20.I arrived in the classroom,ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature class.Having taught in the US for 17 years,I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and to impress on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted,"stand up!"The entire class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat puzzled about how to get them to sit down again,but once the embarrassment (尷尬) was over,I quickly regained my calmness and admiration.I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement.
My students kept diaries.However,as I read them,the rosy glow was gradually replaced by a strong sense of sadness.The first diary said,"Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today.Perhaps her next lecture will be better."Greatly surprised,I read diary after diary,each expressing a similar theme."Didn't I teach them anything?I described the entire Western philosophy (哲學(xué)) and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class."I complained."How should they say I didn't teach them anything?"
It was a long term,and it gradually became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students.I thought a teacher's job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions.My students thought a teacher's job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference!
However,I also learned a lot,and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher,knowing how to teach in a different culture.
56.We can know that on the first day the writerC.
A.felt she didn't teach them much
B.was very confident in her students
C.felt very confident in herself at first
D.was disappointed at her students'performance
57.At the beginning of the lesson,the writer got puzzled because ofA.
A.cultural differences
B.students'admiration
C.students'embarrassment
D.the same experience
58.The writer learnt from their diaries that the students wanted toD.
A.raise interesting questions
B.know about background
C.draw their own conclusions
D.know more exact facts
59.Which of the following is true according to the passage?D
A.The writer got used to the life in China.
B.The writer doubted about her ability of teaching.
C.The writer had taught in many western countries.
D.The writer became better at teaching foreign students.
分析 作者滿懷信心地來到中國教書,結(jié)果學(xué)生們卻說在她的課堂上沒有學(xué)到東西.后來作者才了解到她的教育觀念和學(xué)生們對教育的看法是不同的.作者通過自己的這段經(jīng)歷告訴我們:不同的國家有著不同的文化背景,從而導(dǎo)致了不同的教育觀念.
解答 CADD
56. C 細節(jié)理解題.由第一段第二句話中的"…I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and…"可知,作者毫不懷疑自己的能力,對自己滿懷信心.故選C.
57. A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher,knowing how to teach in a different culture可知作者的困惑是由文化差異造成的,故A項為最佳答案.故選A.
58. D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段My students thought a teacher's job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference!可知,學(xué)生們認為老師的任務(wù)就是盡可能直接而又清晰地向?qū)W生提供準確的信息.故選D.
59.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章最后一段the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher,knowing how to teach in a different culture可知中國學(xué)生教會了在一個不同的文化里如何教學(xué),故選D.
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