloud | B．secretly | C．silently | D．equally |
|
| 小题17: | | A．while | B．where | C．after | D．when |
|
| 小题18: | | A．within | B．before | C．beyond | D．beneath |
|
| 小题19: | | A．play | B．perform | C．broadcast | D．present |
|
| 小题20: | | A．say | B．wonder | C．dream | D．learn |
|
|
I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was laughed at for being heavier than the other kids, me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but worked, and I gaining weight. Another factor my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating.
When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds. the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes.
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend"s New Year"s Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my in a mirror and the truth me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and .
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss and realized they didn"t work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge, the diet my hunger and not feel deprived.
My biggest was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about. had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.
The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn"t feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it .
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits. I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind. Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am my body and myself. I have finally found myself.
| 小题1: | | A．hardly | B．frequently | C．immediately | D．instantly |
|
| 小题2: | | A．left | B．to leave | C．leaving | D．having left |
|
| 小题3: | | A．nothing | B．no one | C．none | D．anything |
|
| 小题4: | | A．ended up | B．ended over | C．ended up with | D．was ended up |
|
| 小题5: | | A．contributing to | B．resulted in | C．resulting from | D．led to |
|
| 小题6: | | A．lacking of | B．lack of | C．lacking | D．lacked in |
|
| 小题7: | | A．or rather | B．instead of | C．together with | D．as well as |
|
| 小题8: | | A．reflection | B．infection | C．imagination | D．attention |
|
| 小题9: | | A．laughed | B．hit | C．knocked | D．beat |
|
| 小题10: | | A．unfamiliar | B．unhappier | C．unfriendly | D．unfit |
|
| 小题11: | | A．efforts | B．affords | C．effects | D．infects |
|
| 小题12: | | A．giving out | B．giving in | C．giving up | D．giving away |
|
| 小题13: | | A．satisfy | B．decrease | C．increase | D．fill |
|
| 小题14: | | A．challenge | B．success | C．energy | D．work |
|
| 小题15: | | A．keep | B．have | C．prevent | D．make |
|
| 小题17: | | A．solution | B．secret | C．answer | D．road |
|
| 小题18: | | A．deserved | B．focused | C．caught | D．paid |
|
| 小题19: | | A．Instead | B．However | C．Therefore | D．So |
|
| 小题20: | | A．keep up with | B．in line with | C．put up with | D．catch up with |
|
|
